Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the governance arrangements put in place to oversee the development of Sustainability and Transformation Plans will ensure appropriate accountability to Parliament for decisions made.

The development of Sustainability and Transformation Plans does not alter the existing statutory responsibilities of clinical commissioning groups, local authorities and NHS arms length bodies. Sustainability and Transformation Plans are designed to enable local health and care leaders to work together more collaboratively to help each other meet their statutory responsibilities more effectively and efficiently. They do not alter existing arrangements for accountability.