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Written question asked by Joe Robertson (Conservative) on Monday, 15 September 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 October 2025. It was answered by Karin Smyth (Labour) on Wednesday, 22 October 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Health Services: Public Consultation

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what selection criteria were used to identify charities eligible for funding to support community engagement with (a) sex workers, (b) travelling communities, (c) asylum seekers and (d) other seldom heard groups.

Answer

All members of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance were approached to support the 10-Year Health Plan engagement process to help ensure we reached seldom-heard groups and communities. Charities were selected based on their ability to deliver engagement sessions with communities and groups that were under-represented in the national conversation.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
77373
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Disadvantaged Asylum Charities Health services Finance Public consultation Prostitution Travellers
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk