Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the North East Commissioning Service has not accepted an offer from Newcastle City Council's Director of Public Health to place a contract to modify data systems to facilitate analysis at council ward level.

This is an operational matter for the Commissioning Support Unit and the local Council.

The North of England Commissioning Support Unit advises that it has held discussions with the Director of Public Health but is not aware of any offer to place a contract with the organisation.