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Buprenorphine: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment with the Home Secretary of the potential merits of funding a wider rollout of long-acting Injectable Buprenorphine as a treatment option for people using opioids i

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
11 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment with the Home Secretary of the potential merits of funding a wider rollout of long-acting Injectable Buprenorphine as a treatment option for people using opioids i

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Department supports the provision of long-acting injectable buprenorphine as an option for those undergoing Opioid Substitution Treatment. Local authorities are responsible for commissioning drug and alcohol treatment services according to local need,...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Speech and Language Therapy: Schools

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Obesity: Children

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16 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the consumption of junk food by children.

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NHS: Pay

5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for future NHS staff pay negotiations in terms of (a) groups who will be involved and (b) when such negotiations will take place.

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Learning Disability

5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of adults with a learning disability are registered on the learning disability register in (a) England (b) each region of England.

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Learning Disability

5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to help increase the uptake of registration on the learning disability register.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Learning Disability: Life Expectancy

5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the life expectancy is of (a) women and (b) men of working age with a learning disability; and how does this compare with the life expectancy of people without a learning disability.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Learning Disability: Life Expectancy

5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help close the gap in average life expectancy between those with a learning disability and those living without a learning disability.

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Health Services: Learning Disability

5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of adults with a learning disability in England have a regular annual health check by a GP.

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Community Care: Learning Disability

5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to deliver the outstanding recommendations from Sir Stephen Bubb's report for the Public Accounts Select Committee, entitled Care services for people with lea

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Pectus Excavatum: Medical Treatments

20 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve treatment for patients with Pectus Excavatum.