Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds records of declarations of interest, conflict checks, due diligence, security screening and beneficial-interest checks completed before Nicole Junkermann was appointed to the Healthtech Advisory Board in 2018.

The Health Tech Advisory Board was established to provide advice and challenge on health technology and innovation. The board held its first meeting on 19 November 2018, met a total of four times, and had ceased meeting by November 2019. The Department does not hold records of any declarations of interest, conflict checks, due diligence, security screening, or beneficial-interest checks completed in relation any members of the board.