Question follow-through · 537

Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department will continue the work of the Department’s Children in Hospital Stakeholder Group.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
17 Jul 2024
Target answer date
22 Jul 2024
Answer
26 Jul 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department will continue the work of the Department’s Children in Hospital Stakeholder Group.

  2. 22 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    Supporting parents with care and compassion whilst they navigate some of the toughest moments a parent can face is something all in this house would believe in. We will consider the work done by the previous Government before making a decision on next ste...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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