Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to take questions from the (a) press and (b) public when he launches his Department's public consultation following publication of the Caldicott review.

The Government is currently considering the findings and recommendations of the reviews undertaken by the Care Quality Commission and Dame Fiona Caldicott, ahead of these reports being published. The scope of any supporting consultation exercise is yet to be determined.