Protective Clothing: Storage
(asked on 18th February 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the condition of personal protective equipment in storage as of 18 February 2022.
The quality assurance of personal protective equipment (PPE) is ongoing. As of 28 February 2022, the latest available information shows that 34.5 billion items have been received and 18 billion items have been distributed to the frontline. The following table shows categorisation of PPE items by quantity and proportion as of 28 February.
Category | Quantity | Percentage |
Stock cleared for release | 11.0 billion | 66.9% |
Assessment in progress or not started | 1.4 billion | 8.7% |
Exit stock (all items not currently suitable for provision to health and social care, for any reason) | 4.0 billion | 24.4% |
Of which: | ||
New buy product on hold for stock management purposes | 1.2 billion | 7.0% |
Temporary hold – investigating regulatory issues. | 357 million | 2.2% |
Potential use in other settings | 1.2 billion | 7.2% |
Wastage (not fit for any use) | 1.1 billion | 6.9% |
Total quantity | 16.4 billion | 100% |