Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it his Department's policy to reduce the use of oral corticosteroids as a maintenance treatment for asthma in the context of the Major Conditions Strategy’s focus on chronic respiratory diseases.

The Strategy will cover treatment and prevention for chronic respiratory disease and the Department will continue to work closely with stakeholders, citizens and the National Health Service in the coming weeks to identify actions that will have the most impact. The Strategy will also apply a geographical lens to address regional disparities in health outcomes, supporting the levelling up mission to narrow the gap by 2030.