> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.europeans.today/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Government finally publishes missing £248m ventilator contracts and reveals it hired a firm to destroy unused equipment - URL: https://www.europeans.today/2023/03/04/government-finally-publishes-missing-248m-ventilator-contracts/ - Published: 2023-03-04T01:05:00.000Z - Updated: 2023-06-18T01:01:29.000Z - Description: The Cabinet Office have finally published the remaining COVID Ventilator Challenge contracts – and the waste is shocking. - Author: Good Law Project - Tags: Good Law Project, COMMENT, Justice, Tories, United Kingdom, UK Politics, UK Government ### The Cabinet Office have finally published the remaining COVID Ventilator Challenge contracts – and the waste is shocking. We have uncovered details of a new [contract](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/3750a747-e8f1-4f33-bdab-e33255ec0070?origin=SearchResults&p=2&ref=europeans.today) awarded by the Cabinet Office to a company called SameDay Plc to provide services that included the *“destruction”*, *“dismantling”* and *“recycling”* of ventilators – further adding to the mountain of waste generated from the government’s flagship ventilator programme. In total, £277m was spent by the Cabinet Office procuring ventilators during the pandemic with an eye-watering £143m going to [waste](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/18/ventilator-challenge-to-equip-nhs-for-covid-lost-143m-of-public-money?ref=europeans.today). Back in February 2021, former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, told Parliament that details of all COVID contracts were now *“[on the record](https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-02-22/debates/7F26D493-AF6A-46A4-A1C3-61A39DD527CE/Covid-19RoadMap?highlight=record&ref=europeans.today#contribution-6DBED2F7-15AB-48F4-A0E7-E37A2D642482)”*. A few months later, Cabinet Minister Julia Lopez [claimed](https://www.parallelparliament.co.uk/mp/julia-lopez/debate/2021-06-21/commons/westminster-hall/government-contracts-covid-19?ref=europeans.today) *“all historical Covid-related contracts”* had been published. Neither statement was true. [Last month](https://goodlawproject.org/we-won-government-commits-to-publishing-248m-missing-covid-contracts-after-breaching-transparency-guidelines/?ref=europeans.today), in response to us having taken the first step in legal proceedings, the Government admitted it had breached its own transparency policy in what it called a *“regrettable oversight”* – and it committed to publishing the 29 missing contracts. In its response, *Government Legal Department* representing the Cabinet Office said: 💬 *“Our client is currently reviewing its compliance with the Transparency Policy in relation to the Contracts. As a result of this ongoing review, it has become apparent that information was not published in accordance with the Transparency Policy, which our client notes is a regrettable oversight. Consequently, our client will publish any outstanding information (subject to any redactions/exemptions that may apply) by 28 February 2023.”* This week, the Cabinet Office finally published the missing deals plus a handful of previously unseen contract awards. We can reveal: - Government awarded a £1.2m [contract](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/3750a747-e8f1-4f33-bdab-e33255ec0070?origin=SearchResults&p=2&ref=europeans.today) to *SameDay PLC* for the *“destruction”* of unused ventilators and equipment. - *SameDay PLC* were handed the deal in May 2020, requiring them to access sites owned by *Dyson*, *BAE systems*, *Babcock* and others. The Cabinet Office contracted the firm to collect, recycle, dismantle and destroy unwanted ventilator components. - For the first time, the £6m [contract](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/1eae0061-daf4-496c-8a19-7fd2c9d69a2b?origin=SearchResults&p=1&ref=europeans.today) awarded to *TTP PLC*, working in partnership with *Dyson*, has been published. The *Dyson* deal embroiled Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak in a lobbying [row](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/21/boris-johnson-promised-james-dyson-he-would-fix-tax-issue?ref=europeans.today) after Johnson personally assured Sir James that *Dyson* employees wouldn’t pay extra tax if they came to the UK to make ventilators. - The Cabinet Office also agreed a £5m *‘close down’* [deal](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/f17a9be2-8376-4d95-83c9-152226337123?origin=SearchResults&p=2&ref=europeans.today) with weapons manufacturer *BAE systems*. - The £105m[ contract ](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/7e7897f8-4293-4695-93b7-809055aff727?origin=SearchResults&p=1&ref=europeans.today)awarded to *Penlon* to supply 10,000 ventilators has also been made public. The publication of these missing contracts is another win for transparency. ![PMP Magazine](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2021/09/end-flat-1.png "PMP Magazine") ### ⚖️ *GoodLawProject only exists thanks to donations from people across the UK. If you’re in a position to support their work, you can do so [*here*](https://glplive.org/dd-cev-2701?ref=europeans.today).* --- ##### Sources ▪ **Text:* This piece was originally published in [Good Law Project](https://goodlawproject.org/government-finally-publishes-missing-248m-ventilator-contracts-and-reveals-it-hired-a-firm-to-destroy-unused-equipment/?ref=europeans.today) and re-published in PMP Magazine on 4 March 2023, with the authors’ consent. | The authors write in a personal capacity.* *▪ *Cover:* Unsplash/[Wesley Tingey](https://unsplash.com/@wesleyphotography?ref=europeans.today). 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