Clive Jones MP: written questions 2025
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Bile Duct Cancer: DisadvantagedDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of potential impact of levels of deprivation on the mortality rate among cholangiocarcinoma patients.
Answer: We recognize that there are particular challenges for a number of different populations, particularly for people living in the most deprived areas of the country, and that this impacts incidence and mortality rates, including for those with cholangiocarci...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBile Duct Cancer: DisadvantagedDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the level of deprivation on the incidence rate of cholangiocarcinoma.
Answer: We recognize that there are particular challenges for a number of different populations, particularly for people living in the most deprived areas of the country, and that this impacts incidence and mortality rates, including for those with cholangiocarci...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBile Duct CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to include cholangiocarcinoma in the target group of 75% of cancers diagnosed at stage one or two by 2028.
Answer: Improving diagnosis rates and access to treatment are key priorities for the Government for all cancer types, including cholangiocarcinoma.To achieve this, we are improving public awareness of cancer signs and symptoms, streamlining referral routes, and i...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBile Duct Cancer: Thames ValleyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with NHS England to help improve (a) early diagnosis rates of and (b) access to treatments for cholangiocarcinoma in the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire Inte
Answer: Improving diagnosis rates and access to treatment are key priorities for the Government for all cancer types, including cholangiocarcinoma.To achieve this, we are improving public awareness of cancer signs and symptoms, streamlining referral routes, and i...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBile Duct CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include proposals to (a) improve earlier diagnosis and (b) increase access to treatments of cholangiocarcinoma in the National Cancer Plan.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has announced that a National Cancer Plan for England will be published this year. The Prime Minister’s Health Mission sets the objective of building a National Health Service fit for th...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBile Duct Cancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with NICE on the introduction of comprehensive guidance on the management of cholangiocarcinoma.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has produced guidance through its technology appraisals programme recommending several medicines for use in the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma that are now funded by the National Health Service for el...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBile Duct CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the prognosis rate for cholangiocarcinoma.
Answer: The National Health Service is taking crucial steps to improve cancer outcomes for patients across England, including for intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.For stageable cancers, such as cholangiocarcinoma, there is a clear link between ear...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBile Duct CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help raise awareness of cholangiocarcinoma.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to the Hon. Member for Strangford on 23 January 2025 to Question 24851.
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUK National Screening CommitteeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for replacing Professor Sir Mike Richards as chair of the UK National Screening Committee.
Answer: Professor Sir Mike Richards was appointed as Chair of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) on 11 March 2022. Appointments to the UK NSC are made in line with the principles of public appointment as set out by the Office of the Commissioner for Pub...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 31610 tabled by the hon. Member for Wokingham on 13 February 2025.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 31610 on 12 March 2025.
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 29833 tabled by the hon. Member for Wokingham on 6 February 2025.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave to Questions 29832 and 29833 on 11 March 2025.
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 29832 tabled by the hon. Member for Wokingham on 6 February 2025.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave to Questions 29832 and 29833 on 11 March 2025.
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will create an action plan to tackle shortages of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy drugs.
Answer: The Department currently has no plans to convene a roundtable regarding the shortages of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT). The Department regularly engages with all suppliers of PERT to discuss the latest stock position and the steps that are ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Enzyme Replacement TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to convene a roundtable of (a) pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) manufacturers, (b) patient advocacy groups, (c) Government stakeholders and (d) other relevant stak
Answer: The Department currently has no plans to convene a roundtable regarding the shortages of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT). The Department regularly engages with all suppliers of PERT to discuss the latest stock position and the steps that are ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPer- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances: FranceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the French Government's decision to ban products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Answer: The Government has recently completed a rapid review of the Environment Improvement Plan (EIP) 2023 and will introduce a revised EIP in 2025. The revised EIP will include the Government's approach to managing chemicals, including the risks posed by PFAS. ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to strengthen (a) early intervention and (b) prevention strategies to reduce the number of people entering the cancer pathway.
Answer: To improve early intervention, NHS England is running the Help Us, Help You campaign, which was relaunched on 6 January 2025. The Help Us, Help You campaign seeks to address the barriers that are deterring patients from accessing the National Health Servi...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure the National Cancer Plan includes prevention measures to help tackle the wider modifiable risk factors of cancer beyond smoking.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has announced that a National Cancer Plan for England will be published this year.The Government recognises the importance of primary and secondary prevention within a holistic approach...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to extend the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund beyond March 2025.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Wokingham to the answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 26025.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsLeader of the HouseTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32620More
Question: To ask the Leader of the House, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to ensure that written Parliamentary questions are answered on time.
Answer: Parliament has a right to hold Ministers to account. I have written to all members of Cabinet to remind Ministers of their responsibilities to provide helpful and timely responses to Members' PQs.The Procedure Committee monitors individual department’s PQ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2025 to Question 30436 on GPs, what proportion of the 38,000 additional roles recruited through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme are GPs.
Answer: Over 38,000 direct patient care roles such as pharmacists and physios have been recruited into practices and primary care networks (PCNs) from March 2019 to December 2024. This data does not include general practitioners (GPs) employed through the scheme....
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2025 to Question 30436 on GPs, what progress he has made of recruiting more than 1,000 GPs through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.
Answer: When the Government became aware of the reports of general practitioner (GP) unemployment amongst newly qualified GPs, we acted immediately and identified £82 million of additional funding to allow for newly qualified GPs to be employed through the Additi...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: WokinghamDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the frequency of rail services for commuters between Wokingham and London.
Answer: Department officials are in regular conversation with South-Western Railway regarding its service provision in response to demand. When reviewing train services, the Department needs to assess business cases and balance demand with value for the taxpayer ...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: WokinghamCabinet OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32492More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the UK Statistics Authority has made of the number of small businesses in Wokingham constituency in January (a) 2021, (b) 2022, (c) 2023, (d) 2024 and (e) 2025.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 21st February is attached.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAstraZeneca: MerseysideDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make it his policy to conduct a lessons learned review following the negotiations with AstraZeneca for investment in Speke.
Answer: AstraZeneca’s decision not to invest in Speke is deeply disappointing. The Government regularly reviews it’s grant process and routinely seeks applicant feedback. The Government also continues to engage positively with AstraZeneca, including on the new In...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote prostate 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
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