Written questions

Disability Aids

Commons · Question 2246 · Tabled 18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 28 May 2026

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps they are taking to improve access to disability equipment.

Answer

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 28 May 2026

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 local authorities and the National Health Service...