Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost of storing PPE in warehouses during the period from April 2021 to May 2022; and whether his Department has made an estimate of the current (a) daily, (b) weekly or (c) monthly costs of storing PPE in warehouses.

Based upon the current monthly average warehouse storage costs for personal protective equipment (PPE), the estimated cost for the period April 2021 to May 2022 is approximately £259 million. The current estimated average daily, weekly, and monthly cost of storing PPE in warehouses is £0.7 million, £5 million and £21.4 million respectively.