Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that there are adequate (a) resources and (b) workforce capacity in community health services, particularly in areas served by the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care System.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England is responsible for funding allocations to integrated care boards (ICBs). NHS England takes advice on the underlying formula from the independent Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation. The formula takes account of population, age, need, deprivation, health inequality considerations, and unavoidable costs, for example the increased costs caused by lower population density in rural areas. Therefore, the ICB allocations issued by NHS England for 2026/27 to 2028/29 will take account of the demographics of the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care System in providing a fair share of overall National Health Service resources. We recently published the Neighbourhood Health Framework, which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neighbourhood-health-framework/neighbourhood-health-framework#introduction-to-neighbourhood-health

This framework will help systems deliver neighbourhood health, which will improve people’s health and care outcomes, reduce health inequalities, and help them stay well at home, partly by strengthening primary and community care services. NHS England then wrote to ICBs and NHS providers setting out the expectations on local action to advance neighbourhood health in 2026/27 to 2027/28, including commissioning for population health, with further information available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/next-steps-on-neighbourhood-health-and-new-delivery-models/

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the ongoing restructuring of NHS England and the reduction in Integrated Care Systems on (a) the pace of service development and transformation and (b) access to healthcare services for rural and semi‑rural communities (i) in Leicestershire and (ii) elsewhere in England.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The new Department will operate in a leaner, more agile, and more efficient way and will empower staff at all levels of the health system. These reforms will give more power and autonomy to local leaders and systems, stripping away red tape and bureaucracy and providing more freedom to better deliver health services for their local communities.

The 10-Year Health Plan sets out the need for a leaner national centre, one that sets clearer priorities, provides strategic direction, and supports local systems rather than relying on command and control. By integrating the Department and NHS England and significantly reducing duplication, the programme directly delivers this aspect of the 10-Year Health Plan vision, and compliments the other system changes happening at an integrated care board and provider level.

Delivery expectations are embedded throughout the plan, which will shift care from hospital to community, analogue to digital, and sickness to prevention, which will benefit local constituencies.

We are moving towards fewer but larger integrated care boards, with a renewed focus on the local level as part of our commitment to delivering care closer to home, and this includes rural and semi rural areas. As outlined in our 10-Year Health Plan, neighbourhood health plans will be created, including for Leicestershire, and will be brought together as part of the integrated care boards’ plans to improve population health locally. All integrated care boards will continue to focus on their role as strategic commissioners, supporting service transformation and development to deliver the priorities set out in the 10-Year Health Plan.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards are in place to ensure that data accessed or processed through the NHS Federated Data Platform cannot be repurposed, now or in the future, for immigration enforcement or other non‑health-related functions, including by third-party contractors or their overseas affiliates.

Answered by Zubir Ahmed

Data held within the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) remains under the full control of the National Health Service at all times. The supplier does not control NHS data and is not permitted to access, use, or share data for its own purposes.

The supplier cannot view NHS data unless explicitly authorised by an NHS Data Controller. The supplier acts solely on the instruction of the NHS when processing data on the platform. The FDP and Associated Services contract includes strict confidentiality requirements, supported by governance arrangements to oversee delivery and the use of the platform.

It is a contractual requirement that data held within the NHS FDP cannot be accessed by supplier staff or contractors located outside the United Kingdom. These arrangements ensure that NHS data remains under UK jurisdiction and that all data processing takes place within the UK.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation principles of transparency and accountability, NHS England has published information within the FDP Information Governance Framework. Data held within the FDP cannot be accessed or processed by non‑UK Government entities.

There are no products within the NHS FDP that hold immigration status or residency status. Immigration or residency data does not form part of NHS England data collections, nor does it form part of an individual’s health record.

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance is provided to exporters on demonstrating low diversion risk under the Sanctions End-Use Controls.

Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) provides guidance for businesses on Sanctions End-Use Controls and countering sanctions evasion through GOV.UK, which sets out how exporters can address diversion risk.

Exporters should evidence robust due diligence, including clear understanding of the end use and end user, transparent supply chains and consistent commercial and transport documentation.

DBT continues to support exporter compliance through regularly updated guidance and proactive stakeholder engagement to ensure businesses understand their obligations.

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