Written question asked by Baroness Manzoor (Conservative) on Thursday, 10 December 2020, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 December 2020. It was answered by Lord Bethell (Conservative) on Thursday, 17 December 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Private Sector: NHS

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many operations were conducted by private healthcare providers on behalf of the NHS in (1) March, (2) April, and (3) May; whether any contracts with such providers to provide such operations included financial penalties relating to the number of operations to be undertaken and any subsequent lack of uptake; if so, (a) what were those penalties, and (b) whether they have had to pay any such penalties; whether they have received any representations about the lack of uptake for those operations by private sector operators; and what was the outcome of any such representations.

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