Question follow-through · 38164
Immunosuppression
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the United Kingdom are clinically defined as immunocompromised.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2025 · 20 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
13 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the United Kingdom are clinically defined as immunocompromised.
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Apr 2025
Answer published
NHS England Specialised Commissioning has recently updated the specialist immunology service specification for adults with deficient immune systems, named the Specialist immunology services for adults with deficient immune systems. This sets out the stand...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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