Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pieces of correspondence his Department has received from (a) hon. Members, (b) members of the House of Lords, (c) external organisations and (d) members of the public relating to patient transport to and from NHS appointments.

A search of the Department’s ministerial correspondence database has identified 98 items of correspondence received since 1 May 2017 about patient transport to and from National Health Service appointments. Of these, 84 were from hon. Members, none were from members of the House of Lords, one was from an external organisation and 13 were from members of the public.

This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s ministerial correspondence unit only.