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
5 results
Clear
2 Recommendation Acknowledged
Twelfth Report - Management of PPE…
The Department still lacks a stock management system that enables it to fully understand what...
The Department still lacks a stock management system that enables it to fully understand what PPE it has and where it is. The Department believes that it has now received nearly all of the 37.9 billion PPE items that it … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation and the department has undertaken a review of historic ministerial diaries and has, where necessary, updated the register in line with Cabinet Office requirements; the department has strengthened both reporting and quality assurance processes.
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1 Conclusion Acknowledged
Twelfth Report - Management of PPE…
On the basis of a Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence...
On the basis of a Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department of Health & Social Care (the Department) about its management of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) contracts let during the COVID-19 pandemic.1
Government Response
The government acknowledges the committee's report on the Department of Health & Social Care's management of PPE contracts.
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15 Conclusion Acknowledged
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The Department told us that factoring in consideration of profit margins before these PPE contracts...
The Department told us that factoring in consideration of profit margins before these PPE contracts were awarded was not possible. While it agreed that the best way to mitigate against excessive profiteering was to build such contingencies into the contract … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation and is implementing a commercial reset to prevent issues with due diligence and conflicts of interest from occurring again in the future.
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19 Conclusion Acknowledged
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The Department will still have a role to play in the PPE programme despite this...
The Department will still have a role to play in the PPE programme despite this transfer back of the logistics to SCCL. We sought to clarify where exactly accountability lies across the different aspects of the programme. For example, the … 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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21 Recommendation Acknowledged
Twelfth Report - Management of PPE…
The Department set out in its initial PPE strategy its desire to build on this...
The Department set out in its initial PPE strategy its desire to build on this UK manufacturing base, reiterating the role it should play in building a more resilient supply chain and also the wider benefits including job creation and … Read more
Government Response
The government states that it has established a resilient UK-based supply chain, that future procurement will continue on the open market including a focus on social value, and that it is working with NHS Supply Chain to help offer UK manufactured products to the health and care sectors where possible.
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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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