Community Care: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 101967 · Tabled 2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2025 to Written Question 73770, how many neighbourhoods he expects each ICB to designate.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 23 Jan 2026
Neighbourhoods are natural communities that are recognisable by local residents. Typically, neighbourhoods will have populations of approximately 50,000 people, but coherent geography is more important for defining neighbourhoods than the population size....