Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and which hospitals inspected by the Care Quality Commission in 2015-16 did not meet the requirements set out in Regulation 14 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulation Activities) Regulations 2014.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England.

The CQC records breaches of the regulations on the basis of whether it has taken enforcement action in respect of a breach. In the case of Regulation 14 the CQC has advised that its records show that it has not taken any enforcement action for the period 1 April 2015 to date for a breach of Regulation 14. The 1 April 2015 is when Regulation 14 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) 2014, came into force.

It might be the case that the CQC has taken enforcement action based on wider safety concerns, part of which Regulation 14 might have been considered.