Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of funding awarded to Clipper Logistics to oversee the delivery of personal protective equipment to NHS trusts and Foundation trusts.
The contract with Clipper Logistics was put in place by Supply Chain Coordination Ltd, the management function of NHS Supply Chain, via a sub-contract with its existing primary logistics supplier. This was for an initial three-month period from March to June at a value of £1.3 million (monthly extensions at estimated values of £450,000) for storage and distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) to all National Health Service trusts. This contract was subsequently varied for a three-month period from May to July at a value of £1.95 million (monthly extensions at estimated values of £650,000) to provide an eCommerce solution involving an eBay platform for the storage and distribution of PPE by Clipper to care homes, pharmacies and general practitioner surgeries.