Thank you for your FOI request received by the FOI office for the following information:
- To the most recent date available, how much Covid PPE (number of items and estimated cost) remains in storage in the UK?
- To the most recent date available, what is the total cost to the public purse of storing all of the unused Covid PPE?
- How much of the currently stored Covid PPE (Q1) is still suitable to be provided for use in the NHS and within expiry?
- To the most recent date available, how much Covid PPE (number of items and estimated cost) has been safely disposed of?
- Where is the unused Covid PPE being stored? If exact location is not possible due to commercial interests, a breakdown of the approximate number of items by region or county?
- To the most recent date available, how much has been paid to the company Uniserve to store Covid PPE?
Your request has been handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and SCCL are able to provide a response in the attached document.