Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the referrals of (a) Uniserve Ltd and (b) Worldlink to the high priority lane for PPE supply during the covid-19 outbreak were made by (i) special advisers, (ii) civil servants or (iii) ministers in his Department.
On 17 November 2021, the Department published information relating to the teams and individuals who referred offers of support that were triaged using the high priority lane.
Departmental Ministers, special advisers and civil servants did not refer these organisations to the high priority lane.