Coronavirus Grants: Fraud Debate

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Department: Leader of the House
Tuesday 25th January 2022

(2 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Wheatcroft Portrait Baroness Wheatcroft (CB)
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My Lords, as we seek to claw back money misspent over Covid, can the Minister tell us whether those who benefited from fast-track VIP PPE contracts and delivered unfit goods will be paying back the money?

Viscount Younger of Leckie Portrait Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con)
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On PPE, we acknowledge the severity of these claims, and the DHSC takes its responsibilities around due diligence extremely seriously. Of course, this goes back a bit further. As the DHSC has recently set out, all offers that come to the mailbox are triaged by an official from the high-priority appraisals team to be processed and responded to.