Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

(asked on 5th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much personal protective equipment has been allocated to (a) early years settings, (b) SEN schools, (c) children’s homes and (d) social workers in each of the last six months.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 20th May 2020

We are working around the clock to give the social care sector and wider National Health Service the equipment and support they need to tackle this outbreak.

We published a personal protective equipment (PPE) plan on 10 April, setting out clear guidance on who needs PPE and in what circumstances they need to use it; and how sufficient supplies will be secured and distributed to the front line.

We have delivered 94 million items of PPE to local resilience forums (LRFs) between 6 April and 12 May. These multi-agency LRF partnerships are made up of representatives from local public services, including the emergency services, local authorities, the NHS, the Environment Agency and others. This PPE is intended to help LRFs respond to urgent local spikes in need across the adult social care system and other front-line services, where providers are unable to access PPE through their usual routes. This includes children’s homes, secure children’s homes, residential special schools and children’s social care services in local authorities.

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