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Dear Mr Ingledew,

Freedom of Information Request Reference FOI-1408523
 

Thank you for your request of 13 June.  
 
On 1 October 2021, responsibility for information relating to the NHS Test
and Trace programme moved from the Department of Health and Social Care to
the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). 
 
With your consent, we can transfer your request, which is set out below,
to UKHSA so that it can reply to you directly. If you wish for us to do
this, please contact us at [1][DHSC request email]. 
 
Or if you would prefer to contact UKHSA yourself, its address
is [2][email address]. 
 
If we do not hear from you by 24 June, we will assume you either no longer
wish to pursue your request, or prefer to contact UKHSA directly. 
 
Yours sincerely, 

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care

Your request:

Dear Department of Health and Social Care,
It is now some 15 months almost since the first information regarding the
contract dispute with Novacyt .
Information of a claim by the DHSC has been announced recently.
I would request the following
1. The type of goods and supplies from Novacyt that are in dispute
2. A breakdown in costs you are claiming
3. The DHSC reasoning why it believes it has a claim against Novacyt
4. Has any counter claim been lodged against the DHSC by Novacyt
5. The expected time period in which this dispute will be resolved /
closed.
 
 
 
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Dear Mr Ingledew

Thank you very much for confirming. Your request has been transferred to the FOI team at UKHSA (mailbox [email address]).

Yours sincerely
DHSC Freedom of Information team

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Dear Mr Ingledew
 
Please find attached the response from the Department of Health and Social
Care (DHSC) to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1408523). 
 
We are aware that you would not be expecting to receive a response from
DHSC to this request, as you had agreed to our suggestion that your
request be transferred to the FOI team at the UK Health Security Agency
(UKHSA) instead. However, after further discussion between our respective
FOI teams, it was decided that your request would remain with the FOI team
at DHSC, and so was not transferred to UKHSA. (Please note UKHSA has
contributed to our response attached).
 
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information
DHSC
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