Written questions

499 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) number of hours of worked and (b) actual costs to date, (c) estimated future costs of external consultants in relation to the abolition of (a) Healt

9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services Safety Investigation Body and Healthwatch England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the likely cost of abolition of (a) HealthWatch England, (b) Health Service Safety Investigation Body (HSSIB) and (c) the development and enactment of trans

9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the estimated costs of making provisions for transfer schemes of connection with the abolition of the NHS England.

9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to public purse of the creation and enactment of transfer schemes in connection with the abolition of the NHS England.

9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the estimated (a) number and (b) cost of the redundancies due to the abolition of the NHS England; and what information his Department has (c) sent to and (

30 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence

RAF Waddington: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Defence Investment Plan on proposals to improve single living accommodation at RAF Waddington.

30 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Defence Investment Plan on Project Meharist.

11 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisations, bodies, trade unions and other stakeholders have been (a) provided with advance sight of and (b) briefed on the contents of the forthcoming Workforce Plan.

11 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse has been of the use of external management consultants in the planning and delivery of i) the restructuring of his Department, ii) the abolition of NHS England and

11 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthwatch

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ICB clustering on patient voice and the efficacy of Local Healthwatch.

10 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Placenta Accreta Spectrum: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early detection of placenta accreta.

10 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the extent of disruption to the development of new services caused by the abolition of NHS England.

10 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of payments for validation on Trusts' willingness to validate waiting lists.

10 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) adults and (b) children received drugs provided free of charge to the NHS for compassionate reasons in each year from 2021 to 2026.

10 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Drugs: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date HMRC began actively enforcing charges on VAT free of charge medicines.

9 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of VAT on the provision of free of charge compassionate drugs.

9 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Syphilis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce incidence of syphilis.

9 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the NHS workforce plan.

9 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to bring forward regulations on the (a) colour, (b) shape, (c) flavour and (d) display of (i) vaping and (ii) nicotine products.

21 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthwatch: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department provided to (a) Healthwatch England and (b) Local Healthwatch in (i) 2023, (ii) 2024 and (iii) 2025.

21 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthwatch: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to the public purse of abolishing Healthwatch England and Local Healthwatch.

21 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Aphasia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which specialised neurology centres currently provide multidisciplinary team assessment and treatment for people with primary progressive aphasia.

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many students a) started and b) successfully completed a midwifery degree in i) 2025, ii) 2024, iii) 2023, iv) 2022, v) 2021, vi) 2020 and vii) 2019.

20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients waited (a) 18 weeks or less, (b) 18 weeks and 1 day, (c) 18 weeks and 2 days, (d) 18 weeks and 3 days, (e) 19 weeks, (f) 20 weeks and (g) 21 weeks from refe

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the Hughes report.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternal Mortality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to set an explicit target to close the Black and Asian maternal mortality gap.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Cancers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to appoint the national specialty lead for rare cancers.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on which dates the maternity and neonatal task force (a) has met and (b) is due to meet.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he expects NHS England’s review of the preference informed allocation method to be completed before the abolition of NHS England.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answers of 1 April 2026 to Question 122780 and 25 March 2026 to Question 120988 on General Practitioners: Contracts and with reference to the oral statement of 16 April 2026 o

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