Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2014 to Question 212749, what discussions his Department has had with the insurance industry on the proportion of NHS foundation trusts not covered beyond the standard NHS Litigation Authority cover.
The Department does not hold information on the proportion of NHS foundation trusts that have taken out commercial building insurance to top up cover beyond the standard NHS Litigation Authority cover.
Ministers have had discussions with the insurance industry regarding the NHS Litigation Authority’s indemnity schemes, though not in relation to the proportion of NHS foundation trusts not covered beyond the standard NHS Litigation Authority cover.