Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many policies are being considered by NHS England's Commissioning department for the annual prioritisation process for specialised services.
The exact number of policy proposals going forward to the annual specialised commissioning prioritisation process in spring 2017/18 is yet to be finalised.
However, it will include the three policy proposals that were not prioritised on grounds of affordability in the 2016/17 prioritisation round.