Question follow-through · 106977

Health Visitors: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of health visiting on the Government’s target of raising the healthiest generation of children ever.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 Jan 2026
Target answer date
22 Jan 2026
Answer
28 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of health visiting on the Government’s target of raising the healthiest generation of children ever.

  2. 22 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever. The child health workforce, including health visiting teams, are central to how we support families to give their children the best start in life.Health visitors lead the H...

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