Question follow-through · 809
Life Expectancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for public health policy of the Health Foundation’s findings on the decline in healthy life expectancy in the UK.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 26 May 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- 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
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for public health policy of the Health Foundation’s findings on the decline in healthy life expectancy in the UK.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 May 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises that the Health Foundation’s findings on the recent decline in healthy life expectancy are concerning. The findings reinforce the importance of a shift from treatment to prevention as set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, alongside...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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