Written questions

Integrated Care Boards: Mental Health Services

Commons · Question 5252 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 15 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase the accountability of Integrated Care Boards in relation to mental health prevention under the Health Bill.

Answer

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 15 Jun 2026

The Health Bill will strengthen the accountability of integrated care boards (ICBs), including for the delivery of mental health prevention, by increasing my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s oversight and intervention po...