Written questions
499 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Treatments: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the NICE cost effectiveness threshold.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Cancers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the National Health Data Service to collect data on rare cancers.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pancreatic Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the National Health Data Service to collect data on pancreatic cancer.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution of 6 May 2025, Official Report, column 540 and his letter to the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham dated 29 May 2025, when he will meet the hon. Mem
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure patients receive time-critical medication in care settings.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pathology: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many consultant pathologists are employed by the NHS by (a) headcount and (b) whole time equivalent.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the independent maternity and neonatal investigation to publish its final recommendations.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Soft Drinks: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to HM Treasury's and HMRC's document entitled Strengthening the Soft Drinks Industry Levy - consultation, published on 28 April 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential imp
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Nutrients
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the food industry on the proposed update of the Nutrient Profiling Model.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tofersen
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason some people with motor neurone disease are receiving tofersen during its evaluation by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; and if he will take steps to make it av
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Motor Neurone Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all individuals with superoxide dismutase-1 motor neuron disease have access to early access programmes for motor neurone disease.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Electronic Cigarettes: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with the Secretary of State for Education of the potential merits of using geofence technology to tackle the use of vaping devices by children in schools.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Electronic Cigarettes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using technology within vapes to verify the age of vape users.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Huntington's Disease: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what action he is taking to ensure people with Huntington's disease have a single point of contact to coordinate their care.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Huntington's Disease: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure people with Huntington's disease have equitable access to mental health services.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the proportion of urgent dental care appointments purchased by ICBs that were attended by a patient.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Health: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) schools, (b) nurseries and (c) early years settings have signed up to the Big Brush Club supervised toothbrushing scheme.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Health: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Big Brush Club on rates of dental decay among children who participated in that scheme.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many posts have been (a) allocated and (b) filled in the dental recruitment incentive scheme, broken down by (i) region, (ii) integrated care board and (iii) in total.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press notice entitled Dental patients to benefit from 700,000 extra urgent appointments, published on 21 February 2025, how many of the extra 700,000 urgent dental care appoin
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press notice entitled Dental patients to benefit from 700,000 extra urgent appointments, published on 21 February 2025, how many urgent appointments each ICB has been asked to
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pregnancy: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of 27 March 2025, Official Report, column 447WH, if he will make an assessment of th
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Strategic Defence Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 58044 on Strategic Defence Review and with reference to the freedom of information request FOI2025/17106, which trade unions were offered access to the Strategic
16 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the quality of (a) maternity and (b) neonatal services in each of the 14 NHS Trusts chosen for the maternity and neonatal investigation.
15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Public Inquiries
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press notice entitled 14 NHS trusts the focus of national maternity investigation, published on 15 September 2025, which NHS Trusts selected for the maternity investigation we
15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Public Inquiries
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press notice entitled 14 NHS trusts the focus of national maternity investigation, published on 15 September 2025, what criteria his Department used to decide which NHS Trusts
10 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sodium Valproate: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) women of child bearing age, (b) girls, (c) boys and (d) men are receiving prescriptions for sodium valproate as of 11 September 2025.
10 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he plans to make interim payments to people affected by sodium valproate as recommended in the Hughes report on Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7
10 Sep 2025 · 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 recommendations of the Hughes report on Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024.
10 Sep 2025 · 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 potential impact of the closure of NHS England on levels of NHS service provision, in the context of (a) the closure of the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders prog
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