Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government which NHS organisations are subject to legal directions; and what in each case is the predicted deficit for the current financial year.

Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are the only National Health Service organisation which legal directions can be applied to. There are currently five CCGs subject to NHS England directions. These are NHS Vale of York CCG, NHS Wirral CCG, NHS Cambridge and Peterborough CCG, NHS Shropshire CCG and NHS Southport and Formby CCG.

NHS Vale of York CCG planned for a deficit of approximately £19 million, and the latest published forecasts say they expect to meet this plan.

NHS Wirral CCG planned to break even, and the latest published forecasts say they expect to meet this plan.

NHS Cambridge and Peterborough CCG planned for a deficit of approximately £75 million, and the latest published forecasts say they expect to meet this plan.

NHS Shropshire CCG planned for a deficit of approximately £23 million, and the latest published forecast said they would meet that plan.

NHS Southport and Formby CCG planned to break even, and the latest published forecast said they would meet that plan.