Protective Clothing: Imports
(asked on 3rd March 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of countries the UK has imported personal protection equipment from each month in the last six months.
We have continued to receive personal protective equipment (PPE) ordered earlier in the pandemic to provide a reliable and sustainable stockpile. The following table shows the available data on inbound supply from September 2020 to February 2021.
September 2020 | China, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United States of America, Vietnam |
October 2020 | Belgium, Cambodia, China, Estonia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam |
November 2020 | Cambodia, China, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Malta, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Vietnam |
December 2020 | Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Vietnam |
January 2021 | Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Vietnam |
February 2021 | China, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Vietnam |
Alongside the central programme, some providers or wholesalers may have continued to procure stock from other countries.