Written questions

549 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Halton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the requirement for the number of full-time equivalent GP's is in the Halton CCG area; and how many are practicing in that area as of 22 March 2022.

22 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in Halton CCG catchment area had been waiting longer that two weeks to see a cancer specialist as of 22 March 2022.

11 Mar 2022 · 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, when he plans to provide a substantive Answer to Question 80914, tabled on 24 November 2021 by the hon. Member for Halton.

7 Jan 2022 · 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, when he plans to provide a substantive Answer to Question 80914, tabled on 24 November 2021.

7 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 92818, for what reason the DVLA is confident that it can trace 92.1 per cent of vehicles from its records; what records that Answer refers to; and how many v

14 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using emergency powers available to the Government to take control of private hospitals and health facilities for a temporary period to help

14 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2021 to Question 89507 on Motor Vehicles: Registration, how many vehicles have not been able to be traced in the latest period for which figures are available.

9 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2021 to Question 85192 on Hospitals: Waiting Lists, and in the context of the additional funding for the NHS on tackling hospital waiting times announced by the

8 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment the DVLA has made of the accuracy of the V5C database.

1 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to Question 75821 on Hospitals: Waiting Lists, for what reason no formal assessment has been made of the impact of the additional funding for the NHS on hospital waiting time

1 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2021 to Question 80915 on Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Databases, how many drivers have been fined for not providing their correct address to the DVLA in each year

29 Nov 2021 · 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, when he plans to answer Question 75821 tabled by the hon. Member for Halton on 16 November 2021.

24 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the accuracy of driver's address records held by the DVLA.

24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer the letter from the hon. Member for Halton of 30 April 2021 in respect of Laura Higginson.

23 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Agency Nurses: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average daily cost was of employing an agency nurse in NHS hospital trusts compared to the cost of a directly employed NHS nurse as at the 31 October 2021.

23 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Agency Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many agency nurses were employed in NHS hospital trusts in England in each month since March 2020; and what proportion did those agency nurses represent of the total nursing work force.

23 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Orthopaedics: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average payment made to private sector hospitals was for orthopaedic procedures as at 31 October 2021 or from when the latest figures are available; and what the average cost of that proce

23 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) diagnostic and (b) surgical procedures were carried out on NHS patients in private sector hospitals which had been referred by the NHS in each month since March 2021.

23 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of private health sector capacity being used as at 1 November 2021 to help reduce NHS waiting lists.

17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Higher education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Physicians’ 2020 census which found 44 per cent of advertised consultant posts were unfilled in the North West, what assessment he has made of the potential m

16 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has he made of the impact of the additional funding for the NHS will have on hospital waiting times by (a) March 2022, (b) March 2023 and (c) March 2024.

15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made additional resources available for the purposes of reducing the backlog of people accessing the Targeted Lung Health Check programme that arose as a result of that p

15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lung Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that appointments made in relation to the Targeted Lung Health Check programme are as flexible as possible.

15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lung Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment NHS England has made of the effect that the Targeted Lung Health Check programme has had on (a) early diagnosis, (b) urgent referrals and (c) prognosis in areas where the scheme ope

15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lung Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle regional inequalities in respect of lung cancer and (b) improve (i) the timeliness of referrals for treatment, (ii) early diagnosis and (iii) morta

16 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Newspaper Press: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will hold discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on increasing competition within the wholesale newspaper suppliers industry.

16 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Newspaper Press: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the competitiveness of the newspaper wholesalers market in England.

15 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which acute hospitals declared major incidents in (a) Cheshire, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West on (i) 1 August 2021 and (ii) 2 September 2021.

18 Aug 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to improve the uptake of the flu vaccine among people aged 50 to 64 in 2021-22.

18 Aug 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve uptake of the flu vaccination among people aged between 50 and 64 in 2021-22.

Source: official written-questions record.