PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Protective Clothing: China (7 February 2022)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pieces of personal protective equipment were procured from China since January 2020.

Asked by:
Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)

Answer

Over the course of the pandemic the Department generated orders for 36.9 billion items of personal protective equipment. Of these, 24.1 billion items have a country of origin recorded as China, including 10.7 billion gloves.


Answered by:
Edward Argar (Conservative)
21 February 2022

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