Auditors trawled through the accounts of the Department of Health and Social Care, which was responsible for buying masks, gloves and gowns during the pandemic.
Healthcare workers were among those left furious after piles of boxes containing aprons and face masks were left in an enormous heap in the New Forest town of Calmore earlier this year.
New Forest District Council has said the PPE is due to be removed from the site, and an investigation is underway as healthcare workers question why the PPE would have been dumped.