Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times (a) he and (b) Ministers and advisers to his Department have met representatives of private healthcare providers since July 2018; on what dates those meetings took place; what the subjects of those meetings were; and if he will make a statement.

Details of Ministerial and Special Adviser meetings are published quarterly in arrears on the GOV.UK website. The latest publications up to September 2018 are available for Ministers and Advisors respectively at the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-2018-to-2019

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-special-advisers-gifts-hospitality-and-meetings-2018-to-2019