Question follow-through · 107700

Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England: Flags

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 11 December 2025 to Question 94707 on Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England: Flags, if he will list each flag, for flying from buildings that his Department

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
26 Jan 2026
Answer
6 Feb 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 11 December 2025 to Question 94707 on Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England: Flags, if he will list each flag, for flying from buildings that his Department

  2. 26 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Department holds a range of flags including the National Health Service flag and the commonwealth flag that are flown when instructed to by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The Union flag is flown the majority of the year.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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