Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps she has taken to reclaim public funds provided to PPE MedPro.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department had been in a mediated process and protected conversations with PPE Medpro over a contested contract. The discussions did not prove fruitful, and the Department commenced the process of litigation by filing papers with the High Court on 19 December 2022. The Department cannot discuss active legal proceedings, although a Humble address covered this issue in January 2023, and notes were laid in both houses.
Nov. 03 2023
Source Page: Goods purchased from companies connected to Michelle Mone, especially PPE MEDPRO: FOI releaseFound: Goods purchased from companies connected to Michelle Mone, especially PPE MEDPRO: FOI release
Report Jul. 18 2023
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: Sixty-Sixth Report - PPE Medpro: awarding of contracts during the pandemic HC 1590 Report
Mentions:
1: Samantha Dixon (Lab - City of Chester) Does the Treasury have any idea how much wasted PPE has gone up in smoke this year? - Speech Link
2: Laura Trott (Con - Sevenoaks) This was done very quickly, at pace, because we were desperate to get PPE to the frontline as quickly - Speech Link
3: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) Medpro from the very beginning. - Speech Link
4: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) We all know that Baroness Mone’s enrichment via PPE Medpro is subject to an investigation, but that does - Speech Link
Government Response Sep. 24 2023
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: 28 Sixty -sixth report of Session 2022 -23 Department of Health and Social Care PPE Medpro: awarding
Mentions:
1: Jeremy Hunt (Con - South West Surrey) What it shows is that we took very difficult decisions in the pandemic to speed up access to PPE for - Speech Link
2: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) On top of all the PPE waste that my hon. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jonathan Ashworth (LAB - Leicester South) House, and across the Labour movement as a whole.The Government lost £9 billion through duff, unusable PPE - Speech Link
2: Alex Burghart (Con - Brentwood and Ongar) The accusation that we bought too much PPE is akin to people standing up in 1945 and saying that the - Speech Link
3: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab - Torfaen) system, but the Government have failed to be transparent around the interests of Baroness Mone in the PPE - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) Indeed, the overspend in capital costs of the ferries is equivalent to the money given to PPE Medpro, - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Karl Turner (Lab - Kingston upon Hull East) protective equipment contracts during the pandemic, costing over £1 billion, but only one company, PPE - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Peter Grant (SNP - Glenrothes) Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone finally admitted that they are indeed behind the dodgy covid company PPE - Speech Link