Clive Jones MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
General Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the data on the number of general practitioners employed through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme will be available.
Answer: Information on the number of recently qualified general practitioners (GPs) for which primary care networks are claiming reimbursement via the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) is currently being collated. We are working to verify the data and ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of the increase in NHS England funding will be dedicated to staffing budgets.
Answer: Decisions on the allocation of resources for 2025/26 have not yet been finalised. NHS England will continue to prioritise the allocation of funding to support frontline services.
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the funding for NHS England announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 will be spent on (a) National Insurance contribution increases and (b) existing overspends by (i) NHS
Answer: We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at the Autumn Budget, and this enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department, from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26.The ...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for publishing the Government's consultation on the zero emission vehicle mandate.
Answer: The consultation on Phasing out sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 and supporting the ZEV transition launched on 24 December 2024 and is due to close on 18 February 2025. The Government is engaging intensively with interested stakeholders and a...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordConditions of Employment: CancerDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to provide employment protections for (a) young cancer patients and (b) their families.
Answer: It is important that people with cancer are supported to return to, or remain in work, if that is what they choose to do. Workers with cancer and their carers are protected from employment discrimination under the Equality Act 2010. Their family members o...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment: CancerDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) young cancer patients and (b) their families in into employment.
Answer: NHS England is committed to ensuring that all cancer patients are offered Holistic Needs Assessment and Personalised Care and Support Planning, ensuring care is focused on what matters most to each person. This is being delivered in line with the NHS Comp...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the costs associated with children and young people travelling within the UK for cancer treatment.
Answer: NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning and ensuring the healthcare needs of local communities in England are met, including for children and young people with cancer. The National Health Service in England runs scheme...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking through the welfare system to support children and young people diagnosed with cancer.
Answer: The extra costs disability benefits available to children and young people, Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment (PIP), provide a contribution towards the additional costs that may arise from a long-term disability or health condi...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPersistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2024Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish an impact assessment of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations on the automotive industry.
Answer: Defra officials are in the process of engaging with the automotive industry in relation to the impacts of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulation 2024. Details of any further steps will be published in due course.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChemicals: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to amend the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations to allow, by derogation, the placing on the market of UV-328 present in articles and th
Answer: Defra officials are in the process of engaging with the automotive industry in relation the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulation 2024, including the use of UV-328 by the automotive industry and the issue of derogations. Details of any furt...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase levels of awareness on the (a) signs and (b) symptoms of cancer among young people and their families.
Answer: We are committed to getting the National Health Service catching cancer on time, diagnosing it earlier, and treating it faster, so that more patients survive this horrible set of diseases. This includes in relation to children and young people.NHS England...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: Health ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that new housing developments include (a) GP surgeries and (b) other primary healthcare infrastructure.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, including the provision of supporting infrastructure in a sustainable manner.Local development plans sh...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the additional funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will be allocated.
Answer: There was no additional funding announced for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues, published on 21 March 2024, if she will mak
Answer: Following careful consideration of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report into how changes to the State Pension age were communicated, the Government has decided we will not be paying compensation. We have made our decision on the facts o...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRoyal Berkshire HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the rebuild of the Royal Berkshire Hospital will include IT (a) infrastructure and (b) equipment necessary for greater research capacity.
Answer: Plans for the new Royal Berkshire Hospital as part of the New Hospital Programme (NHP) are at the early stages of development. The trust is currently developing their Strategic Outline Case for the scheme to establish their preferred way forward. This is ...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve research capacity for cancer in the (a) Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire integrated care board and b) NHS in England.
Answer: Through the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR), the Department invests in building research expertise and capacity, and specialist facilities and support services, to support research across all aspects of human health, including cancer...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the future demand for cancer services in (a) the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire West integrated care board and (b) England.
Answer: The Department is committed to tackling the future demand for cancer services, and this includes cancer patients in the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire West Integrated Care Board, and across England.Developing our workforce is key to responding to...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Health in response to the question from the hon. Member of Wokingham of Wednesday 11 December, Official Report, column 290WH, ho
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave the Hon. Member for York Central on 11 November 2024 to Question 12437.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordConsumer Goods: SafetyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of EU Regulation on General Product Safety (2023/988) on small businesses.
Answer: The updated GPSR largely formalises how many businesses are already operating in the UK and the measures are therefore likely to have limited impact. However, we understand that for some businesses, the regulation will require changes, and we take any con...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordConsumer Goods: SafetyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to support small businesses with meeting the requirements of the EU Regulation on General Product Safety (2023/988).
Answer: The updated GPSR largely formalises how many businesses are already operating in the UK and the measures are therefore likely to have limited impact. However, we understand that for some businesses, the regulation will require changes, and we take any con...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the average cost of (a) bowel and (b) all cancer care at stage (i) 1, (ii), 2, (iii) 3 and (iv) 4 for patients referred by the NHS in England.
Answer: There is currently no available data on the average cost, broken down into cost per stage, of bowel cancer, or all cancer care. However, the following table shows the cost of cancer treatment in National Health Service trusts, reported over the last five ...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDiagnosis and Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are taking to support the use of (a) medical devices and (b) diagnostic tools after piloting; and what funding his Department provides for such too
Answer: The Department and NHS England provide support to innovators and systems across the innovation lifecycle, from ideation and design, through to adoption and scaling. A number of policies and programmes are targeted at the adoption of medical devices and di...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordColonoscopyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the potential cost to the public purse is of diagnostic colonoscopies per foundation trust in each year since since 2020.
Answer: The attached table shows the potential cost to the public purse of diagnostic colonoscopies per foundation trust, each year since 2020, as well as the spend across all National Health Service foundation trusts for two groups of patient activity, specifica...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordColonoscopyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients that have received a colonoscopy and subsequently been referred to cancer treatment pathways in each of the last five years.
Answer: No estimate has been made regarding the proportion of patients, in each of the last five years, who received a colonoscopy, and who were then referred to a cancer treatment pathway. The following table shows the proportion of patients who received a colon...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Public ExpenditureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the increase in funding for his Department announced at the Autumn Budget 2024 will be spent on (a) National Insurance contribution increases, (b) pay increases, and
Answer: We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at the Autumn Budget, and this enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department, from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26.Nati...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
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