Written questions

1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes and Obesity: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS 10 Year Plan includes a budget for the (a) use and (b) procurement of GLP-1 receptor agonists.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish an implementation plan for the NHS 10-Year Plan.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse for the digital transformation outlined in the NHS 10 Year Plan.

7 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 110 of the document entitled Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for the NHS, whether his Department has made an estimate of how many fewer staff there will be in the NHS

7 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the bodies that will be abolished as part of the NHS 10 Year Plan.

7 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS 10 Year Plan, where the 85 mental health crisis centres will be located; and what criteria he is using for determining their location.

7 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs his Department intends to recruit over the course of the NHS 10 Year Plan.

4 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has for the transition of (a) grant and (b) contract funding from NHS England to his Department; and whether he plans to continue existing levels of such funding for organ

4 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many registered charitable organisations were in receipt of NHS England (a) grants and (b) contracts in each of the last three financial years.

4 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total value was of NHS England (a) grants and (b) contracts awarded to UK-registered charitable organisations in each of the last three financial years.

4 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on the (a) operation and (b) funding of charities working in NHS hospital settings.

4 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding her Department has provided to improve rail services in (a) North Shropshire and (b) Shropshire in each of the last five years.

4 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to help ensure decisions about open access applications prioritise services that connect stations that do not have direct services.

4 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

West Coast Main Line: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve the reliability of train operators on the West Coast Mainline.

4 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help reduce journey times on public transport between North Shropshire and London.

3 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Public Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with colleagues in the Department for Transport on the potential impact of access to public transport on access to healthcare.

3 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Cross-border Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients who live in England and treated in Wales are impacted by changes to NHS organisation in England.

3 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Cross-border Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of differing NHS (a) targets and (b) waiting lists in England and Wales on patients living in border communities.

2 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Ambulance Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 62692 on Air Ambulance Services: Contracts, if he will take steps to establish which air ambulance organisations hold contracts with NHS organisat

30 Jun 2025 · 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 respond to Questions (a) 61929 tabled on 23 June, (b) 61928 tabled on 23 June and (c) 61005 tabled on 18 June 2025.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the Midlands Rail Hub contributes to economic growth in rural areas in Shropshire.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) development and (b) capital funding she has allocated for the Midlands Rail Hub in the Spending Review 2025.

25 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tomography: North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 60148 on Tomography: Waiting Lists, how much of the £6 billion in capital investment will be allocated to services in North Shropshire constituency.

25 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tomography: North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of patients referred for diagnostic scans have been seen within six weeks in North Shropshire constituency each month since January 2020.

25 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Neighbourhood Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60599 on Neighbourhood Plans, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the decision to end the commissioning of

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit: North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to expedite the delivery of gigabit broadband to premises due to be covered by the Project Gigabit contract awarded to Freedom Fibre for north Shropshire.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Project Gigabit procurement process for (a) north Shropshire, (b) mid west Shropshire, (c) Cheshire, (d) west Herefordshire (e) Forest

25 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commission new services from community pharmacy in the context of changes to supervision.

25 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on expanding the pharmacy workforce.

25 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commission more adult vaccines from community pharmacy.

Source: official written-questions record.