Question follow-through · 54481
Gluten-free Foods: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address regional disparities in the prescribing of gluten-free foods for people with coeliac disease.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 22 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address regional disparities in the prescribing of gluten-free foods for people with coeliac disease.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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2 Jun 2025
Answer published
Decisions about the commissioning and funding of local health services are the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs). ICBs need to consider the needs of all their population when making decisions on how best to use their budget. NHS Englan...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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