Question follow-through · 121848
Meningitis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what planning his Department has previously undertaken for a meningitis outbreak.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 12 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
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what planning his Department has previously undertaken for a meningitis outbreak.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Department undertakes a range of emergency preparedness and response exercises that test our capability to manage high‑consequence infectious disease outbreaks. These exercises routinely assess incident response structures, case management, contact tr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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