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Department of Health and Social Care: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, how many meetings officials from their Department have attended on the national conversation on defence and security; which directorate in

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
9 Mar 2026
Answer
23 Mar 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, how many meetings officials from their Department have attended on the national conversation on defence and security; which directorate in

  2. 9 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Officials from the Department of Health and Social Care regularly attend meetings to discuss matters of national security, defence, and resilience as well as the associated public communications required to deliver these lines of efforts. The conversation...

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