Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he was first informed of the findings of Monitor's report on the performance of the foundation trust sector for the three months ending 30 June 2015.
Monitor make continual assessments of the financial performance of foundation trusts and senior officials at both Monitor and the Department provide ongoing and regular updates to the Secretary of State on the financial position in the National Health Service foundation trust sector, and this is not restricted to the quarterly performance reports.