Question follow-through · 118874
Hospices
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all hospice services are required to be commissioned.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 16 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all hospice services are required to be commissioned.
11 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Mar 2026
Answer published
The majority of hospices are charitable, independent organisations and, therefore, the Government does not collect or keep data on hospice bed capacity nationally. There are no current plans to make a formal assessment of the adequacy of hospice bed capac...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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