Protective Clothing: Manufacturing Industries
(asked on 10th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the UK manufacturing base for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) has been strengthened.
This question was answered on 27th October 2022
The Department signed contracts with approximately 30 United Kingdom-based companies for 3.9 billion units of personal protective equipment (PPE), which have been successfully delivered. UK manufacturers remain on NHS Supply Chain’s framework agreements to provide PPE to the National Health Service. NHS Supply Chain and the Department continue to work with UK PPE manufacturers to ensure resilience in supplies.