Question follow-through · 1945
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Named Day Written Parliamentary Questions to his Department were overdue for a substantive answer at the end of the 2024–26 Parliamentary Session.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jun 2026 · 28 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Cannabis: Medical Treatments · 20 May 2026
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- Cannabis: Medical Treatments · 20 May 2026
- Shingles: Older People · 20 May 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Named Day Written Parliamentary Questions to his Department were overdue for a substantive answer at the end of the 2024–26 Parliamentary Session.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jun 2026
Answer published
Information on the number of Written Parliamentary Questions the Department had not answered substantively before prorogation is available at the following link:https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions?SearchTerm=prorogation&DateFr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Cannabis: Medical Treatments
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the MHRA on the regulation of private clinics advertising consultations for cannabis-based products for medicinal use.
Cannabis: Medical Treatments
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of current arrangements for monitoring prescribing volumes of cannabis-based products for medicinal use by provider and prescriber.
Cannabis: Medical Treatments
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs’ review of cannabis-based products for medicinal use will specifically consider prescribing to patients with serious mental illness, advertising
Cannabis: Medical Treatments
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has asked the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to consider patient safety issues in its review of cannabis-based products for medicinal use, including prescribing to p
Shingles: Older People
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of adults aged 80 and over who may develop shingles between the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s November 2024 advice on expandi
Shingles: Older People
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the NHS of shingles-related GP appointments, A&E attendances and hospital admissions among adults aged 80 and over between the Joint Committee o
Shingles: Vaccination
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the clinical, operational, procurement and supply-side barriers to expanding the shingles vaccination programme to adults aged 80 and over.
Shingles: Vaccination
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that adults who are already older than the eligible age when the shingles vaccination programme is expanded are not disadvantaged by the timing of the rollout.
Shingles: Vaccination
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what factors his Department is considering before responding to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s November 2024 advice that the shingles vaccination programme should be expanded
Shingles: Vaccination
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what operational, clinical or supply-side factors informed the decision to phase the expansion of the shingles vaccination programme to adults aged 60 and over between 2028 and 2033.
Medical Treatments: Innovation
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England routinely monitors geographical variation in the delivery of specialised services including left atrial appendage occlusion or closure; and what action it takes where provision
Medical Treatments: Innovation
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many provider centres approved to deliver left atrial appendage occlusion or closure services are currently inactive or not routinely delivering procedures; and what steps NHS England is taking