Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78285

Coeliac Disease

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Melanie Onn

LabourGreat Grimsby and Cleethorpes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of gluten free prescribing provision for people with coeliac disease.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
No recent assessment has been made by the Department. However, a review was undertaken in 2019, which confirmed that the position in England remains that gluten free (GF) bread and mixes can be provided to all eligible coeliac patients on a National Healt...

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