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Gluten-free Foods: Rural Areas

Commons · Question 37485 · Tabled 11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Mar 2025

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Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the adequacy of access to gluten-free products on people with coeliac disease in rural areas.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 17 Mar 2025

In addition to the wide variety of naturally gluten-free food, a wide range of gluten-free products is now readily available for purchase. The national prescribing position in England remains that gluten free bread and mixes can be provided to coeliac pat...