Derek Twigg MP: written questions
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Vaccination: ProductionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 27976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the required domestic capacity for vaccine production in the event of a pandemic.
Answer: As we saw in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring that the United Kingdom’s population has ready access to pandemic vaccines as soon as they are available is critical to our ability to respond to and recover from any future pandemic. Whilst it ...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordInfluenza: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 27975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vaccine doses have been purchased for this year’s Flu campaign; and where they were sourced from.
Answer: Information on the number of doses procured by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is commercially sensitive.The UKHSA secures sufficient volumes of flu vaccines for the children’s flu programme, to ensure that eligible children aged less than 18 years ...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAstraZeneca: MerseysideDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 27974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which Departments were involved in discussions with Astra-Zeneca on the expansion of the vaccine production plant at Speke Merseyside.
Answer: A cross-Government approach is taken to support the UK’s Life Sciences sector. This was the case for Government’s work to explore AstraZeneca’s potential investment in Speke, which involved No10, HM Treasury, the Department for Science, Innovation and Tec...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCardiovascular System: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 24413 on Cardiovascular System: Health Services, for what reason his Department does not hold a breakdown of the data on vascular services for
Answer: There are no patients coded as waiting on the Referral to Treatment waiting list at the Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for Vascular Surgery Service. This may be because the vascular service is being coded under a different treatment fu...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: EducationMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of officer cadets entering Sandhurst since 2015 attended a (a) state and (b) private school.
Answer: The table below shows the proportion of officer cadets entering Sandhurst in the last 10 years who attended independent and state schools. This data has been provided from a Single Service source rather than official statistics produced by Defence Statist...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS clinical staff were armed forces reservists in each year since 2010.
Answer: This information is not collected nationally. NHS Employers is working with National Health Service organisations to support them in being flexible and supportive employers, so that they can enable their staff to participate in the Armed Forces reserve, a...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary ExercisesMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many overseas army training exercises took place each year since 2010.
Answer: The Army invests significantly in skills, education and training for its people to build the problem-solving attributes, teamwork, resilience, intellect and creativity needed to be successful now and in the future. The Army maintains an active overseas tr...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Medical Services: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) budget for and (b) amount spent on Defence medical services was in each year since 2015.
Answer: The table below presents the budget and amount spent by Defence Medical Services in each year since 2016. Figures prior to 2016 are not held in the format requested: Financial YearBudget £Spend £16/17505,432,887.00457,074,00017/18476,356,801.00461,981,000...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Health ProfessionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medical rank reservists there were in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF in each year since 2015.
Answer: I am withholding the information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces. Whilst a statistical release of overall Armed Forces strength is published annually, strength and capa...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAgency Nurses: Cheshire and MerseysideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many agency nurses were employed in each acute hospital trust in the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board area in each year since 2019; and what proportion of all nurses they were.
Answer: The information requested is not available.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: DogsMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many working dogs the Army had in each year since 2010; and what the requirement was in each of those years.
Answer: As at 23 January 2025, there were 113 trained Military Working Dogs (MWD) in the British Army. Determining whether an annual breakdown of MWD in the Army could be provided for each year since 2010 could only be achieved at a disproportionate cost due to i...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmyMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he decided not to release the workforce requirement figures of Army regiments for reasons of operational security.
Answer: In 2022, with Departmental support, the Army adopted a position not to release the workforce requirement of its internal organisations following the announcement of the Integrated Review and Future Soldier transformation. I am happy to speak to my hon. Fr...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: EngineersMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many engineers there were in post in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF in each year since 2010.
Answer: This information is being withheld as it would prejudice the capability, security and effectiveness of UK Armed Forces, and could provide tactical advantage to hostile forces.
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAir ForceMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) air and (b) ground stewards were in post in the RAF in each year since 2010; and what the requirement was in each of those years.
Answer: The number of Logistics (Air Ground Stewards) in the Royal Air Force in each year since 2010 is as follows: Ground StewardsTotal01 April 201048201 April 201146401 April 201243501 April 201340801 April 201439501 April 201539001 April 201639201 April 201737...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Army Veterinary CorpsMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterinary officers were in post in the Army in each year since 2010; and what the requirement was in each of those years.
Answer: The number of veterinary officers in post for the Army since 2010 are as follows. Year*Total202441202343202245202145202041201940201843201741201635201535201441201341201237201136201035*The figure for each year was extrapolated from the number in post on 01 ...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: NursesMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nurses were in post in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF in each year since 2010; and what the requirement was in each service in each of those years.
Answer: I hope that my Rt Hon friend will understand that I am withholding the information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces. Whilst a statistical release of overall Armed Forces...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: CateringMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many chefs were in post in the Army in each year since 2010; and what the requirement was in each of those years.
Answer: The number of chefs in post for the Army since 2010 are as follows: Year*Total2024868202392020229452021973202099220191,06120181,13620171,18620161,22220151,28120141,58620131,96920122,29620112,55620102,547 *The figure for each year was extrapolated from th...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHospital Beds: Cheshire and MerseysideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the bed occupancy rate is in each Acute Hospital Trust in the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB area.
Answer: Bed occupancy rates for each National Health Service trust are published monthly by NHS England. The latest data is for December 2024, and is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: Cheshire and MerseysideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average waiting times in Accident and Emergency for each Acute Hospital Trust in the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB area.
Answer: Information on accident and emergency performance is published monthly by NHS England. The headline metric used is the four-hour accident and emergency waiting time standard. This data is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statisti...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCardiovascular System: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average waiting times for a first appointment following a routine referral to vascular services at (a) Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and (b) Me
Answer: The mean average waiting time from referral to the first outpatient appointment for patients under vascular services at the Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is 78 days. For the Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, a b...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNavy: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Navy training budget was in each year since 2010.
Answer: The below table highlights the Royal Navy’s budget for training between financial years (FY) 202018-19 and 2023-24. This includes Phase 1 (basic training) and Phase 2 (initial training) costs. In accordance with standard financial practice in all public a...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAir Force: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the RAF training budget was in each year since 2010.
Answer: The below table provides the Royal Air Force budget for training between financial years (FY)2018-19 and 2023-24. This includes Phase 1 (basic training) and Phase 2 (initial training) costs. It is not possible to provide figures for the entire period requ...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Army training budget was in each year since 2010.
Answer: The Department has interpreted training to mean the budget for direct training exercises only. This includes Phase 1 (basic training) and Phase 2 (initial training) costs. The below table highlights the Army’s budget for training between financial years (...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: EngineersMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many engineers there were in the Army on 1 April 2024; and what the requirement was.
Answer: As of 1 April 2024, there were 26,030 Army Trade Trained Regular, Gurkha and Trained Reserve Engineers. We do not routinely release the workforce requirement figures of Army regiments for reasons of operational security. The Trade Trained Regular Army onl...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Health ProfessionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) number of and (b) requirement for medical service personnel was on 1 April 2024.
Answer: I am withholding the information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces. Whilst a statistical release of overall Armed Forces strength is published annually, strength and capa...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
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