Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure the effective spending of the additional funding of health services in Northern Ireland as part of the Government's agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party in the absence of the Northern Ireland Executive; and if he will make a statement.
The National Health Service in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter and is overseen by the Northern Ireland Department of Health. The Health and Social Care Board is responsible for commissioning services, resource management and performance management and service improvement.