Question follow-through · 123047
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether decisions on mandatory and additional General Ophthalmic Services contract fees are subject to an Equality Impact Assessment.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 23 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
23 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether decisions on mandatory and additional General Ophthalmic Services contract fees are subject to an Equality Impact Assessment.
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Mar 2026
Answer published
Decisions on mandatory and additional General Ophthalmic Services contract fees are informed by an Equality Impact Assessment, in line with the Public Sector Equality Duty.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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