Question follow-through · 129843
Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Pandemic Preparedness Strategy: building our capabilities, published on 25 March 2026, how the word pandemic is defined.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 27 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Pandemic Preparedness Strategy: building our capabilities, published on 25 March 2026, how the word pandemic is defined.
29 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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29 Apr 2026
Answer published
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Moderna
28 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to FOI 903 to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), whether a copy of the Moderna audit has been requested from the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA).
Pharmacy: Manufacturing Industries
28 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to FOI 903 to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), what assessment he has made of the implications for trust and confidence in the pharmaceutical industry’s self-regulatory system,
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Yoghurt
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, that based on the latest consultation from the DHSC on the Nutrient Profile Model (NPM), and given that most fruit yogurts are low in fat and much lower in calories than many alternative desserts a
Disease Control: Harlow
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the new biosecurity centre in Harlow will not be operational until 2038.
Disease Control
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he considered including hospital-acquired infections in his Department's Pandemic Preparedness Strategy: building our capabilities, published on 25 March 2026.
Disease Control
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Pandemic Preparedness Strategy: building our capabilities, published on 25 March 2026, what type of pathogens the strategy is concerned with.
Disease Control
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Pandemic Preparedness Strategy: building our capabilities, published on 25 March 2026, how the word pandemic is defined.
Disease Control
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Pandemic Preparedness Strategy: building our capabilities, published on 25 March 2026, for what reason the strategy does not include modelling.
Disease Control
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department's Pandemic Preparedness Strategy: building our capabilities, published on 25 March 2026, was written.
Disease Control
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Pandemic Preparedness Strategy: building our capabilities, published on 25 March 2026, (a) who wrote the document and (b) whether AI technology was involved.
Moderna
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to FOI 903 to the UK Health Security Agency, whether a copy of the Moderna audit has been requested from the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority.