Question follow-through · 109325
Pharmacy: Business Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending Business Rates reimbursements to Community Pharmacies.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending Business Rates reimbursements to Community Pharmacies.
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Feb 2026
Answer published
In the Autumn Budget 2025, the Government made hard choices in order to protect the National Health Service in England and continue to prioritise reducing waiting times. We have also stepped in to cap bills and help businesses, as part of a £4.3 billion s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Health Services
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS care pathways for patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and associated co-morbidities.
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure access to specialist multidisciplinary teams for patients with complex connective tissue disorders, including those with suspected craniocervical instability.
Craniocervical Instability: Diagnosis
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provision exists within the NHS for diagnostic investigations, including upright and dynamic MRI, for suspected craniocervical instability; and whether he plans to expand access to that provis
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Health Services
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available for patients with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome awaiting specialist assessment, including access to interim treatments and prescribed medical compression garme
Medical Treatments
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will review funding and prescribing guidance for medical compression garments for conditions other than lipoedema, including Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.
ME/CFS: Health Services
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regional provision of services for patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; and what steps he is taking to increase the avail
Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: Health Services
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13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what financial support and assistance is available to patients required to self fund essential medical equipment.
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Sodium Valproate
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a (a) senior team and (b) tsar to support people affected by sodium valproate.