Derek Twigg MP: written questions
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Consultants: Cheshire and MerseysideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many consultant posts are vacant in the each of the acute hospital trusts in the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the number of consultant vacancies at hospitals in the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board. NHS England publishes regular high-level statistics on vacancies across National Health Service trusts, which...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWarrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: RadiologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many radiographers have been in post at Warrington and Halton University Hospitals Trust in each year since 2015.
Answer: The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) diagnostic radiographers employed by the Warrington and Halton University Hospitals Trust in each year since 2015:DateFTE diagnostic radiographersMarch 201585March 201682March 201783March ...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiology: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many radiographers will be trained in each year until 2030.
Answer: Later this year, we will publish a new workforce plan to deliver the transformed health service we will build over the next decade, and will ensure the National Health Service has the right people, in the right places, with the right skills to deliver the...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: VacanciesMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 58934 on Armed Forces: Vacancies, what the ranks of the unfilled posts are; and how long they have been unfilled.
Answer: The UK has one of the highest post fill rates in NATO. As of 1 April 2025, the UK’s post allocation was 1,053, of which 82 were unfilled. While 8% of our posts were gapped in April 2025, this was predominantly for a period of less than 10 months. The majo...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who have previously reached a another safe country before arriving in the UK have had their applications (a) approved and (b) rejected in each year since 2015.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Available data on third country refusals, where the claimant is believed to have reached a safe third country prior to claiming in the UK, is published in t...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: VacanciesMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military posts allocated for British Armed Forces personnel within NATO remain unfilled as of 1 April 2025.
Answer: The UK is one of the largest contributors of personnel to NATO, underlining our commitment to deterrence and defence of the Euro-Atlantic Area, with personnel deployed in over twenty-one countries. The UK consistently has one of the highest post fill rate...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Nuclear EnterpriseMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the expected change in cost for Defence Nuclear Enterprise until 2033.
Answer: As stated in an update to the Public Accounts Committee in December 2023, the Defence Nuclear Enterprise (DNE) forecast an equipment plan spend of £117.8 billion over the period 2023-33. Over the same period to 2033, the current forecast for DNE equipment...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReserve Forces: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total Reserve Service Day Budget is for the (a) Army, (b) Maritime and (c) Air Force in financial year 2025-26.
Answer: Reserves enable our Armed Forces to meet the threats we face at home and overseas, by providing the scale, skills, agility and connection to society needed, in a cost-effective way. As the Minister for Veterans and People, I have commissioned an internal ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordReserve Forces: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Reserve Service Day budget for (a) the army, (b) maritime and (c) the RAF will be subject to in year savings measures for the financial year 2025-26.
Answer: Reserves enable our Armed Forces to meet the threats we face at home and overseas, by providing the scale, skills, agility and connection to society needed, in a cost-effective way. As the Minister for Veterans and People, I have commissioned an internal ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordReserve ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the baseline allocation of reserve services days will be for reservists in the (a) Army Reserve, (b) Maritime Reserve and (c) RAF Reserve in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: Reserves enable our Armed Forces to meet the threats we face at home and overseas, by providing the scale, skills, agility and connection to society needed, in a cost-effective way. As the Minister for Veterans and People, I have commissioned an internal ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of serving personnel in the (a) Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF were recruited from countries outside the UK in each year since 2015; and from which countries.
Answer: The attached tables provide the intake into the Regular Armed Forces by Service and the Brigade of Gurkhas by nationality, and as percentage of overall intake in each year between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2024. Commonwealth citizens have been groupe...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2025 to Question 37538 on Army: Recruitment, if he will provide numbers by category for each year listed.
Answer: It is taking time to interrogate the data and therefore it has not been possible to provide the answer in the time available. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as practical and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: Armed ForcesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on increasing the number of medical reservists joining the Armed Forces.
Answer: People working in the National Health Service have many transferable skills that can be of great benefit to the Armed Forces reserve, whether they be clinicians, such as doctors and nurses, or staff working in leadership or management roles. There have be...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgency Nurses: North WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of nursing posts are currently being filled by Bank Nurses in each Acute Hospital in the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB area.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the most frequent reasons were for new applicants to the Army being refused on medical grounds in each year since 2020.
Answer: It is taking time to interrogate the data and therefore it has not been possible to provide the answer in the time available. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as practical and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: FoodMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for the next Army Messing Survey.
Answer: The Army Messing Survey 2021 document was developed for an internal audience and there are no current plans to publish the results. The Department incorporated the feedback of this survey into the Army Exploring the Appetites of Today Soldiers (EATS) prop...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: FoodMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 35639 on Army: Food, for what reason there was a period of three years between the 2021 survey and the launch of the Defence Catering Strategy.
Answer: The Army Messing Survey 2021 document was developed for an internal audience and there are no current plans to publish the results. The Department incorporated the feedback of this survey into the Army Exploring the Appetites of Today Soldiers (EATS) prop...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: FoodMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 35639 on Army: Food, if he will he publish the results of the Army Messing Survey 2021.
Answer: The Army Messing Survey 2021 document was developed for an internal audience and there are no current plans to publish the results. The Department incorporated the feedback of this survey into the Army Exploring the Appetites of Today Soldiers (EATS) prop...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to produce a National Defence Plan.
Answer: Defence is supporting the Cabinet Office on the design and implementation of an internal-to-government Home Defence Programme. This will further enhance UK national security and resilience through bolstering civilian-military coordination and HMG’s overal...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordReserve ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the current shortfall in the (a) Army Reserve, (b) RAF Reserve, (c) Royal Navy Reserve and (d) Royal Marines Reserve.
Answer: I am grateful for the contribution of our Reserve Forces who provide the UK with the ability to meet the threats we face at home and overseas, with the scale, skills, agility and connection to society that it needs, in a cost-effective way. The requested ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: PoultryMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries the Army sourced chicken from for its personnel's meals in the past five years.
Answer: This information is not held. Under the terms of the Ministry of Defences’ (MOD) food contracts, the procurement of all produce is the responsibility of the prime contractors.All food procured for MOD personnel must comply with MOD food quality standards ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: BeefMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries the Army sourced beef from for its personnel's meals in the past five years.
Answer: This information is not held. Under the terms of the Ministry of Defences’ (MOD) food contracts, the procurement of all produce is the responsibility of the prime contractors.All food procured for MOD personnel must comply with MOD food quality standards ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: FoodMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the most recent survey of Army personnel on the quality of food served to them was undertaken.
Answer: Delivering high quality and varied food to Service personnel is important to both the Army and the Department. The Army regularly provides opportunities for its personnel to provide feedback and encourages them to do so. The most recent survey undertaken ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccination: 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
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