Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to pages 245 and 246 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2021/22, HC1043, what the nature was of the goods already manufactured but not yet delivered for which compensation had to be paid by his Department; and what the (a) name and (b) location was of the supplier in question.

The special payment cited in this part of the Annual Report and Accounts is in reference to a Personal Protective Equipment contract. The product in question was aprons; the name of the supplier was Jason Offshore Ltd, which is based in Hong Kong.