Esther McVey MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: PackagingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the report on packaging changes to Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, as discussed at the Commission on Human Medicines Antidepressant Risk Minimisation Expert Workin
Answer: A public assessment report will be published by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) after the completion of the review. The advice of the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) will be sought after the next meeting of the Antidepre...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAntidepressantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the dates of the consultation period with pharmaceutical companies, as agreed at the Commission on Human Medicines Antidepressant Risk Minimisation Expert Working Group meeting o
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will seek the advice of the independent Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) on the final recommendations of the Antidepressant Risk Minimisation Expert Working Group, following the next meetin...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAntidepressantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the (a) minutes and (b) outcome of the Commission on Human Medicines Antidepressant Risk Minimisation Expert Working Group meeting which took place on 1 May.
Answer: A public assessment report will be published following the advice of the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) after the next meeting of the Antidepressant Risk Minimisation Expert Working Gr...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAntimicrobials: Small BusinessesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of new antimicrobial therapeutics developed by SMEs.
Answer: The United Kingdom’s 2024 to 2029 national action plan (NAP) to confront antimicrobial resistance (AMR) includes a commitment to work across sectors to develop new antimicrobials. The NAP also acknowledges the potential of alternative therapies, such as b...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff network events took place in his Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.
Answer: Staff networks are collaborative volunteer networks, organised by staff themselves rather than the Department.The Department had a total of seven staff network events that took place in May 2025. This number represents events led by the networks and does ...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2025 to Question 53036 on Coronavirus: Research, when he plans to publish the audit; whether he plans to publish his Department's initial assessment of the PMCPA’s
Answer: The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) is a non-governmental, self-regulatory body, which independently administers the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry.The UK Healt...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: GenderDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has updated guidance on the use of single-sex facilities in response to the Supreme Court judgement in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers of 16 April 202
Answer: We will review and update policy wherever necessary to ensure it complies with the latest legal requirements. We aim to ensure appropriate facilities are available for all staff.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth CentresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in response to the Rt hon. Member for Tatton at Health Questions on 6 May 2025, when
Answer: My private office has reached out to the Rt. Hon. Member for Tatton to find a time for the meeting.
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 35647 on Coronavirus: Research, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority ca
Answer: In April 2025, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) was made aware that Moderna was to be issued a public reprimand by the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) appeal board. Moderna would be subject to an audit following two recent c...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the increase in National Insurance Contributions on the (a) financial viability and (b) capacity of the third sector in the health sector.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital work carried out by voluntary organisations, including in the heath sector, and is committed to supporting small businesses and charities. That is why the Employment Allowance has been more than doubled to £10,500. As a...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: MindDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings the Minister for Mental Health has had with the Chief Executive of Mind since her appointment; and what the dates were of those meetings.
Answer: Ministerial meetings with external organisations are routinely published on the GOV.UK website on a quarterly basis.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMental HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings the Minister for Mental Health has had with external bodies since her appointment.
Answer: Ministerial meetings with external organisations are routinely published on the GOV.UK website on a quarterly basis.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ExpenditureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of government health expenditure that will be spent on mental health in each year of this parliament.
Answer: The Written Ministerial Statement was published on 27 March 2025. This contained information on Government health expenditure in 2024/25 and 2025/26.No estimate has been made for the remaining years of Parliament beyond this. However, mental health remain...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordInfluenza: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to UKHSA FOI Request Ref: 617 H5 Influenza Vaccine, whether one tender response was received; and what steps he has taken to encourage more responses.
Answer: One tender response was received. The requirement for this vaccine specified that the product must be licensed for use in the United Kingdom. At the time the tender was published, only one supplier was able to meet this criterion. This was despite prior e...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordInfluenza: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to FOI2025/00320, for what reason the Adjuvanted Zoonotic Influenza Vaccine was authorised via UK Regulation 56.
Answer: Adjuvanted Zoonotic Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in a pre‐filled syringe (PLGB 47991/0013) was authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency via UK Regulation 56 of The Human Med...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment Scheme: CoronavirusDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of claims have been submitted to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme for (a) fatalities and (b) illnesses for Covid 19 vaccines.
Answer: As of 31 March 2025, 19,895 claims had been submitted to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme relating to COVID-19 vaccination. 18,724, or 94% of these claims, were submitted for illnesses relating to COVID-19 vaccination and 1,171, or 6% of these claims, we...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has received the final post-authorisation safety study report for the BNT162b2 covid-19 vaccine.
Answer: A post-authorisation safety study is a study that is carried out after a medicine has been authorised to obtain further information on a medicine's safety, or to measure the effectiveness of risk-management measures.A total of 22 clinical studies are incl...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimodosDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason Primodos was not within the terms of reference of the Hughes Report: options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024.
Answer: The Government is hugely sympathetic to the families who believe that they or their children have suffered following the use of hormone pregnancy tests.The previous administration did not ask the Patient Safety Commissioner, Dr Henrietta Hughes, to look a...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority case rulings with reference (a) AUTH/3815/8/23 and (b) 3886/3/24 on Moderna’s NextCOVE trial in children, if he will make an
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the Health Research Authority, and the Research Ethics Committee (REC) review and approve clinical trials on the basis of the benefits and risks, in line with the UK Clinical Trials regulator...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 3.7 of the minutes of the Covid-19 Vaccine Benefit Risk Expert Working Group held on 18 November 2020, if he will publish the risk-based evaluation for the Pfizer/BioNTe
Answer: The reactogenicity of vaccines refers to their capacity to produce common or “expected” adverse reactions following vaccination such as fever, tiredness, and a sore arm at the vaccination site. These reactions, and the frequency with which they occur, are...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 3.19 of the minutes of the Covid-19 Vaccine Benefit Risk Expert Working Group held on 18 November 2020, if he will publish the communications undertaken to inform recipi
Answer: The reactogenicity of vaccines refers to their capacity to produce common or “expected” adverse reactions following vaccination such as fever, tiredness, and a sore arm at the vaccination site. These reactions, and the frequency with which they occur, are...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment Scheme: AppealsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the information on the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) claim process, published by the NHS Business Services Authority, if he will publish the past tribunal decisions and cas
Answer: Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) appeals are heard by the First-tier Social Security and Child Support Tribunal. The tribunal does not publish these decisions as they are non-binding and contain personal information.First-tier tribunal decisions do no...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prime Minister's Office press release entitled Over two million extra NHS appointments delivered early as trusts handed £40 million to go further and faster, published on 16 F
Answer: Information related to the baseline and methodology for the additional appointments delivered is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/recovery-of-elective_activity-mi/
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 23741 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, if he will publish (a) the questions posed to Pfizer/BioNTech and (b) the answers received that do not relat
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) does not intend to publish these questions, or any subsequent responses received from the manufacturers. It is routine practice for regulatory authorities to ask developers of new medicines an...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 23741 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, for what reason the MHRA has temporarily withdrawn the collection of minutes from the Commission on Human Me
Answer: To ensure the accuracy of redactions within the minutes in question the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has temporarily withdrawn the meeting minutes of the Vaccine Benefit Risk Expert Working Group to ensure accurate and transp...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
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