Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking (a) with the Secretary of State for Education and (b) through the Major Conditions Strategy to improve support for children with health conditions in schools.

The early years, childhood and adolescence present an opportunity for prevention of later onset of the major conditions. Babies, children, and young people both experience the major conditions directly and are impacted through indirect experience when someone in their household has one or more conditions.

We are engaging across Government and with wider stakeholders representing babies, children, and young people to ensure their views are considered in the development of the strategy.