Protective Clothing: Turkey

(asked on 28th August 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 3 August 2020 to Question 59809 on Protective Clothing: Turkey, how many of the 185,000 gowns and coveralls have been used.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 21st September 2020

185,000 gowns and coveralls were transported from Turkey to the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force on 22 April. While a small number of these gowns failed tests in the UK, the majority passed tests making them suitable for use in the National Health Service.

This consignment from Turkey was merged with the wider stock of gowns and coveralls and has since been split into stock units. The stock has been incorporated into the supply chain and has been available for order.

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