Question follow-through · 8092
Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a National Carers Strategy.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 10 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
8 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a National Carers Strategy.
10 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Oct 2024
Answer published
This Government is committed to ensuring that families have the support that they need. The Government has heard the calls for a National Carers Strategy. This must be addressed in the wider context of the urgent need for a renewed vision for adult social...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
GP Surgeries
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General Practitioners
9 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the additional resources needed by general practice to meet patient demand in 2024-2025.
General Practitioners
9 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a maximum number of appointments each GP can undertake in one day.
Statutory Sick Pay
9 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential impact of the level of Statutory Sick Pay on public health outcomes.
Social Services
11 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to create a National Care Service; and what his planned timetable is for this.
Screening: Young Carers
14 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing annual health check-ups for young carers under 18.
Sunscreens
14 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has funded awareness campaigns to encourage the use of sunscreen to prevent melanoma in the last three years.
Sunscreens
14 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to fund awareness campaigns to encourage the use of sunscreen to prevent melanoma.
Sunscreens
14 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with their counterparts in the Treasury on the potential merits of funding measures to improve access to sunscreen.
Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
17 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase investment in the children’s mental health system to (a) reduce waiting times and (b) ensure that more (i) children and (ii) young people can access support
Nurses: Schools
30 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of school nurses.
Veterans: Fireworks
30 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of fireworks on veterans (a) with PTSD and (b) experiencing other war-related mental health trauma.