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Lord Scriven (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 June 2026

Debate

Integrated Care Boards: Budgets

Contribution

My Lords, that is all well and good, but financial transparency is the bedrock of accountability. Yet in the answer to a recent FoI request, 80% of ICBs indicated that they could not identify their spending on learning disability services. Will the Minister acknowledge that without the basic financial data, the current system provides a perfect screen for ICBs to quietly raid learning disability budgets to cover acute deficits?

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