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Integrated Care Boards: Operating Costs

Commons · Question 56905 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Jun 2025

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Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what statutory basis NHS England has required Integrated Care Boards to reduce their running cost allowances by 50% by Quarter 3 of the 2025-26 financial year.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 16 Jun 2025

The National Health Service Act 2006, as amended by The Health and Care Act 2022, grants NHS England powers to establish integrated care boards (ICBs) as statutory bodies for commissioning the majority of health and care services in England. The National ...