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Care Quality Commission: Equality

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 26 February 2026UIN 114866

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2026 to Question 107388 on Care Quality Commission: Equality, if he will publish the documentation associated with the CQC’s positive action development programme.

Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) operates independently of the Department. The positive action development programme is an internal CQC initiative, and the Department does not hold the associated documentation. The Department has been informed by the CQC that this documentation is not published externally but is available to CQC staff via its intranet.

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