Bob Blackman MP: written questions

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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Written questions

Obesity: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of commissioning the refreshed NHS National Quality Board to develop a Modern Service Framework for Obesity, setting out standards for the deliv
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Obesity: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department remains committed to ending the obesity epidemic through a ‘moonshot’ as outlined in the NHS 10 Year Plan, and how progress will be defined.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Obesity: PharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role she expects community pharmacies to play in the prevention and management of obesity, under the new Neighbourhood Health Service, and whether her Department plans to publish guidance on t
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Palliative Care: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to prevent reductions in children’s hospice-at-home services.
Answer: We recognise the challenging financial situation facing many hospices due to a range of cost pressures, and we understand that some children and young people’s hospices are having to make difficult decisions about services.However, to support the sector, ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
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Palliative Care: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how children’s hospices are being supported to deliver the shift from hospital to community care.
Answer: We recognise the challenging financial situation facing many hospices due to a range of cost pressures, and we understand that some children and young people’s hospices are having to make difficult decisions about services.However, to support the sector, ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
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Migraines: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 7 July 2026 to Question 13788 on Migraines: Drugs, whether NHS England's processes for reviewing and identifying themes from Prevention of Future Deaths reports have
Answer: Individuals or organisations receiving a coroner’s Prevention of Future Deaths (PFD) report have a statutory obligation to respond to the report and a deadline of 56 days to do so.NHS England has processes in place to review and consider learning from PFD...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
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Psychotherapy: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of psychotherapy and counselling not being under statutory regulation on public protection; and whether his Department plans to intro
Answer: The Government is clear that the professions protected in law must be the right ones and that the level of regulatory oversight must be proportionate to the risks to the public.The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) operates...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
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Psychotherapy: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of psychotherapy and counselling remaining outside statutory regulation on public protection, in the context that other psychological
Answer: The Government is clear that the professions protected in law must be the right ones and that the level of regulatory oversight must be proportionate to the risks to the public.The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) operates...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
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Department for Business and Trade	1
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade	1
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	1
Department for Education	7
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	2
Department for Transport	3
Department for Work and Pensions	3
Department of Health and Social Care	8
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	14
Home Office	3
Ministry of Defence	2
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	7
Treasury	12

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