Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101967

Community Care: Rural Areas

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 23 January 2026

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2025 to Written Question 73770, how many neighbourhoods he expects each ICB to designate.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Neighbourhoods are natural communities that are recognisable by local residents. Typically, neighbourhoods will have populations of approximately 50,000 people, but coherent geography is more important for defining neighbourhoods than the population size....

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