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Wheelchairs: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve support for people requiring wheelchairs.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
3 Jun 2026
Answer
8 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve support for people requiring wheelchairs.

  2. 3 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    On 21 July 2025, the Minister for Social Security and Disability announced our plans to develop and publish a Government Plan for Disability. The Department is working with the Cabinet Office Disability Unit to support the development of the Plan for Disa...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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