Danny Beales MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Health Services: HomelessnessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Housing First interventions for people experiencing homelessness on (a) health outcomes and (b) costs to the NHS.
Answer: The Department is committed to improving health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness. We are working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to support those experiencing homelessness with multiple and complex needs...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Sleeping RoughMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what measures her Department is taking to ensure people admitted to hospital while rough sleeping have somewhere secure to sleep upon discharge from hospital.
Answer: We have published A National Plan to End Homelessness, our cross-Government Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy. This commits to a target that no one eligible for homelessness assistance is discharged to the street after a hospital stay. To help achi...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services and Social Services: HomelessnessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures his Department is taking to improve the access people experiencing homelessness have to health and social care services.
Answer: The Department recognises the importance of ensuring that people experiencing homelessness have access to appropriate health and social care services. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideline 214, titled Integrated health and social car...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic Services: Community Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand the use of community optometry services.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population and commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them.This can already include the commissioning of enhanced eye care services from high stree...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand the use of optometry-led diagnostic and treatment pathways.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population and commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them.This can already include the commissioning of enhanced eye care services from high stree...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of implementing the recommendations of the report by the Association of Optometrists entitled Key Interventions to Transform Eye Care
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them. This can include the commissioning of enhanced eye care services from high s...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of steps taken by Integrated Care Boards to address regional inequalities in access to eye care services.
Answer: No assessment has been made. Integrated care boards, as commissioners of primary and secondary eye care services, are required to work with local authorities to assess the current and future health, care, and wellbeing needs of their local populations. Th...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of eye care services.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet local need. We are not aware of any issues with the availability of sight testing services. The decision to commission enhanced eye care servic...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the (a) Minor Eye Conditions Service and (b) Community Urgent Eyecare Service on (i) patient outcomes and (ii) unnecessary referra
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them. This can include the commissioning of enhanced eye care services from high s...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the (a) Minor Eye Conditions Service and (b) Community Urgent Eyecare Service.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them. This can include the commissioning of enhanced eye care services from high s...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of a Minor Eye Conditions Service in every part of the country.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them. This can include the commissioning of enhanced eye care services from high s...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing a Modern Service Framework for respiratory health.
Answer: Modern service frameworks will define an aspirational, long-term outcome goal for a major condition and then identify the best evidenced interventions and the support for delivery. Early priorities will include cardiovascular disease, severe mental illnes...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure landlords let accommodation is fit for human habitation as set out in the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018.
Answer: If rented houses or flats are not fit for human habitation, tenants can take their landlords to court under the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. The court can make the landlord carry out repairs and put right health and safety problems. The ...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCrisis and Resilience FundDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce a ringfenced element for (a) furniture and (b) appliances through the Crisis and Resilience Fund.
Answer: My Department has actively engaged with stakeholders on the design of the Crisis and Resilience Fund through a structured co-design process involving a representative group of local authorities, third-party organisations and academics. We are considering ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAbirateroneDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83204, what step he is taking to secure a recurrent budget for abiraterone in high risk, non-metastatic prostate cancer, in the context of it b
Answer: We are pleased to confirm that NHS England announced on 16 January that patients with non‑metastatic prostate cancer will now have access to abiraterone in combination with prednisolone, where it is deemed to be clinically beneficial. This development has...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: LabellingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed how alcohol labelling reforms could support local public-health and community-based initiatives aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm, particularly in areas wit
Answer: In Fit for the Future: 10-Year Health Plan for England, the Government committed to strengthening and expanding existing voluntary guidelines for alcohol labelling by introducing a mandatory requirement for alcoholic drinks to display consistent nutrition...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: LabellingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the importance of including accessible behaviour-change and drinking moderation tools, including links to digital health support, as part of the new mandatory al
Answer: In Fit for the Future: 10-Year Health Plan for England, the Government committed to strengthening and expanding existing voluntary guidelines for alcohol labelling by introducing a mandatory requirement for alcoholic drinks to display consistent nutrition...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Social Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adopting a national exemption for domestic abuse survivors from housing-related debt rules in social housing allocation pol
Answer: Local housing authorities can already take into account an applicant’s financial resources when considering their application, including debt and affordability checks.We would expect local authorities to show consideration for the circumstances in which t...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Social Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of local authority housing-related debt rules on domestic abuse survivors who are placed in temporary accommodatio
Answer: Local housing authorities can already take into account an applicant’s financial resources when considering their application, including debt and affordability checks.We would expect local authorities to show consideration for the circumstances in which t...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: FurnitureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his department has made of the impact of furniture poverty on homelessness prevention and recovery; and if he will explore possibilities to use furnished tenancie
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to question UIN 92799 on 28 November 2025.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: FurnitureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of children who have experienced homelessness being moved into properties with (a) unsafe or (b) no flo
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to question UIN 92799 on 28 November 2025.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: FurnitureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his department's policies of trends in the number of homelessness entering accommodation without flooring, window co
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to question UIN 92799 on 28 November 2025.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: FurnitureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the concerns of frontline homelessness staff who believe that moving homelessness survivors into unf
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to question UIN 92799 on 28 November 2025.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: FurnitureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he had made of the role of furniture provision in increasing tenancy sustainability and reducing homelessness presentations; and if his department will encourage
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to question UIN 92799 on 28 November 2025.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he made of the difference in uptake rates between maternal and infant RSV immunisations when developing the national immunisation programme.
Answer: The policy for the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) programme is based on the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), an independent expert advisory committee. The JCVI considered RSV modelling that included different levels...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
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