Question follow-through · 52295

Department of Health and Social Care: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) internal policy reviews, (b) independent reviews, (c) external reviews, (d) taskforces, (e) public consultations, (f) investigations and (g) other reviews his Department launched betwe

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 May 2025
Target answer date
19 May 2025
Answer
23 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) internal policy reviews, (b) independent reviews, (c) external reviews, (d) taskforces, (e) public consultations, (f) investigations and (g) other reviews his Department launched betwe

  2. 19 May 2025

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  3. 23 May 2025

    Answer published

    Following the election, the Government outlined its ambitions through the Plan for Change, which sets out an ambitious set of milestones, across the missions, for this Parliament.As the House of Commons would expect, the Government continually reviews its...

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