Question follow-through · 25840
Research: Coastal Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) data for and (b) research into coastal communities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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- 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
22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) data for and (b) research into coastal communities.
27 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jan 2025
Answer published
The National Institute for Heath and Care Research (NIHR) has funded a range of research specifically focusing on coastal populations, including investing in local authority and higher education partnerships, as well as studies that focussed on health car...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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