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Protective Clothing: China

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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 186910, tabled on 25 May 2023

Question

Angela Rayner
Labour
Ashton-under-Lyne
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May to Question 184825on Protective Clothing: China, how many items of personal protective equipment held in China were (a) donated, (b) recycled and (c) sold between January 2020 and September 2022.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Will Quince
Conservative
Colchester
Commons

Answered on

20 June 2023

Between January 2020 and September 2022, the total number of personal protective equipment (PPE) items held in China that were donated was approximately 57.15 million. No PPE items held in China were recycled or sold.

The majority of stock held in China were in categories of PPE for which the Department has sufficient stock in the UK to meet remaining demand and the items were therefore surplus to requirements.

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