Question follow-through · 48691
Health Services and Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will establish a cross-Departmental ministerial taskforce with the Department for Health and Social Care to support workforce planning between the higher education sector and health service.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 28 May 2025 · 30 calendar days after tabling
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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
28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will establish a cross-Departmental ministerial taskforce with the Department for Health and Social Care to support workforce planning between the higher education sector and health service.
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 May 2025
Answer published
The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the Department for Education on a wide range of matters to ensure cross-departmental collaboration on workforce planning in higher education and the healthcare service.The government is preparing...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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