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Written question asked by Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 18 March 2026, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 April 2026. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Monday, 30 March 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Integrated Care Boards: Redundancy

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 9 February (HL13391), what was the composition of the group of integrated care board (ICB) chief executive officers subject to compulsory redundancy in August 2025; and whether that group consisted only of those from ICBs being abolished or merged, or if it included leaders of boards that remained as standalone entities.

Original answer

The Department does not hold a centrally collated breakdown of individual integrated care board (ICB) chief executive officer cases who were subject to compulsory redundancy, as such matters sit with ICBs as independent statutory employers.

This was a structural redundancy exercise, arising directly from the reduction in the number of ICBs from 42 to 26 under system reform. Only chief executive officers whose roles ceased to exist because their ICB was abolished or merged were in scope for compulsory redundancy in line with their contractual terms and conditions of service. Chief executives of ICBs that continued as standalone organisations were not included in the redundancy group.

It has since been corrected.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL15722
Session
2024-26
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Notes
Answer corrected by written statement HLWS179 on 2 July 2026.
Subjects
Redundancy Integrated care boards
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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