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Coeliac Disease: Gluten-free Foods

Commons · Question 71390 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to monitor the affordability of gluten-free staple foods for people with coeliac disease.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 8 Sep 2025

The Department carried out an analysis of this issue as part of its Equalities Impact Assessment, which was published as part of the consultation on the availability of gluten-free (GF) foods on prescription in primary care, launched in March 2017. A copy...