MICHELLE Mone reportedly denied she stood to gain financially from a PPE company – five months before £29 million of its profits were transferred into a trust for her benefit.

Leaked emails between Mone and the Cabinet Office revealed that a civil servant asked her to make a declaration that she had no conflict of interest in relation to the company, PPE Medpro, which she had recommended to ministers in May 2020, The Guardian reports.

Mone stated that she had “no conflicts whatsoever” and that she was not “entitled to any financial remuneration or financial benefit whatsoever”.

The former Tory peer eventually admitted to being involved with PPE Medpro, despite her past assurances she had nothing to do with the firm.

She is currently on a leave of absence from the House of Lords.

According to The Guardian, a Cabinet Office civil servant wrote to Mone, asking her for a “one-line statement to cover the lines we discussed so that we can document the declaration of no conflict”.

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She replied: “In relation to PPE Medpro Limited, I can confirm that I have no conflicts whatsoever in helping the company to achieve orders through the NHS. I am neither a shareholder of the company nor am I entitled to any financial remuneration or financial benefit whatsoever. You can put this on the record.

“My role is to help the NHS deliver on its PPE targets and to ultimately save lives of patients, medical workers and carers.”

This exchange was followed up by the civil servant asking about her husband Doug Barrowman’s involvement in the firm.

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Mone (above) is said to have replied half an hour later with an email stating in large text at the top: “This is for the record.”

She wrote: “To clarify the position on Doug, he has made it clear from the outset that he has put the consortium together that constitutes PPE Medpro Ltd.

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“Behind the scenes he has significantly negotiated down the prices available to the NHS on PPE from the company. The end result is highly competitive pricing that ensures the NHS benefits from his years of experience in manufacturing, procurement and management of supply chains.

“Doug is a very philanthropic individual and his Barrowman Foundation supports schools building in Africa and he recently built a large centre in Manchester for the Prince’s Trust. He is passionate about the NHS and during the crisis has wanted to help the NHS. This he has done through the procurement of a plentiful supply of cost-effective PPE.”

The couple have had their assets frozen under a court order obtained by the Crown Prosecution Service.

Restrictions have been placed on £75m worth of assets, including a townhouse in Belgravia, properties in Glasgow, an estate on the Isle of Man and numerous bank accounts.

They are also under investigation by the National Crime Agency for potential fraud. Both deny any wrongdoing.

The Department for Health and Social Care is also suing Mone and Barrowman, claiming much of the medical kit the NHS bought from PPE Medpro was useless.

A spokesperson for Mone and Barrowman told The Guardian they were being “scapegoated” for Government failures in PPE procurement during the Covid pandemic.

They said: “The NCA investigation has been ongoing for almost three years. There were well over a thousand separate communications with HM Government/Department of Health and Social Care and the small number of messages you quote are taken out of context. Doug and Michelle deny any wrongdoing and have not been charged with any criminal offences.”