Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that meetings of (1) Integrated Care Boards, (2) Integrated Care Partnerships, and (3) Health and Well-Being Boards, are held in public.

The government expects integrated care boards (ICBs), integrated care partnerships (ICPs), and Health and Wellbeing Boards to operate in an open and transparent manner, including holding meetings in public. ICBs and Health and Wellbeing Boards will be subject to the requirement in the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act 1960 to hold meetings in public, excepting certain specific circumstances. While not subject to the 1960 Act, we have been clear that we expect ICPs to follow the same principles.