Clive Jones MP: written questions 2025
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Kidney CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote awareness of kidney cancer awareness month.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to the Hon. Member for Strangford on 23 January 2025 to Question 24851.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote awareness of brain tumour awareness month.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to the Hon. Member for Strangford on 23 January 2025 to Question 24851.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOesophageal CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote awareness of oesophageal cancer month.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to the Hon. Member for Strangford on 23 January 2025 to Question 24851.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat Western Main Line: Railway SignalsDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve the reliability of signalling on the Great Western Main Line out of Twyford.
Answer: Ministers have met with both Great Western Railway and Network Rail on operational performance which is the Secretary of State’s key focus for improvement. Recent performance for Network Rail has improved including the infrastructure on the mainline aroun...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 29713 on radiotherapy machines, when he plans to publish the funding allocation for the £70 million investment for replacing older radiotherapy
Answer: NHS England will be writing shortly to those trusts which have been allocated funding for a replacement machine. There are currently no plans to publish full details of the funding allocation.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTwyford Station: ParkingDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport in response to the question from the hon. Member for Wokingham of 17 December 2024, Official Report, column 87
Answer: Network Rail is intending to resurface the station car park at Twyford as part of its renewals programme. This will be done in accordance with current standards, which will likely result in fewer parking spaces in the car park. Great Western Railway is wo...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: WokinghamDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking with Wokingham Borough Council to promote the uptake of pension credit.
Answer: As part of our nationwide Pension Credit campaign, the Department has engaged with all councils in Great Britain, including Wokingham Borough Council, via the regular Local Authority Welfare Direct bulletins. In response to our call to action, 200 council...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: WokinghamDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of eligible pensioners who were not claiming Pension Credit in Wokingham constituency on 31 January 2025.
Answer: Published DWP Pension Credit Take-up statistics estimate that up to 760,000 households who were entitled to receive Pension Credit did not claim the benefit. These statistics are only available at Great Britain level and cannot be broken down to smaller g...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to provide GPs with training to diagnose brain tumours.
Answer: The standard of medical training is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC), which is an independent statutory body. The GMC has the general function of promoting high standards of education and co-ordinating all stages of education to ens...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAstraZenecaDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February to Question 29747 on AstraZeneca, if he will place a copy of the requested letter in the House of Commons Library.
Answer: Due to commercial confidentiality considerations, we are unable to place the requested letter in the House of Commons Library. As with any application for Government grant funding of this nature, all cases undergo rigorous due diligence, which assesses wh...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer and Tomography: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January to Question 25057 on Workforce freezes, whether he plans to publish an Answer following engagement with NHS England.
Answer: We have increased specialty training places for key roles, such as radiologists, radiographers, and other diagnostic professionals, alongside initiatives to improve retention and reduce reliance on outsourcing. These efforts are part of our continued comm...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Ground RentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2025 to Question 18874 on Leasehold: Ground Rent, what the Government's timetable is for (a) publishing its response to the consultation enti
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 18874 on 17 December 2024
Answered 20 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment: PricesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with (a) people that use catheters, (b) clinicians and (c) manufacturers on the potential impact of the proposals set out in the document entitled, Proposals for updatin
Answer: Officials in the Department have been engaging with people that use catheters, clinicians, and manufacturers on the proposals to update Part IX of the Drug Tariff. We will continue to do so as the work progresses. Following the consultation on proposed up...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment: PricesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish all responses to the consultation entitled Proposals for updating Part IX of the Drug Tariff: Medical Devices available for prescribing in Primary Care, published in October 2023
Answer: The response to the Part IX Drug Tariff Consultation was issued in August 2024 to the target audience. The response to the consultation summarises the responses and sets out the Government’s response and the next steps. Given the potentially commercially ...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment: PricesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the consultation on the review of Part IX of the Drug Tariff was restricted; and what steps he plans to take to ensure that the review does not lead to the removal of access to the
Answer: The Part IX Drug Tariff Consultation was open between October 2023 and January 2024, and was targeted rather than public, owing to its complex subject matter. The consultation was sent to trade associations and companies with listings on Part IX of the Dr...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by GPOnline entitled Registrars delaying GP qualification because they can’t find jobs, says LMC, published on 7 February 2025, what assessment he has made of the poten
Answer: We hugely value the critical role that general practitioners (GPs) play and are determined to address the issues they face by shifting the focus of the National Health Service beyond hospitals and into the community.The Government committed to recruiting ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage Integrated Care Boards to invest in Primary Care.
Answer: Primary care services are the front door to the health service for most people, and the key to earlier diagnosis. Improving primary care access is essential in supporting a move to a neighbourhood health service, with more care delivered in local communit...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.
Answer: The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) was introduced in 2019, and since then over 38,000 additional roles have been recruited under the scheme.In October 2024, the scheme was extended to include recently qualified general practitioners (GPs). I...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.
Answer: The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) has led to considerable diversification of the general practitioner (GP) workforce and has been key in delivering additional appointments. The ARRS has enabled primary care networks to recruit a diverse ran...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of GPs recruited through the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme in (a) 2024 and (b) 2023 (i) in total and (ii) per integrated care board.
Answer: 731 places were available on the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme in 2023, while 777 places were available in 2024. The data is not available at integrated care board level.As set out on the NHS England website, a decision has been taken not to fund T...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to extend funding for the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme for financial year 2025-26.
Answer: 731 places were available on the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme in 2023, while 777 places were available in 2024. The data is not available at integrated care board level.As set out on the NHS England website, a decision has been taken not to fund T...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAstrazenecaDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Data Protection and Telecoms in response to the hon. member for Harpenden and Berkhamsted during the urgent question on Astra
Answer: The Minister for Data Protection and Telecoms is content to write a letter responding to the hon. Member for Harpenden and Berkhamsted on this matter in due course.
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordResearch: FinanceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to incentivise R&D investment in the United Kingdom.
Answer: R&D investment in the UK is 2.8% of GDP, ahead of the OECD average of 2.7%. To further incentivise R&D investment, we are supporting innovators with a record £20.4 billion in R&D spending for 2025/26, which on average leverages £2 of private R...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAstrazenecaDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the oral contribution by the hon. Member for Havant of 3 February 2025, Official Report, column 552, for what reason the letter from AstraZeneca of 9 July 2025 to the
Answer: The Government has had numerous discussions with AstraZeneca about their proposed investment into Speke. There were minor delays in replying to correspondence following the election period.
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAstrazenecaDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have had with AstraZeneca on vaccine production at Speke.
Answer: My department and I are closely engaged with AstraZeneca as we develop our new modern industrial strategy, which will focus on the sectors with the highest growth opportunity for the economy, including Life Sciences. As part of our engagement, we have had...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
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