Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the amount of time spent on managing existing contracts by clinical commissioning group commissioners.

Information on the amount of time spent on managing existing contracts by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) is not held centrally. CCGs are independent statutory bodies responsible and accountable for the management of their contracts. NHS England does not monitor CCG contracts; NHS England and NHS Improvement monitor actual performance of CCGs, not contracts.

A range of contract continuous improvement and capability enhancement initiatives are being developed as a pan–Departmental and arm’s length bodies collaborative programme to drive ongoing commercial improvements and benefits across the health family.