Esther McVey MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Coronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the suspected adverse reaction reports of unknown age for the COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna monovalent were followed up by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to try and
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordYellow Card SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make date of birth a mandatory field when reporting a suspected adverse reaction to the Yellow Card scheme run by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordSurrogacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the report from the Anti-Slavery Commissioner entitled Anticipating Exploitation: Forced Surrogacy; and what assess
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordBritish Liver TrustDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 19981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings her department has had since July 2024 with the British Liver Trust, and what the dates of those meetings were.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordFolic Acid: FlourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Food Safety Act 1990, what is the legal basis for the adding of folic acid to non-wholewheat flour as a public health measure.
Answer: The Bread and Flour (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024 made provisions for the mandatory fortification of non-wholemeal wheat flour with folic acid, following a final decision to proceed with this long-standing proposal taken by the previous governmen...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFolic AcidDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 15320 on Folic Acid, with reference to the Food Standard Agency's information page entitled Guidance: Folic Acid, updated on 10 July 2026, where t
Answer: The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) website moved over to the GOV.UK platform on 25 June 2026. The FSA’s information page on the fortification of flour with folic acid is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/folic-acid/...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England plans to publish monthly data showing the number of Referral to Treatment pathways removed from waiting lists by reason for removal.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer provided in the House of Lords on 30 June in response to Question HL381.
Answered 19 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the reduction in the Referral to Treatment waiting list between August 2024 and March 2026 was attributable to (a) increased completed treatments and (b) non-treatment removals,
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer provided in the House of Lords on 30 June in response to Question HL381.
Answered 19 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordObesity: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the government announcement of 27 June 2026 on Pioneering projects to transform obesity care, for what reason the relevant competing interests of the quoted experts were not discl
Answer: The Government announcement on 27 June 2026, titled Pioneering projects to transform obesity care, backed by £85 million from government and industry, was a press notice announcing the 12 successful projects funded through the Obesity Pathway Innovation P...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordFolic Acid: Perinatal MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the article in The Lancet by Dr Czeizel entitled Can terathanasia explain the protective effect of folic-acid supplemen
Answer: In the United Kingdom, folic acid fortification was first considered by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy (COMA) in 2000.In its report on Folic Acid and the Prevention of Disease, COMA considered the 1997 paper by Hook and Czei...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
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