Question follow-through · 24967
Health: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to deliver a fully funded cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities which (a) takes into account the wider determinants of health and (b) includes measurable goa
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Department of Health and Social Care: Gender Based Violence · 3 Feb 2025
- Cancer: Young People · 4 Feb 2025
- Cancer: Children · 4 Feb 2025
- Preventive Medicine · 4 Feb 2025
- Health Mission Board · 4 Feb 2025
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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
20 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to deliver a fully funded cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities which (a) takes into account the wider determinants of health and (b) includes measurable goa
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jan 2025
Answer published
Our Health Mission in England focuses on addressing the social determinants of health, with the goal of halving the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest regions.We will work across Government and with a wide range of healthcare s...
Official data retrieved 28 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.
Department of Health and Social Care: Gender Based Violence
3 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to contribute to the target of halving violence against women and girls in ten years.
Cancer: Young People
4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of hospital beds for teenagers and young adults undergoing cancer treatment.
Cancer: Children
4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to increase the funding available for research into children cancers.
Preventive Medicine
4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the five-point prevention plan.
Health Mission Board
4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Health Mission Delivery Board last met.
Health Mission Board
4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Health Mission Delivery Board will next meet.
Preventive Medicine
4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the five-point prevention plan.
Preventive Medicine
5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the health mission delivery board on the prevention of ill health.
Health Mission Board: Recruitment
5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Health Mission Delivery Board has appointed external experts.
Pregnancy
7 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the average body mass index of pregnant women in the (a) most recent period for which data is available and (b) five years before the most recent period for
Nurses: Training
10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of entry level nursing roles.
Osteoporosis: Diagnosis
21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to deliver early diagnosis services for osteoporosis.