PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Protective Clothing: Procurement (2 December 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the contracts tendered by the Government for personal protective equipment during the covid-19 outbreak went to companies owned by (a) women and 9b) BAME individuals.

Asked by:
Charlotte Nichols (Labour)

Information on the gender and ethnicity of the owners of companies which offered to supply personal protective equipment to the Department was not required as part of the bidding process.

Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
11 January 2021