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Pharmacy: Newbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to support pharmacies in Newbury constituency with the increased cost of employers National Insurance contributions.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
7 Jan 2025
Answer
8 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to support pharmacies in Newbury constituency with the increased cost of employers National Insurance contributions.

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at Autumn Budget 2024, which enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26. The em...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Pharmacy: Employers' Contributions

23 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 12879 on Employer national insurance contributions on pharmacies, whether an impact assessment was conducted prior to the decision to increase

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Obesity: Children

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ADHD: Mental Health Services

3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) support services, (b) treatment access and (c) care pathways for people diagnosed with ADHD.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Employers' Contributions

3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support social care providers in Newbury with changes to employer National Insurance contributions.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Finance

3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase funding for social care providers; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of social care funding levels.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Reform

3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed three-year implementation period for social care reforms on social care providers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Hospitals: Discharges

10 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take with community care providers to help reduce hospital discharge waiting times.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Urinary Tract Infections: Medical Treatments

14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase treatment options for individuals with chronic UTIs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce mental health treatment waiting lists in line with those for physical health treatments.