• The management of the PPE stockpile was outsourced to Movianto- an American Healthcare Group.

• This was after being instructed to start mobilising the PPE supply.

• Movianto has had legal disputes with the property developer who built the warehouse housing the PPE .The property developer had threatened to prevent Movianto from accessing the PPE.

• Management of the PPE stockpile in the last three years had passed from a German company to Movianto and now to a French company.

• A notice for the new contract stipulated there must be ` a ready state for deployment in the event of a pandemic.`

• Matt Hancock the Health Secretary has repeatedly said the PPE challenge has been one of distribution rather than supply.

• Movianto was it is alleged solely responsible for the distribution of the stockpile ` but may no longer be…..`

• 11 days ago the Department of Health and Social Care announced a 24/7 military operation to oversee the supply of PPE to health and social care workers: ` we have had to create a whole new logistics network essentially from scratch` Hancock said.