Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Scottish Orthotic Services Review, published by NHS Scotland in 2005, and the relevance of its findings to the current commissioning and delivery of orthotic services in England.

No such assessment has been made. The commissioning and delivery of orthotic services are devolved matters. In England, responsibility rests with local integrated care boards and National Health Service trusts in line with the non-specialised commissioning status of orthotic services. In 2015, NHS England introduced national guidance to support more consistent and higher-quality orthotics provision.