Clive Lewis MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Better Care FundDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to the NHS under the Better Care Fund in each integrated care board area; and where monitoring of that spending is publicly reported.
Answer: For 2025/26, approximately £9 billion is committed to the Better Care Fund (BCF). This includes approximately £3.3 billion provided to local authorities through the local authority BCF Grant, as well as the £5.6 billion NHS Minimum Contribution.2025/26 al...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Civil SocietyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) recent NHS guidance and (b) his Department's health and social care priorities on Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (i) services a
Answer: The Department values working with the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector, in particular to address wider health inequalities. The insights and reach of VCSE organisations are instrumental, particularly in engaging with those who hav...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: ExpenditureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of his Department's spending was on (a) community, (b) acute and (c) primary care services in (i) Norfolk and Waveney and (ii) the rest of England by ICB area in the latest year for
Answer: In 2023/24, the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) spent £1,275.5 million on acute services, £240.9 million on community services, and £258.7 million on primary medical services. As a proportion of the Department’s Resource Departmental Expen...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the abolition of NHS England on the Federated Data Platform and Associated Services contract awarded to the consortium led by Palantir Technologies.
Answer: Ministers will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by James Mackey, to lead this transformation. As we work to return many of NHS England’s current functions to the Department, we will ensure that we continue to evaluate i...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 902701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental services.
Answer: We are determined to rebuild dentistry for the long term.We will deliver an additional 700,000 urgent dental appointments; reform the dental contract; and introduce supervised toothbrushing for three- to five-year-olds in the most deprived communities.We ...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a long term funding settlement for NHS dentistry.
Answer: A budget of £3.8 billion for primary, community, and secondary dentistry has been allocated to the integrated care boards across England for 2024/25, to deliver new initiatives and address the challenges facing National Health Service dentistry. Allocatio...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 8935 on Hospices: Children, what his planned timetable is for a decision on the future of that funding.
Answer: While 2023/24 marked the final year of the Children’s Hospice Grant in its previous format, in 2024/25, NHS England continued to provide an additional £25 million of funding for children and young people’s hospices, maintaining the level of grant funding ...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordQuetiapine: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle shortages of Quetiapine.
Answer: The Department was aware of shortages affecting quetiapine 150 milligrams, 200 milligrams and 300 milligrams. The Department worked closely with industry and others and issued communications to the National Health Service to help ensure patients continued...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDisability: NorfolkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of service provision for (a) deaf and (b) blind people in Norfolk.
Answer: Under the Equality Act 2010, health and social care organisations are required to make changes in their approach or provision to ensure that services are accessible to disabled people, as well as to everybody else. These changes are called reasonable adju...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing HormonesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to monitor the potential impact of the ban on puberty blockers on (a) the mental health and (b) suicide rates among trans patients under the age of 18.
Answer: The emergency banning order, restricting the sale or supply of puberty blockers, was introduced by the previous government. The Order enables those who were already on a course of treatment with Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues, before 3 June 202...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing HormonesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the ban on puberty blockers on the mental health of trans patients under the age of 18.
Answer: The emergency banning Order, restricting the sale or supply of puberty blockers, was introduced by the previous Government. The Order enables those who were already on a course of treatment with Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues, before 3 June 202...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
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