Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any NHS organisations have requested legal advice on whether practices established by Supply Chain Coordination Limited have breached state aid rules; and if he will make a statement.
As is standard practice, the Department took external legal advice on the establishment of Supply Chain Coordination Limited, which became fully operational on 1 April 2019.
Neither the Department or Supply Chain Coordination Limited are aware of any National Health Service trust or NHS foundation trust that has taken any legal advice in respect of a state aid regulations relating to Supply Chain Coordination Limited.