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Question follow-through · 42887

Integrated Care Boards: Operating Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when guidance will be issued to ICBs on where the expected 50% cuts in running costs should come from.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
3 Apr 2025
Answer
3 Apr 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when guidance will be issued to ICBs on where the expected 50% cuts in running costs should come from.

  2. 3 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    As part of the necessary changes to support the National Health Service to recover, NHS England has indicated that integrated care boards (ICBs) should reduce in size. NHS England and the Department are working in close collaboration with ICBs to ensure i...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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