Baroness Mone-linked PPE firm misses deadline to pay £122m
Baroness Mone-linked PPE firm misses deadline to pay £122m
A company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone has failed to meet a deadline to repay £122m for breaching a Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) contract.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) won a legal case earlier this month against PPE Medpro , a consortium led by Lady Mone's husband Doug Barrowman, over claims the PPE did not comply with relevant healthcare standards.
A High Court judge ruled some of the company's gowns they supplied were not "sterile".
Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said the government would "pursue PPE Medpro with everything we've got to get these funds back" after the company failed to pay the damages cost by 16:00 BST on Wednesday.
PPE Medpro entered administration on 30 September, the day before the court judgement.
Streeting said: "At a time of national crisis, PPE Medpro sold the previous government substandard kit and pocketed taxpayers' hard-earned cash.
"PPE Medpro has failed to meet the deadline to pay - they still owe us over £145 million, with interest now accruing daily."
The firm was ordered to pay interest of £23.6m, which means the total sum owed is £145.6m.
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