Question follow-through · 109696

Department of Health and Social Care: Jews and Sikhs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment their Department has made of trends in the level of discrimination faced by (a) Sikhs and (b) Jews as ethnic groups in the provision of their Department's services.

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
16 Mar 2026 · 46 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment their Department has made of trends in the level of discrimination faced by (a) Sikhs and (b) Jews as ethnic groups in the provision of their Department's services.

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Our 10-Year Health Plan for England sets out a reimagined service designed to tackle inequalities in both access and outcomes. This includes tackling the conditions where there are the greatest disparities for ethnic or religious groups.There is currently...

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