Question follow-through · 6747
Pharmacy: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of extending equivalent business rates support provided to retail and hospitality to community pharmacies; and what assessment he has made of the potential imp
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of extending equivalent business rates support provided to retail and hospitality to community pharmacies; and what assessment he has made of the potential imp
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jun 2026
Answer published
In the Autumn Budget 2025, the Government made hard choices so that we could protect the National Health Service in England and continue to prioritise reducing waiting times. Budget 2025 confirmed that annual NHS day-to-day spending will increase by £15 b...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Tomography
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) CT scanners and (b) MRI scanners were in use in the NHS at (i) 4 July 2024 and (ii) 14 May 2026.
Health Services: Foreign Nationals
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many not ordinarily resident overseas visitors received NHS secondary health care services, regardless of whether a charging expedition applied, in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-2026.
Health Services: Foreign Nationals
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) number and (b) proportion of chargeable cases of NHS secondary health care services supplied to not ordinarily resident overseas visitors saw full recovery of all charges due in (i) 2024-2
Health Services: Foreign Nationals
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many not ordinarily resident overseas visitors received NHS primary health care services in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-2026.
Prescriptions: Foreign Nationals
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS prescriptions were issued to not ordinarily resident overseas visitors in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-2026.
Health Services: Foreign Nationals
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many not ordinarily resident overseas visitors attended at NHS (a) walk in centres and (b) A&E departments in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-2026.
Prescriptions: Foreign Nationals
1 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer to Question 10108 on 24 June 2026, where data on NHS prescriptions issued to not ordinarily resident overseas visitors is held.
NHS England: Recruitment
1 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the announcement of 13 March 2025 on the future of NHS England, how many people have been hired by NHS England since that date; and how many of those recruits were appointed to each non
NHS Foundation Trusts: Standards
1 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Care Quality Commission's statement that each NHS trust has been provided with an individual benchmark report containing headline results, trust scores for evaluative questions, com
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to Question 124577 from the Rt hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire.
NHS England: Staff
7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the announcement of 13 March 2025 on the future of NHS England, how many people have been hired by NHS England since that date; and how many of those recruits were appointed to each non
NHS Foundation Trusts: Standards
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