Clive Jones MP: written questions
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Bowel Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to reduce the sensitivity threshold of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme from 120µg/g closer to the UK National Screening Committee recommendation of 20µg/g.
Answer: NHS England is responsible for delivering the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening (NHS BCSP) programme, including planning for the age extension in the programme from 60 down to 50 years old, and reducing the Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) down from 120 microgra...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordColonoscopy: Older PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of colonoscopy services; and whether his Department plans to increase the capacity of these services ahead of the exte
Answer: NHS England is responsible for delivering the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening programme and planning for the age extension in the programme from 60 years old down to 50 years old.The age extension for bowel screening started in April 2021 with the 56-year-old ...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordColonoscopy: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the capacity of colonoscopy services and (b) ensure patients from the bowel cancer screening programme are seen within the targeted waiting times
Answer: The National Health Service is taking steps to improve bowel cancer outcomes for patients across England. We will improve cancer survival rates and hit all NHS cancer waiting time targets, so no patient, including those referred through the bowel cancer s...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBrain Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to include policies on (a) diagnosis, (b) care and treatment and (c) research into brain tumours in the (i) NHS 10-year plan and (ii) cancer strategy.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Gordon and Buchan on 28 November 2024 to Question 15703.
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordInflammatory Bowel Disease: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to help improve awareness of (a) Crohn’s disease, (b) ulcerative colitis and (c) inflammatory bowel disease.
Answer: NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time Programme on gastroenterology aims to reduce variations in care, increase early diagnosis and proactive management of Crohn’s disease and colitis, and increase access to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) specialist...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what account the development of the National Cancer Plan is taking of the Children and Young People’s Cancer Plan published by Young Lives vs Cancer and the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group in
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has been clear in his view that there should be a national cancer plan, and we are now in discussions about what form it should take, including how we will account for children and young...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the (a) differences between cancer in (i) children and young people under 25 and (ii) older adults and (b) strategic approaches t
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has been clear in his view that there should be a national cancer plan, and we are now in discussions about what form it should take, including how we will account for children and young...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) children and (b) young people under 25 with cancer will be distinctly recognised in the National Cancer Plan.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has been clear in his view that there should be a national cancer plan, and we are now in discussions about what form it should take, including how we will account for children and young...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRoyal Berkshire HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the New Hospital Programme Review in relation to the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
Answer: The Royal Berkshire Hospital is in scope of the review into the New Hospital Programme. My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care will set out further details of the outcome, which will include a new and realistic delivery sched...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Insurance: Private SectorDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of recovering costs from insurance providers when patients with private health insurance seek NHS-funded treatment which would
Answer: The Department has made no assessment on recovering National Health Service costs from private health insurance providers, when patients with private health insurance seek NHS-funded treatment which would be covered under their health insurance policy. Ho...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordInland Border Facilities: AshfordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2024 to Question 11480 on Import Controls: Fees and Charges, when he plans to make available further information on the (a) charge and (b) operati
Answer: The Government plans to publish this information in Spring 2025.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCoeliac Disease: Gluten-free FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve access to gluten-free staple foods for patients with coeliac disease by (a) improving the availability of those foods on prescription and (b) providing financial su
Answer: The national prescribing position in England remains that gluten free bread and mixes can be provided to all coeliac patients on a National Health Service prescription, and a wide range of these items continue to be listed in part XV of the Drug Tariff. T...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSterilisation: MenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of men who live in areas without (a) universally accessible and (b) fully NHS funded vasectomy services.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of men who live in areas without universally accessible and fully National Health Service funded vasectomy services.NHS vasectomy services in England are commissioned locally by integrated care boards. In mo...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis for prostate cancer.
Answer: Prostate cancer patients are waiting too long for a diagnosis and treatment. We will improve cancer survival rates and hit all National Health Service cancer waiting time targets so no patient waits longer than they should.We will find the best way to scr...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the national prostate cancer screening programme.
Answer: There is currently no national prostate cancer screening programme. This is because it is not recommended by the UK National Screening Committees (UK NSC) due to the inaccuracy of the current best test, called the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). A PSA-ba...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: CrimeDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to tackle (a) fraudulent V62 applications and (b) car cloning.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has robust measures in place to help prevent fraudulent V62 applications being processed. When a V62 application is received for a vehicle for which there is already a registered keeper on record, the DVLA wi...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTrade AgreementsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 10718 on Trade Agreements, what opportunities he plans to provide to parliamentarians to scrutinise proposed free trade agreements.
Answer: As well as meeting our statutory obligations under CRaG, the Government will continue to provide additional information and time to support parliamentary scrutiny of FTAs. This includes running a call for evidence on proposed new negotiations, publishing ...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTrade AgreementsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 10718 on Trade Agreements, whether he plans to include labour rights protections in prospective trade agreements.
Answer: The Government will protect our labour standards in new trade agreements. To date, we have secured chapters on labour in FTAs with Australia and New Zealand, and within CPTPP. The UK also has labour provisions in a range of other agreements. We will cont...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: Human RightsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to include human rights clauses in trade agreements.
Answer: The UK is a leading advocate for human rights around the world. This work takes place separately to negotiations on Free Trade Agreements. While aspects of trade policy can provide the opportunity to address other issues in our bilateral relationships, Fr...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: Gulf Cooperation CouncilDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12540 on Trade Agreements: Gulf Cooperation Council, whether his Department has made an assessment of the extent to which the supply chains of Gul
Answer: The UK remains committed to eradicating forced labour in global supply chains, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 8.7, and commitments made through the G7. No company should have forced labour in its supply chains. Trade deals like the UK-GCC FTA w...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTradeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to his Answer on 24 October 2024 to Question 8573 on Trade, if he will publish his trade strategy prior to the conclusion of trade negotiations.
Answer: As recently outlined in the Chancellors budget, we intend to publish the Trade Strategy in the Spring.
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 on Question 11149 on Trade Agreements: Parliamentary Scrutiny, if he will announce his plans for scrutiny arrangements of trade deals prior to the conclusion o
Answer: The Government will continue to fulfil commitments set out under the current scrutiny framework for free trade agreements (FTAs).
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: Thames ValleyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to encourage earlier diagnosis of bowel cancer in the Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire Integrated Care Board region.
Answer: The Health Mission sets the objective of building a National Health Service fit for the future. As part of that work, and in response to Lord Darzi’s report, we have launched an extensive programme of engagement to develop a 10-Year Health Plan to reform ...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the proportion of bowel cancers diagnosed at each stage in the last five years.
Answer: The Health Mission sets the objective of building a National Health Service fit for the future. As part of that work, and in response to Lord Darzi’s report, we have launched an extensive programme of engagement to develop a 10-Year Health Plan to reform ...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPolycystic Ovary Syndrome: Sanitary ProductsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing (a) free and (b) reduced-price sanitary products for women with PCOS and similar conditions.
Answer: There are no current plans to carry out an assessment of the potential merits of providing free or reduced-price sanitary products for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and other gynaecological conditions. The Government is committed to prioriti...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
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