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Question follow-through · 26776

Health Services: Interpreters

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS-funded interpreter bookings resulted in patient non-attendance in each of the last three years; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce costs arising from patient non-attenda

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
4 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS-funded interpreter bookings resulted in patient non-attendance in each of the last three years; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce costs arising from patient non-attenda

  2. 4 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The requested information is not centrally held by the Department.

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Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.

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