Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on services provided by Unipart Logistics as part of NHS Supply Chain in each year since the start of that contract to 10 June 2022.
The operational cost of each Category Tower of NHS Supply Chain was £60 million in 2020/21 and £61 million in 2021/22. An estimated £390 million to £400 million has been spent on services provided by Unipart Logistics in each year since the start of the contract.
The Department has spent an estimated £13 billion through the Category Tower Model by NHS Supply Chain, with an estimated £1.4 billion in savings.