Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether individual clinical commissioning groups are required to comply with the majority decision of a sustainability and transformation plan board.

Sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) are not statutory organisations, but a way for the National Health Service and local government to work together. The STP process does not alter the existing accountabilities of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), local authorities and NHS provider organisations.

Each STP footprint has agreed its own governance and representation, depending on local circumstances to ensure that all relevant NHS bodies and partners are included. CCGs are a fundamental part of a STP and are bound by this agreed governance arrangement.