Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost of storing personal protective equipment in China was per (a) day and (b) week in (i) February and (ii) March 2023.
Storage costs data for personal protective equipment are compiled on a monthly basis and the latest collated figures relate to March 2023. The following table shows the cost of storing items in warehouses in China during February and March 2023.
| February 2023 (£) | March 2023 (£) |
Daily | 31,343 | 30,827 |
Weekly | 219,400 | 215,786 |