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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