Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ministerial directions were issued to his Department in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts, including the Governance Statements for 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 show that no ministerial directions were issued to the Department.