Clive Jones MP: written questions
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Department 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
Original Parliament recordKidney 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
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