Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what arrangements are in place to ensure independent assessment of the performance of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) following the abolition of NHS England; and who will be responsible for publishing comparative performance data between ICBs.

The Health Bill, subject to parliamentary passage, proposes to transfer the requirement to conduct annual assessments of integrated care boards from NHS England to my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and to focus assessments on the statutory functions of these organisations.

The Health Bill also proposes that my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, must publish a report each financial year containing a summary of the results of each performance assessment conducted with respect to that year.