Question follow-through · 68971

General Practitioners: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the information sharing duties in the (a) Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill and (b) Crime and Policing Bill on GPs.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Jul 2025
Target answer date
21 Jul 2025
Answer
5 Aug 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the information sharing duties in the (a) Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill and (b) Crime and Policing Bill on GPs.

  2. 21 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Aug 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to improving information sharing across services to help safeguard and promote the welfare of children. The Department of Health and Social Care is working closely with the Department for Education and the Home Office on their ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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