Written questions
1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: Per Capita Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to integrated care boards on reasonable running costs per had of population.
7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reduce the number of integrated care boards in England.
7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the functional output of the Model ICB work to be published.
6 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's planned timeline is for bringing forward a consultation on the funding formula for allocation of money for new flood defences.
6 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Flood Control: Coastal Erosion
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment the potential merits of implementing recommendation 11 of the report by Policy Connect entitled Bricks and Water: Flood and Coastal Erosion Ris
6 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Coastal Erosion
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment the potential merits of implementing recommendation 10a of the report by Policy Connect entitled Bricks and Mortar: flood and coastal erosion risk man
6 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Coastal Erosion and Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by Policy Connect entitled Bricks and Water: Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Po
30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diabetes: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Quality and Outcomes Framework guidance in ensuring appropriate management of patients with diabetes.
30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diabetes: Orthopaedics and Podiatry
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on (a) rates of diabetic foot screening and (b) diabetes-related lower limb amputations by (i) region and (ii) other local areas.
30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diabetes: Podiatry
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase rates of diabetic foot screening in (a) North Shropshire constituency and (b) England.
30 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Baschurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reopening Baschurch railway station on the economy.
30 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve access to train services in North Shropshire.
29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential change in the number of staff employed in (a) corporate and (b) other functions in the NHS in 2025-26.
29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS trusts have informed his Department that they plan to reduce the number of staff employed for non-corporate functions.
29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential change in the number of (a) contracted staff and (b) bank and agency staff in the NHS in 2025-26.
29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) integrated care boards and (b) NHS trusts have contacted his Department to discuss the potential cost of redundancies since 1 January 2025.
29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of redundancies in the NHS in 2025-26.
28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason cross-party talks on social care have not yet taken place.
28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to hold the first round of cross party talks on social care.
28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the reduction in NHS waiting lists that took place between July and December 2024 was due to people (a) receiving the procedure they were on the waiting list for and (b) being re
28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people came off an NHS waiting list without receiving treatment since September 2024; and what new (a) care pathways and (b) triaging policies his Department has introduced since July 2024
24 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Taxis: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to increase VAT to 20% for private hire passenger fares outside of London.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to repurpose spending on hospital care and emergency admissions for people at the end of life into improving community care services.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent estimate of the number of people that will have palliative care needs in the next 10 years.
24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking through the 10 Year Health Plan to address (a) quality of care, (b) inadequate access and (c) rising demand in palliative and end of life care.
23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: Operating Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 38394 on Integrated Care Boards: Operating Costs, what proportion of running costs integrated care boards are being asked to reduce; and what gui
23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: Operating Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 38394 on Integrated Care Boards: Operating Costs, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment on the decision to reduce ICB running
23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43516: Maternity Services and with reference to the Final report of the Ockenden Review, published on 30 March 2022, what assessment he has made o
22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43516: Maternity Services, and with reference to the Final report of the Ockenden Review, published on 30 March 2022, which (a) Trusts and (b) sys
22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43516: Maternity Services, whether he has set a deadline for (a) outcome and (b) progress measures in the three year delivery plan for maternity a
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