Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2022 to Question 94680 on Dementia, what his planned timetable is for the announcement of the appointment of the Chair; and what estimate he has made of when the Chair will begin work.

We are in the process of recruiting the chair and hope to be able to announce their appointment in the new year. When they will be able to begin work is subject to pre-appointment checks.