Question follow-through · 53122
NHS and Social Services: Voluntary Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) tasks and (b) shifts were provided by the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service in each quarter since May 2023.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 19 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) tasks and (b) shifts were provided by the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service in each quarter since May 2023.
21 May 2025
Target answer date
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2 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Royal Voluntary Service provides reports on activity to NHS England. These reports do not separate out tasks and shifts. The following table provides a breakdown of activities, which could be tasks or shifts, in each month from May 2023 to February 20...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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