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Gluten-free Foods

Asked by Samantha NiblettLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 7 September 2026UIN 26265

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Welsh Gluten Free Subsidy Card Scheme; and whether it plans to introduce the same system in England to help people with coeliac disease meet the additional cost of medically necessary gluten free food.

Answered by Department of Health and Social Care

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to the Hon Member for Rushcliffe on 3 July 2026 in response to Question 13254.

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