Question follow-through · 105898
NHS: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce NHS waiting lists in Leicestershire.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce NHS waiting lists in Leicestershire.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2026
Answer published
Cutting waiting lists is a key priority for the Government. We have committed to returning to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients should wait no longer than 18 weeks from Referral to Treatment (RTT) by March 2029.We ar...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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