Management of PPE Contracts

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 15 Mar 2022 Closed: 8 Nov 2022 Parliament page
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 … Read more
15 Recommendations
6 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
3 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 7 events
12 Jan
2023
Correspondence
12 Jan
2023
Correspondence
8 Nov
2022
Report published
20 Jul
2022
Report published
24 May
2022
Correspondence
20 Apr
2022
Oral evidence
20 Apr
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
20 Apr 2022
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Management of PPE Contracts
Jonathan Marron · Department for Health and Social Care Shona Dunn · Home Office Sir Chris Wormald · Department of Health and Social Care
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twelfth Report - Management of PPE contracts HC 260 20 Jul 2022 21 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
3 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Twelfth Report - Management of PPE…
The Department remains in dispute on 176 contracts for PPE with £2.7 billion of taxpayer...
The Department remains in dispute on 176 contracts for PPE with £2.7 billion of taxpayer money at risk and has made little progress in tackling potential fraudulent supplies of goods. The majority of these 176 disputes relate to the quality … Read more
Government Response
The government will provide a summary update on the progress of negotiations in confidence to the Committee, and has established a Dissolution Team until March 2023 with quarterly targets to resolve contractual matters, but much of the requested information is commercially sensitive.
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11 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Twelfth Report - Management of PPE…
The Department acknowledges that it still has many PPE contracts that have ongoing contractual issues...
The Department acknowledges that it still has many PPE contracts that have ongoing contractual issues that need resolving. There are 176 contracts where there are concerns about either the quality or the performance of the contract and these are collectively … Read more
Government Response
The government will provide a summary update on the progress of negotiations as a whole in confidence to the Committee due to commercial sensitivity, with a Dissolution Team working to resolve contractual matters by March 2023.
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Government Response AI assessment · 21 of 15 classified
Accepted 10
Accepted in Part 2
Acknowledged 5
Deferred 1
Not Addressed 2
Rejected 1
Total 15 recs + 6 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
12 Jan 2023 Correspondence from Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health & Social Care, re 12 report of session 2022-23 management of PPE contracts, dated 21 December 2022
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12 Jan 2023 Correspondence from Will Quince MP, Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care, Department for Health and Social Care, re update on Government Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) contracts, dated 19 December 2022
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24 May 2022 Correspondence from Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Social Care, re Management of PPE Contracts, dated 19 May 2022
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