Written questions

Medical Equipment: Disability Aids

Commons · Question 93807 · Tabled 24 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 3 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken for the delivery of disability medical equipment to (a) adults and (b) children.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 3 Dec 2025

Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services to meet the health needs of their local population, and responsibility for providing equipment to disabled people typically falls to the National Health Service and local authorities...