Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many UK companies he has commissioned to manufacture (a) ffp2 and (b) ffp3 masks since 1 March 2020; and what the average weekly output of those manufacturers is for each mask type.

The Government announced on 15 May that more than 70 million FFP2 and FFP3 face masks will be manufactured in the United Kingdom and delivered to frontline health and care workers following an agreement with global technology company Honeywell. Production will begin as early as July and up to 4.5 million masks will be produced each month. Honeywell will produce 60% FFP3 and 40% FFP2 masks, but these percentages are moveable depending on requirements. Honeywell will produce more than 70 million face masks, creating 450 new jobs.