Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2014 to Question 204192, for what reason the NHS Accelerator Fund is NHS branded without the involvement of his Department and NHS England.

We understand that the National Health Service Accelerator Fund has become a working title for a potential fund to support innovations in the NHS. However as the fund has not been launched or any money raised, there is no formal entity in place with this official title. Any proposal to launch the fund with NHS as part of its title would be subject to normal consideration under NHS brand rules.