Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2017 to Question 110811, what discussions (a) Ministers or (b) officials in his Department have held with (i) Ministers or (ii) officials in the Department for Transport on the effect of decreases to (A) bus routes and (B) the frequency of bus services on the ability of older people to access NHS appointments.

Ministers and officials at the Department of Health and the Department for Transport have conversations covering a wide range of issues. However, the Department of Health searched for and found no record of discussions between Ministers or officials regarding the effect of decreases to bus routes and the frequency of bus services on the ability of older people to access National Health Service appointments.