Question follow-through · 93396
Department of Health and Social Care: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department spent with private sector providers of (a) diagnostic and imaging services (b) elective surgery (c) mental health services (d) community and primary care services for each y
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 1 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department spent with private sector providers of (a) diagnostic and imaging services (b) elective surgery (c) mental health services (d) community and primary care services for each y
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Dec 2025
Answer published
The information is not held in the format requested, breaking down private sector spend by these exact categories. However, the annual reports and accounts for the Department provide figures for total National Health Service spending with non-NHS, includi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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