Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of clinical waste collection services provided to GP practices in (a) Lancashire and (b) Cumbria.

No assessment has been made.

Health Technical Memorandum 07-01: Safe and sustainable management of healthcare waste provides the principal National Health Service technical guidance, supported by the NHS Clinical Waste Strategy, statutory waste-duty-of-care requirements, and infection-prevention expectations.

Responsibility for the provision of clinical waste services rests with the practices and the local integrated care boards (ICBs), who will agree to the relevant contracts for its supply.