Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons NHS England did not consider any commissioning policies that were not included in its 2016-17 annual prioritisation process as part of its 2017-18 annual commissioning prioritisation process.

In line with its previous commitments to do so, NHS England has taken the opportunity to review items considered unaffordable during the 2016/17 prioritisation round, as well as all known in-year service developments, in determining its funding for 2017/18.

To capture any new developments, NHS England is intending to run a full prioritisation round twice a year in the future.