Question reference: S5W-29362
- Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 26 May 2020
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Current status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 8 June 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has fulfilled any requests from other UK administrations for mutual aid in the supply of PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic, and, if so, what items were supplied, and by what volume.
Answer
Coronavirus is a shared challenge and so it is critically important that the Scottish Government works closely with the other UK nations to slow its spread and boost our capacity to respond.
This has resulted in consideration of a number of mutual aid requests for PPE items.
11 million pieces of PPE have been authorised for use in the frontline in Scotland under the 4 Nations Agreement.
On 20 April we agreed to provide 1 million Type 11R Masks to Wales.
On 3 May we received a mutual aid request from England for eye protection items (of any volumes) which we were unable to provide due to low stock levels.
On 12 May we agreed to provide 2 million Type 11R Masks to England.
To note: The 1 million Type IIR masks issued to Wales - Wales returned 1.2million Type IIR masks. The 2 million Type IIR Masks issued to England - these have not yet been returned. SG is arranging for re-supply with DHSC.