Written questions

512 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal Berkshire Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the rebuild of the Royal Berkshire Hospital will include IT (a) infrastructure and (b) equipment necessary for greater research capacity.

12 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve research capacity for cancer in the (a) Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire integrated care board and b) NHS in England.

12 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the future demand for cancer services in (a) the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire West integrated care board and (b) England.

12 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Health in response to the question from the hon. Member of Wokingham of Wednesday 11 December, Official Report, column 290WH, ho

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumer Goods: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of EU Regulation on General Product Safety (2023/988) on small businesses.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumer Goods: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to support small businesses with meeting the requirements of the EU Regulation on General Product Safety (2023/988).

12 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the average cost of (a) bowel and (b) all cancer care at stage (i) 1, (ii), 2, (iii) 3 and (iv) 4 for patients referred by the NHS in England.

11 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diagnosis and Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are taking to support the use of (a) medical devices and (b) diagnostic tools after piloting; and what funding his Department provides for such too

11 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Colonoscopy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the potential cost to the public purse is of diagnostic colonoscopies per foundation trust in each year since since 2020.

11 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Colonoscopy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients that have received a colonoscopy and subsequently been referred to cancer treatment pathways in each of the last five years.

10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the increase in funding for his Department announced at the Autumn Budget 2024 will be spent on (a) National Insurance contribution increases, (b) pay increases, and

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3112 on Motor Vehicles: Lighting, whether the independent research has begun; when the results of that research are expected; and whether she plans to intr

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wokingham on the British Psychological Society campaign for reform of the SEND system, dated 10 October 2024.

10 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Economic Secretary to the Treasury plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wokingham on the Equitable Life Policy compensation scheme, dated 30 October 2024.

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wokingham to the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on funding for surplus food redistribution, dated 30 October 2024.

10 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wokingham on Food Banks and Universal Credit, dated 4 October 2024.

10 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wokingham on Orchestral Tax Relief, dated 24 September 2024.

10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) newly-qualified GPs have been employed and (b) primary care networks have claimed reimbursement under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme GP Sum in each integrated care board sin

10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to implement the recommendations of Bowel Cancer UK's report entitled Delivering the ambitions of the NHS Long Term Plan: A review of progress of bowel cancer in Engla

9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2024 to Question 13928 on Cancer: Health Services and with reference to the Plan for Change: Milestones for mission-led government, CP 1210, published on 5 Dec

5 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12587 on Breast Cancer: Nurses, whether his Department's plans to train clinical cancer staff will be included in the (a) forthcoming NHS ten-

5 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Genetics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12590 on Breast Cancer: Genetics, what steps his Department is taking to reduce regional inequities in access to genetic counselling.

5 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on (a) improving the process for clinical trials and (b) ensuring that those trials are more accessible for teenagers and young adults.

5 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Thames Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people with cancer have equity of access to age-appropriate, specialist psychological support in the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire West Integr

5 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Thames Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of cancer in teenagers and young adults in the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire Integrated Car

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Education in response to the question from the hon. Member for Wokingham of Tuesday 3 December, Official Report, column 96WH, if she will wri

3 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiology: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to invest in the recruitment and retention of radiologists in the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board.

28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Berkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for autism assessments in (a) Wokingham and (b) Berkshire.

28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of average waiting times for (a) assessment and (b) diagnosis of autism in (i) adults and (ii) children in (A) Wokingham, (B) Berkshire, and (C) England.

28 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Colonoscopy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the colonoscopy capacity required to implement the UK National Screening Committee's recommendations for bowel cancer that everyone aged 50-74 be offered Fa

Source: official written-questions record.