Question follow-through · 93594
Integrated Care Systems: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) additional funding and (b) operational support his Department will provide to Integrated Care Systems in (i) rural areas and (ii) West Dorset in winter 2025-2026.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 28 Nov 2025 · 7 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, what (a) additional funding and (b) operational support his Department will provide to Integrated Care Systems in (i) rural areas and (ii) West Dorset in winter 2025-2026.
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Nov 2025
Answer published
NHS England is responsible for determining funding allocations to integrated care boards (ICBs), including those covering rural areas and West Dorset. This process is independent of the Government and is informed by advice from the Advisory Committee on R...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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