Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average cost per thousand of individual face coverings purchased for NHS staff in (a) September (b) October 2020 and (c) November 2020 from suppliers (i) inside the UK and (ii) outside the UK where the orders were for in excess of 100,000 face coverings.

No contracts were awarded to suppliers by the Department for face coverings or face masks in the months of September, October and November 2020.