Written questions

512 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

South Western Railway: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has set a revised timetable for the introduction of the full Class 701 fleet on the Waterloo–Reading line.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

South Western Railway: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the Class 701 Arterio rolling stock to be operational on the Waterloo to Reading line.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Royal Berkshire Hospital: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference the New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation, published 20 January 2025, how much funding his Department plans to allocate for the construction of the Royal Berkshire Hospital

22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through the NHS 10 Year Plan to improve early diagnosis in (a) ovarian cancer and (b) other women’s health conditions.

22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s severity modifier on the availability of cancer medici

21 May 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 increase the proportion of NICE recommendations that are optimised.

21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NICE is taking to ensure that its methods continue to evolve in line with advancing technologies.

21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Trials: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the MHRA is taking to improve (a) transparency and (b) predictability for companies seeking UK Market Authorisations.

21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is taking to ensure that commercial clinical trials take place in the UK.

21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency plans to adapt its regulatory framework for innovative medicines.

21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is taking to increase access to innovative treatments.

21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to plan the (a) resources and (b) workforce capacity required for new (i) medical technologies and (ii) medicines.

21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Life Sciences Sector Plan will include medical technology.

21 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49854 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, how much of the funding allocated for charging infrastructure in the Autumn Budget 2024 has been spent; and how tha

20 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in response to the question from the hon. Member for Wokingham of 12 February 2025, Official

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to publish NHS England’s uptake improvement plan to increase uptake of attendance for routine breast screening to the 80% target.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who will be responsible for (a) identifying and (b) addressing (i) risks and (ii) safety failures in national screening programmes after the abolition of NHS England.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is planning to take to enable the (a) collection and (b) publication of (i) quarterly KPI performance data and (ii) annual reports on cancer screening programmes after the abolition

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which national body will be responsible for (a) quality assurance activities and (b) oversight of breast screening services after the commissioning of screening is delegated.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is planning to take to (a) develop and (b) maintain (i) national service specifications and (ii) minimum service requirements for the breast screening programme once commi

9 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of patients diagnosed with a brain tumour through emergency presentation in each of the last five years.

9 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tomography

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve awareness among GPs of NHS England guidance on direct access to brain imaging.

9 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with Integrated Care Boards on commissioning pathways for suspected brain tumours in primary care.

9 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the uptake of the NHS England 2023 guidance on GP direct access to diagnostic services.

9 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tomography

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the regional variation in GP direct access to brain MRI and CT head scans.

6 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he and (b) the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce have made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a young cancer patient travel fund; and if he will take steps th

6 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of children and young people with cancer and their families are successfully claiming travel costs from the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme; and what assessment he has m

6 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to support children and young people with cancer with the cost of travelling to access their treatment and care in specialist centres.

6 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the distance that children and young people with cancer must travel to access their treatment and care in specialist ce

1 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Rapid Charging Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on the implementation of the rapid charging fund.

Source: official written-questions record.