Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that Integrated Care Boards adopt the Wheelchair Charter, as supported by NHS England.

Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the development, provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services. NHS England has committed to develop a framework for ICBs to support them in commissioning effective, efficient and personalised wheelchair services. The framework will include the updated Wheelchair Charter.

Regarding the processes established within individual ICBs to audit Wheelchair Service standards of service, the Government does not hold this information centrally.