Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) draw up contingency plans and (b) identify alternative suppliers to provide the public services to the NHS in (i) Oxfordshire and (ii) England that are currently provided by Carillion.

Nationally, NHS Improvement has been helping the National Health Service trusts which are impacted by the liquidation of Carillion and will continue to work intensively with trusts over the coming days to minimise any disruption. This has included identifying areas of risk, assessing alternative supply options, setting up monitoring arrangements and liaising closely with the affected trusts. In Oxfordshire, one Trust is affected and working with NHS Improvement, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.