Question follow-through · 33627
NHS Shared Business Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the use of NHS Shared Business Services by non-NHS services for (a) payroll, (b) pension, (c) procurement, (d) tax accounting and (e) other financial services.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the use of NHS Shared Business Services by non-NHS services for (a) payroll, (b) pension, (c) procurement, (d) tax accounting and (e) other financial services.
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2025
Answer published
The NHS Shared Business Services provides corporate and back-office services, including payroll, pensions, procurement, and accounting services, to National Health Service organisations and health-related social enterprises only.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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