Caroline Johnson MP: written questions
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NHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 12 of his Department's policy paper entitled Fit for the Future: The 10 Year Health Plan for England, published in July 2025, whether it remains his policy to abolish NHS Eng
Answer: Yes, as announced on 13 March, NHS England will be brought into the Department to form a new joint centre. The necessary work to formally abolish NHS England is underway.NHS England will continue to undertake its statutory functions, working with the new ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated to Healthy Start for 2026-27.
Answer: The Spending Review on 11 June 2025 set total departmental budgets for day-to-day spending from 2026/27 until 2028/29. Departments must now allocate these budgets to portfolios, programmes, and projects. As such, the budget allocated to Healthy Start for ...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco and Vapes BillDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Leader of the House of Lords on the commencement date for the Committee stage of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
Answer: Ministers and officials from the Department are regularly in touch with their counterparts across Government. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill has had its Second Reading in the House of Lords, and the Committee stage will take place when parliamentary time allo...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of emergency departments were co-located with urgent treatment centres in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answer: There are currently 86, which is approximately half, type 1 accident and emergency units with a co-located urgent treatment centre (UTC).Further co-located UTCs will be built as a result of the capital funding provided as part of our Urgent and Emergency ...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his target date is for 92% of patients to begin elective treatment within 18 weeks.
Answer: As set out in the Plan for Change, we are committed to delivering the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment by March 2029.Planning Guidance for 2025/26 s...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 10 of the 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future, published on 3 July 2025, whether he plans to introduce tie-ins for dentists (a) beginning training after Septe
Answer: We believe that working in the National Health Service will give dental graduates the best start to their careers, by giving them the broadest range of experience, great support from strong teams of dental professionals, and the most comprehensive trainin...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects negotiations on a new dental contract to conclude.
Answer: We are committed to reforming the dental contract, but we need to take the time to get this right. There are no perfect payment models and careful consideration needs to be given to any potential changes to the complex dental system so that we deliver gen...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent estimate of how many patients would benefit from a personal health budget.
Answer: No specific estimate has been made. The Fit for the Future: 10-Year Health Plan for England commits to giving people more choice and control over their care. We have committed to at least doubling the number of people offered a personal health budget by t...
Answered 8 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people had a personal health budget in each of the year since 2012.
Answer: The information is not available in the format requested, as national personal health budget data prior to 2019 is not held. The following table shows the uptake of personal health budgets in England by the end of Quarter 4 in each financial year from 201...
Answered 8 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's publication, Fit for the future: 10 Year Health Plan for England, published on 3 July 2025, who will be responsible for producing the agreed care plans for people
Answer: Our 10-Year Health Plan will ensure that people with complex needs are supported to be active participants in their own care. As part of this, 95% of people with complex needs or long-term conditions will have an agreed personalised care plan by 2027. Car...
Answered 4 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's publication, Fit for the future: 10 Year Health Plan for England, published on 3 July 2025, if he will publish the new employment contracts which will allow GPs t
Answer: On 3 July 2025, we published the 10-Year Health Plan for England, which announced the plan to introduce two new contracts, for neighbourhood providers and multi-neighbourhood providers, which will encourage general practitioners to work over larger geogra...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 10 of the 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future, published on 3 July 2025, who will decide whether patients require same day GP appointments.
Answer: General practices operate as independent businesses with the autonomy to decide how they manage and triage patients. This enables them to adopt operational approaches that best meet the needs of their practice and patient population, as they are best plac...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's publication, Fit for the future: 10 Year Health Plan for England, published on 3 July 2025, how many additional GPs will be trained in each of the next 10 years.
Answer: We have committed to training thousands more general practitioners (GPs) across the country, which will increase capacity, end the 8:00am scramble, and take the pressure off those currently working in the system.We will publish a 10-Year Workforce Plan to...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders are currently released on license.
Answer: Data about the number of Foreign National Offenders (FNO) on post-release supervision is published regularly as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly bulletin, with figures included under table 6.9 of the Probation chapter. The series, whic...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic Centres: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which community diagnostic centres are under construction.
Answer: 170 community diagnostic centre (CDCs) sites are operational across England. 110 of these CDCs are described as ‘fully operational’. Of the remaining 60 CDCs, 39 are live and delivering activity on their permanent site but are still operating some service...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBadgers: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the badger population in each year since the enactment of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992.
Answer: Since the enactment of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, two national badger monitoring surveys have taken place. A 1994-97 survey estimate did not provide an estimate of the overall population but instead estimated there were 46,100 family groups in En...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Stun GunsHome OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are trained in the use of tasers by territorial police force area.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold data on the number of officers trained in the use of Tasers.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Stun GunsHome OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tasers are held by each police force in England and Wales by territorial area.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold data on the number of officers trained in the use of Tasers.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBadgersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the size of the badger population (a) in June 2025 and (b) in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The first major badger population survey in over a decade began in February 2025 and is currently ongoing. The most recent previous national survey was conducted in England and Wales between 2011 and 2013, estimating the badger population at approximately...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 58044 on Strategic Defence Review, which Parliamentarians who are not members of the Government were (a) offered and (b) took up the offer of access to the Strat
Answer: For the launch of the Strategic Defence Review, the Government offered embargoed briefings to our people and senior defence leaders, plus certain Parliamentarians, trade unions, businesses, allies and media. This was broadly consistent with the approach f...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 56305 on Strategic Defence Review, which think tanks were (a) offered and (b) took up the offer of access to the Strategic Defence Review before 5pm on 2nd June
Answer: For the launch of the Strategic Defence Review, the Government offered embargoed briefings to our people and senior defence leaders, plus certain Parliamentarians, trade unions, businesses, allies and media. This was broadly consistent with the approach f...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Pay SettlementsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Written Ministerial Statement of 22 May 2025 on NHS Workforce, HCWS663, which areas of spending have been reduced in order to fund these pay uplifts.
Answer: As the Written Ministerial Statement sets out, the Government has had to make difficult decisions to afford the pay award.Areas of spending where we have made, or plan to make, reductions include administration budgets, bank and agency spend, and the Depa...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Armed ForcesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on taking steps to keep the NHS data of serving military personnel confidential.
Answer: My Rt. Hon. friends, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Secretary of State for Defence, are united in their commitment to ensuring serving military personnel receive excellent health services through the Defence Medical Services wor...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 56305 on the Strategic Defence Review, if he will publish the names of people offered access to the Strategic Defence Review before 5pm on 2 June 2025; and when t
Answer: For the launch of the Strategic Defence Review, the Government offered embargoed briefings to our people and senior defence leaders, plus certain Parliamentarians, trade unions, businesses, allies and media. This was broadly consistent with the approach f...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 56305 on the Strategic Defence Review, if he will provide the names of the (a) industry, (b) media, (c) trade associations and (d) think tanks who were offered ac
Answer: For the launch of the Strategic Defence Review, the Government offered embargoed briefings to our people and senior defence leaders, plus certain Parliamentarians, trade unions, businesses, allies and media. This was broadly consistent with the approach f...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
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