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Management of PPE Contracts

Status: Closed Opened: 15 Mar 2022 Closed: 8 Nov 2022 15 recommendations 6 conclusions 1 report

The NAO and PAC have previously reported on the commercial deals struck by government as part of its emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic, finding in some instances that these deals may have left government with some that failed to meet the required standards, including hundreds of millions of pounds-worth of PPE that will not … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twelfth Report - Management of PPE contracts HC 260 20 Jul 2022 21 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
18 Recommendation Twelfth Report - Management of PPE cont… Deferred

We asked the Department how the transfer back to SCCL had gone and it was...

We asked the Department how the transfer back to SCCL had gone and it was very positive about the process. It said that nothing had really been interrupted from a logistics perspective and that the reality is that the Department and SCCL had been working “hand in glove before the … Read more

Government response AI summary
The Department will release its PPE strategy, setting out how it will work with SCCL and what the respective roles and responsibilities of each organisation will be in the ongoing management of contracts and future procurement activities, as soon as it is possible and will …
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
20 Apr 2022 Jonathan Marron · Department for Health and Social Care, Shona Dunn · Home Office, Sir Chris Wormald · Department of Health and Social Care View ↗

Who gave evidence

3 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Jonathan Marron · Director General for Primary Care and Prevention Department for Health and Social Care 1
Shona Dunn · Second Permanent Secretary Home Office 1
Sir Chris Wormald · Permanent Secretary Department of Health and Social Care 1

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
12 Jan 2023 — Correspondence from Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, Department of Healt…
12 Jan 2023 — Correspondence from Will Quince MP, Minister of State for Health and Secondary …
24 May 2022 — Correspondence from Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, Department of Healt…