Question follow-through · 126455
Down's Syndrome: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the needs of people with Down Syndrome.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 16 Apr 2026 · 6 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
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the needs of people with Down Syndrome.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Apr 2026
Answer published
Through the implementation of the Down Syndrome Act 2022, the Government is striving to improve life outcomes for people with Down syndrome, raise awareness and understanding of their needs, and break down barriers to opportunity that they, and other disa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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