Written questions

425 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment NHS England has made of the impact of centralisation of left atrial appendage occlusion or closure services on patient travel times and waiting times.

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many provider centres approved to deliver left atrial appendage occlusion or closure services are currently inactive or not routinely delivering procedures; and what steps NHS England is taking

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England routinely monitors geographical variation in the delivery of specialised services including left atrial appendage occlusion or closure; and what action it takes where provision

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Shingles: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what operational, clinical or supply-side factors informed the decision to phase the expansion of the shingles vaccination programme to adults aged 60 and over between 2028 and 2033.

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Shingles: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what factors his Department is considering before responding to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s November 2024 advice that the shingles vaccination programme should be expanded

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Shingles: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that adults who are already older than the eligible age when the shingles vaccination programme is expanded are not disadvantaged by the timing of the rollout.

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Shingles: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the clinical, operational, procurement and supply-side barriers to expanding the shingles vaccination programme to adults aged 80 and over.

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Shingles: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the NHS of shingles-related GP appointments, A&E attendances and hospital admissions among adults aged 80 and over between the Joint Committee o

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Shingles: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of adults aged 80 and over who may develop shingles between the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s November 2024 advice on expandi

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has asked the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to consider patient safety issues in its review of cannabis-based products for medicinal use, including prescribing to p

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs’ review of cannabis-based products for medicinal use will specifically consider prescribing to patients with serious mental illness, advertising

20 May 2026 · Home Office

Cannabis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates the Cannabis Interchange Group has met since 1 January 2020; who attended each meeting; and whether she plans to publish the agendas, minutes and papers of those meetings.

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of current arrangements for monitoring prescribing volumes of cannabis-based products for medicinal use by provider and prescriber.

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the MHRA on the regulation of private clinics advertising consultations for cannabis-based products for medicinal use.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many investigations the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has opened into the (a) advertising and (b) promotion of unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use by priv

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the application of Regulation 167 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 to the supply of unlicensed cannabis-based products f

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Care Quality Commission, (b) General Medical Council, (c) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and (b) the Secretary of State for

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the safe prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use.

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Motability: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of changes to tax treatment affecting the Motability Scheme from 1 July 2026 on the affordability of new leases for disabled people.

18 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has had discussions with Motability Operations Ltd on the potential safety implications of changes to tyre replacement limits under the Motability Scheme.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) statutory and (b) policy rules prevent NHS funding for an elective procedure being combined with a patient contribution to meet the cost of treatment by an independent-sector provider.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients who have waited longer than 18 weeks for consultant-led elective treatment have a right to request transfer to an alternative NHS or NHS-funded independent-sector provider able to

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps integrated care boards are required to take when a patient awaiting consultant-led elective treatment has waited longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: British Students Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department uses to determine whether a person has undertaken all or a majority of their medical training outside Ireland for the purposes of section 4 of the Medical Training (Pri

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: British Students Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 on British citizens studying for UK-awarded medical degrees delivered outside the B

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: British Students Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of students enrolled before the passage of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 on UK-awarded medical degrees delivered outside the Bri

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: British Students Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish guidance on the eligibility criteria for priority status under section 4 of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 for students graduating with UK-award

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: British Students Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce transitional or grandfathering arrangements for students who enrolled before the passage of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 on UK-awarded me

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average number of days overdue was for Named Day Written Parliamentary Questions to his Department which were overdue for a substantive answer at the end of the 2024–26 Parliamentary Sessi

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Named Day Written Parliamentary Questions to his Department were overdue for a substantive answer at the end of the 2024–26 Parliamentary Session.

Source: official written-questions record.