FOI Ref: FOI/2021/3107
You asked
Please supply the following information:
What amount of money has been spent on COVID-19 vaccines specifically, broken down by each individual vaccine and provider?
What amount of money was spent on influenza vaccines in the same time frame, as above?
What was the reasoning behind the amount spent on each vaccine and the evidence used to spend more on one versus the other?
If you could also provide the names of all the people or government groupings that were responsible for making decisions on the above and how any links to any of the pharmaceutical companies or any connection to any part of the chain of making the vaccines was scrutinised, that would be greatly appreciated. I am looking for any possible financial or commercial influence gains that could be made, now or in the future by such persons or if they were connected by family, friendship or in any other fashion to any of the companies in the manufacturing or resale process of said vaccines.
Connected to the above, I think it is also important to have all information on what sources and what evidence was used to implement and enforce mask mandates across the UK in one place for people who wish to scrutinise this. Similarly to above, it should also be shown how the persons involved in making decisions on this were scrutinised. Do let me know if I need to send you a separate request for this and I'll be happy to do so.
We said
Thank you for your request.
Unfortunately, we do not hold the requested information. The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Public Health England (PHE) may be better placed to assist with this.
DHSC can be contacted via their online form DHSC FOI Contact Form
PHE can be contacted via email at wn_coronavirus@phe.gov.uk.