The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period.

If the hon. Lady will let me, I will make a little progress, as I believe I have less than five minutes left.

I thank the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) for calling this debate and for leading us in that tribute to the NHS workforce.

A huge amount of work on PPE is going on.

The protective equipment is being distributed at pace and urgently.

I have been absolutely assured that the equipment being supplied to the frontline is appropriate and that it has been tested to make sure

That is not the data I have received. I have set out the trajectory on the testing, on the basis of the information I have.

One of the fantastic things we have seen over the last few days is the number of offers to help from all parts of society and the economy

The Department has not made an assessment of the ability of local authority care commissioners to pay UK Homecare Association (UKHCA) rec

We are providing £1.6 billion of additional funding to local authorities to assist them in their response to COVID-19.