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Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 10 March 2025UIN 33699

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31569 on Coronavirus: Protective Clothing, if he will breakdown the programme of work to reduce excess PPE stock.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The programme to dispose of excess COVID-19 related personal protective equipment (PPE) stock through sales, donations, recycling and energy from waste concluded in January 2025.

The storage costs for COVID-19 related PPE incurred in January 2025 were £300,000. In January 2024 and January 2023, the storage costs were £7,700,000 and £18,600,000 respectively.

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