Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) governance and (b) administration costs of Clinical Commissioning Groups in England; and what steps he is taking to ensure value for money for those costs.

NHS England is responsible for determining allocations of financial resources to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). Total annual budgets given to CCGs cover the majority of NHS spending including admin expenditure.

CCGs have a statutory duty to commission high-quality care that is cost-effective. It is the responsibility of CCGs, and NHS England, to ensure that commissioning is economical and effective at all times.