Question follow-through · 532
Out of Area Treatment: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on (a) the adequacy of current travel costs support schemes for young cancer patients from Northern Ireland travelling to receive treatment in
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 22 Jul 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on (a) the adequacy of current travel costs support schemes for young cancer patients from Northern Ireland travelling to receive treatment in
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jul 2024
Answer published
The Department is responsible for healthcare in England. In Northern Ireland, health is a transferred matter, and for Scotland and Wales, health is a devolved matter. The Government has not yet made a formal assessment on a cancer plan for children and yo...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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