Thread by @pmdfoster

So. About that #coronavirus Ventilator Challenge? National Audit office @NAOorguk report says the bill is set come to £454m...of which £200m is already spent...for 2,000 ventilators so-far delivered @Tabby_Kinder reports with me and @Michael_Pooler/1

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@NAOorguk @Tabby_Kinder @Michael_Pooler The report is here...this is the line. But there is lots of detail we dont know...like how much was 'wasted' on the cancelled projects? Or how much was paid to @PA_Consulting to run the project? /2

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@NAOorguk @Tabby_Kinder @Michael_Pooler @PA_Consulting We do know that James Dyson said last month that his company had spent £20m on its CoVent ventilators after officials cancelled a provisional order for 10,000. He said he would foot the bill himself. /3

@NAOorguk @Tabby_Kinder @Michael_Pooler @PA_Consulting These just the latest in a long line of questions that a public inquiry will need to address about whether time, effort and money was wisely focussed here. And if it wasn't, at what cost?

This thread sets these out in more detail... ENDS

https://twitter.com/pmdfoster/status/1255890795523170305?s=20