Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many requests to call in a reconfiguration of NHS services his Department has received under Schedule 10A of the National Health Service Act 2006 since 31 January 2024; and in how many cases he has exercised the call-in power.

The Department has been notified of nine reconfigurations under Schedule 10A of the National Health Service Act 2006 since 31 January 2024, of which one related to community hospital’s provision of beds.

The Department has received a total of 70 call-in requests, relating to 21 individual NHS service reconfigurations, under Schedule 10A of the National Health Service Act 2006 since 31 January 2024. My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has not used the call-in power.