Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England Private Board meeting papers, whether it remains NHS England’s policy to publish the agenda and papers from NHS England Private Board meetings one year after the meeting; and for what reasons NHS England have not published any Private Board papers since March 2015.

The board of NHS England conducts as much of its business as possible in a session that members of the public are welcome to attend and observe. It remains NHS England’s policy to publish private board meeting papers and papers up until May 2018 are now available on the NHS England website at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/board/meetings/previous/private-papers/