Question follow-through · 127011
Department of Health and Social Care: Arms Length Bodies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what timetable his Department has set for submitting proposals to the Cabinet Office on arm’s length body reform and accountability.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- NHS: Standards · 14 Apr 2026
- Patient Choice Schemes · 14 Apr 2026
- Patient Choice Schemes · 14 Apr 2026
- Patient Choice Schemes · 14 Apr 2026
- Patient Choice Schemes · 14 Apr 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
13 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what timetable his Department has set for submitting proposals to the Cabinet Office on arm’s length body reform and accountability.
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
NHS: Standards
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Patient Choice Schemes
14 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to maintain patient choice.
Patient Choice Schemes
14 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that patients are offered a choice of five providers at the point of referral where appropriate.
Patient Choice Schemes
14 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with integrated care boards and NHS England on ensuring that contracting decisions uphold the principles of patient choice.
Patient Choice Schemes
14 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with integrated care boards and NHS England on ensuring that sufficient capacity is commissioned from independent sector providers to facilitate patient choice.
Resident Doctors: Strikes
5 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he plans to have with relevant stakeholders to help mitigate the potential impact of upcoming resident doctors' strike.
Accident and Emergency Departments: North West
5 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients across the North West who attended A&E since July 2024 have been (a) admitted, (b) transferred and (c) discharged within four hours.
NHS: Digital Technology
5 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to further enhance the digital transition in the NHS to improve patient experience.
General Practitioners
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP appointments were missed in each of the last 10 years.
General Practitioners
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Defibrillators
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the installation of defibrillators in public areas.
Defibrillators
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of defibrillators in key public areas.