Question follow-through · 27449

Patients: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for each of the last five financial years, what data is available on the uptake of a) the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service, and b) the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme among patients living in

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
9 Sept 2026
Answer
11 Sept 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 7 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for each of the last five financial years, what data is available on the uptake of a) the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service, and b) the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme among patients living in

  2. 9 Sept 2026

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  3. 11 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    No data is centrally held on the uptake of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service provision. The following table shows the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme’s uptake over the last five financial years:2021/2212,7632022/2313,8172023/2412,9302024/2510,3152025...

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