Question follow-through · 121489
Infant Foods: Leicester
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of infant formula shortages on families in Leicester, particularly those on lower incomes or with limited access to alternative formula supplies.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 25 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of infant formula shortages on families in Leicester, particularly those on lower incomes or with limited access to alternative formula supplies.
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Department’s National Supply Disruption Response, (NSDR), acts as the single point of contact for the medical supply industry. The NSDR has been engaged along with the Food Standards Agency to support the incident with infant formula products and spec...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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