3: PAC conclusion: 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. 3a: PAC recommendation: The Department should explain in its Treasury Minute response to the Committee its progress in resolving these cases and provide as full an update as is possible on the status of those negotiations. 3.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation Target implementation date: August 2023 3.2 Much of this information is commercially sensitive and could impact the department’s ability to successfully pursue cases to completion. Therefore, the department will provide a summary update on the progress of negotiations as a whole in confidence to the Committee. 3.3 Through Treasury Minute 6 published in August 2022, the department already committed to providing regular updates on progress as part of the quarterly reporting cycle. The first update on progress was provided to the Committee in August as part of the Q4 report and included information about the amount that has been reclaimed against the ‘value at risk’. 3.4 The department has established a Dissolution Team to work through the contracts in dispute to maximise the value obtained from taxpayer’s money. The Dissolution Team has been commissioned until March 2023 with quarterly targets to achieve resolution of contractual matters.