Freedom of Information request for all records off all funds received by the British Government, MHRA, Sage Public Health England for vaccine area and specifically for COVID-19 vaccines (FOI 21-358)
Published 28 June 2021
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4th May 2021 FOI 21/358
Dear
Thank you for your email.
Please find below the answers to the questions you have raised.
QUESTION: Please kindly provide written and digital documentation and all records off all funds received by the British Government, MHRA, Sage Public Health England for vaccine area and specifically for Covid 19 vaccines .Please also provide written evidence of all UK participants in Event 201 -which was a practice run for a pandemic -prior to the actual Covid 19 pandemic start in 2020.
ANSWER: We suggest you contact Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) for advice.
Web contact form - https://contactus.dh.gov.uk/?openform
Phone: 020 7210 4850
QUESTION: Please provide all written documentation of the PCR cycle amplifications order -ie documentation of the recommended cycle amplification rate of the PCR test.
ANSWER: We suggest you contact DHSC for advice.
Web contact form - https://contactus.dh.gov.uk/?openform
QUESTION: Please provide written evidence of the scientific isolation test in a lab or the Covid 19 virus and also of all the current variants.
ANSWER: MHRA holds no information on the isolation of the Covid-19 virus. We suggest that they consult the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) website (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies), which includes information supporting the governments’ decision making on the Covid-19 pandemic, including information on the isolation of the Covid-19 virus.
Please note that information on the isolation of the Covid-19 virus is also available in the public domain through scientific papers.
QUESTION: Please provide written evidence of all UK government officials shares in Pharmaceutical companies.
ANSWER: The MHRA is a trading fund of the Department of Health and has no shareholders. The question asks for evidence relating to All Government Officials and the MHRA do not hold that information.
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