Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government who is responsible for providing personal protective equipment to public service interpreters working on a freelance basis in the NHS.

Everybody working on the front line deserves to have the equipment they need to do their job safely and the Government is working around the clock to ensure enough supply is reaching the health and social care sector.

The provision of personal protective equipment to staff is the responsibility of individual hospitals.