Question follow-through · 38389
NHS England
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the abolition of NHS England.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 21 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the abolition of NHS England.
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Mar 2025
Answer published
We recognise there may be some short-term upfront costs as we undertake the integration of NHS England and the Department but these costs and more will be recouped in future years because of a smaller and leaner centre. By the end of the process, we estim...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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