Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of equipment provided by Liaoning Zhongqiao Overseas Exchange Co Ltd through the high priority lane for the supply of Personal Protective Equipment for use by NHS and social care staff during the outbreak of covid-19.

A quality assurance process is in place to ensure the efficacy of equipment provided by all suppliers is determined before it is distributed. Products are only distributed if they meet the relevant standards as set out in the published technical specification for personal protective equipment (PPE) on GOV.UK.

All PPE supplied by Liaoning Zhongqiao Overseas Exchange Co Ltd received such quality assurance checks. Of the products received, some are being used with others repurposed for use outside health and care settings. Some items containing latex will be recycled at the appropriate time.