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Department of Health and Social Care: Non-departmental Public Bodies

Asked by Mr Peter BedfordConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 26 March 2025UIN 38851

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the non-departmental public bodies overseen by his Department he plans to abolish.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Prime Minister announced the abolition of NHS England, the largest arm’s length body in England, on 13 March 2025, and my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, followed this with a statement to Parliament.

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