Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 224949, on what date NHS England began reviewing its policy on individual funding requests; which parties are contributing to that review; when he expects the review to conclude; and if he will make a statement.

NHS England has advised that it will be reviewing its policy on individual funding requests during 2015 and the timescale of this review will be determined in the coming weeks.

NHS England will consider how the policy will be reviewed and who will be involved.