Question follow-through · 5209
Disabled Facilities Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Disabled Facilities Grant scheme, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Test of Resources in order to ensure working people with disabiliti
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 7 Oct 2024 · 27 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- 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
10 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Disabled Facilities Grant scheme, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Test of Resources in order to ensure working people with disabiliti
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Oct 2024
Answer published
We recognise how important the right housing arrangements are in enabling people to live independently, and the need to support people to live in their own home wherever possible. In England, we continue to fund the locally administered Disabled Facilitie...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Waiting Lists: Aylesbury
12 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to reduce NHS waiting lists in Aylesbury constituency.
Care Homes: Aylesbury
4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide funding to cover basic costs for low-income care home users in Aylesbury constituency.
Gender Dysphoria: Health Services
4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for appointments at NHS gender identity clinics.
Dementia: Aylesbury
7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve dementia care in Aylesbury constituency.
Diabetes: Eating Disorders
9 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of care available for Type 1 diabetics with diabulimia; and if he will take steps to improve such provision.
Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Licensing
25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of his Department's consultation on The licensing of non-surgical cosmetic procedures in England, published on 2 September
Spinal Injuries: Databases
9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the national spinal cord injury database.
Spinal Injuries: Databases
9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing access to the national spinal cord injury database to (a) charities and (b) other stakeholders.
Coronavirus: Vaccination
20 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will take steps to extend the eligibility criteria for the covid-19 booster vaccination for winter to include those who are clinically vulnerable in winter 2025-26.
Palliative Care: Aylesbury
27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of palliative care services in Aylesbury constituency.
ME/CFS: Health Services
13 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure consistent application of NICE guidelines across Integrated Care Boards for the diagnosis and access to specialist care for the treatment of ME/Chronic Fatigue Syn
ME/CFS: Research
13 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to put in place a long term funding strategy for research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.