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Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support international counterparts to end childhood lead poisoning; and whether it intends to join the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future.
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The Westminster lensArchive · Written questions · 305 tabled · 252 answered
Written questions by Smith.
Every parliamentary written question tabled by Julian Smith this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
Department:All (305)Department of Health and Social Care (68)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (48)Ministry of Justice (34)Home Office (27)Treasury (21)Department for Business and Trade (21)Department for Transport (21)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (16)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (15)Department for Education (12)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (7)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (6)
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If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the introduction of a) mandatory limits, and b) targeted fiscal measures, to reduce pre-existing levels of salt in foods.
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If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making nutritional information on pre-packaged food a) clearer, and b) more visible, especially with regard to salt.
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What steps he is taking to ensure that all ADHD and autism assessments are of a high standard, regardless of assessment provider.
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What steps he is taking to ensure assessments for autism and ADHD are a) conclusive, and b) do not result in misdiagnosis.
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If salt reduction targets will be integrated into the Government's Healthy Food Standard.
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If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the food industry meeting salt reduction targets; and the potential impact of this on a) the number of people with coronary heart disease, b) the number of people having strokes, and c) the NHS budget.
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What steps he is taking to encourage food producers to reduce the levels of salt in food.
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If the Public Health England Salt Reduction Targets for 2024 will be a) reviewed, or b) revised.
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If he will make an assessment of the potential impact of higher quality assessments for autism and ADHD on levels of welfare.
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If he will make an assessment of the potential impact of ensuring better quality ADHD and autism assessments on the number of assessments that result in a) misdiagnosis, and b) the failure to reach a conclusion.
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If he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the number of ADHD and autism assessments resulting in a) misdiagnosis and b) no conclusion on long-term costs to the health budget.
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What steps he is taking to ensure high quality assessments for autism and ADHD.
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If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a dual-tier NHS Right to Choose Tariff for ADHD and autism assessments that distinguishes between straightforward and complex cases.
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In light of the success of previous UK voluntary salt reduction programmes in reducing blood pressure and cardiovascular deaths, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing similar programmes in the near future.
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If he will make an assessment of the potential impact of encouraging lower salt intake amongst the general population on health inequalities.
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What steps he is taking to raise awareness of the risks associated with unhealthy salt consumption.
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What steps he is taking to develop specialist expertise in hospitals for treating very severe ME, further to the Prevention of Future Deaths Report published on 8 October 2024.
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If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a specialist NHS service to support those with very severe ME.
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What recent steps his Department has taken to support those with very severe ME.
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SourceUK Parliament Members API
MethodQuestion and answer text as published. Question preamble (“To ask the…”) trimmed for readability; answers shown in full.