Helen Maguire MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Prostate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the expected timeline for the TRANSFORM trial to produce actionable evidence to inform UK National Screening Committee policy on prostate cancer screening.
Answer: The Government and Prostate Cancer UK (PCUK) have announced the £42 million TRANSFORM screening trial to find the best way to screen men for prostate cancer to find it before it becomes advanced and harder to treat. PCUK is managing the award on behalf of...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGibraltar: Military AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the restrictions on British military aircrafts (a) arriving at and (b) departing from Gibraltar on (i) military operations and (ii) financial costs to
Answer: UK military aircraft travelling to and from RAF Gibraltar are routed so as to avoid Spanish territorial airspace, in accordance with Spanish restrictions on UK military overflights. RAF Gibraltar continues to operate as a sovereign UK military airfield, a...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: Epsom and EwellDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of estimated pressures on the NHS in winter 2025-26 on A&E staff in Epsom and Ewell constituency; and what steps he is taking to supp
Answer: The health and wellbeing of National Health Service staff is a top priority, including those working in accident and emergency. NHS organisations have a responsibility to create supportive working environments for staff, ensuring they have the conditions ...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: GraduatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the consultation entitled Proposal for a tie-in to NHS dentistry for graduate dentists, published on 23 May 2024.
Answer: As announced in the 10-Year Health Plan, we will make it a requirement for newly qualified dentists to practice in the National Health Service for a minimum period, which we intend to be at least three years. That will mean more NHS dentists, more NHS app...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordThames Water: InsolvencyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing Thames Water into special administration.
Answer: There is a high bar for the use of a Special Administration Regime (SAR). The current law states that Special Administration can only be initiated if the company becomes insolvent, can no longer fulfil its statutory duties or breaches an enforcement order...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Guarantee: Armed ForcesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether careers in the armed forces will be included in the Youth Guarantee.
Answer: As set out in the Get Britain Working White Paper, we are developing a Youth Guarantee to ensure young people are either learning or earning. This includes access to high-quality training, apprenticeships, and personalised support to find work. In PQ 3896...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGibraltar: Military AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his Spanish counterpart on allowing UK military aircraft (a) arriving at and (b) departing from Gibraltar to use Spanish airspace.
Answer: The Defence Secretary meets regularly with his Spanish counterpart to discuss a range of issues of shared strategic interest. These recent interactions have not included discussion on the transit through Spanish airspace of UK military aircraft arriving a...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase NHS England's baseline number of speciality training places in (a) clinical radiology and (b) clinical oncology.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan, published on 3 July, set out that over the next three years we will create 1,000 new specialty training posts with a focus on specialties where there is greatest need. We will set out next steps in due course.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many eligible women have not had a breast cancer screening in (a) England and (b) Surrey for which the latest data is available.
Answer: The latest available screening data, for 2023/24, shows that in England, 6.69 million women were eligible for breast screening. Over 70%, or 4.6 million, of these eligible women had a breast screening result recorded within that last three-year period. Ap...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: RadiotherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer patients are waiting for radiotherapy treatment in (a) England and (b) Surrey for which the latest data is available.
Answer: The information is not available in the format requested. Information on the 31-day cancer treatment waiting time standard, including the number of patients who received radiotherapy and whether their treatment was within the 31-days, is available for Eng...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEU Defence PolicyMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's timetable is for implementation discussions on (a) establishing an Administrative Arrangement with the European Defence Agency and (b) ensuring the UK’s participation in projects that fall u
Answer: The Security and Defence Partnership agreed with the European Union on 19 May 2025 is an example of this Government delivering on our manifesto commitments to strengthen European security, support growth and reinforce NATO. We will continue to prioritise ...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSecurity Action for EuropeMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on talks with the EU on joining Security Action for Europe.
Answer: The UK and the EU are already working constructively to implement and build on our landmark Security and Defence Partnership. In order to effectively deter against increased aggression, we need to strengthen our shared defence industrial base to ensure Eu...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HealthMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the 10 most common medical conditions that kept British armed forces personnel from being deployed in the latest year for which data is available.
Answer: The following table provides information held by the Ministry of Defence on all principal cause of downgrading for Medically Not Deployable (MND) UK Armed Forces personnel as at 1 September 2025: Table 1: Medically Not Deployable (MND) UK armed forces per...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Dental HealthMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of working days of armed forces personnel lost due to dental issues in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The number of working days Armed Forces personnel were absent owing to dental issues is not centrally recorded by the Department.
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Dental HealthMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of poor dental health among (a) applicants, (b) recruits and (c) armed forces personnel on the UK's defence capability.
Answer: Defence is committed to maintaining a dentally fit force to enhance force generation and operational capability. The Defence Medical Services conducted a full Oral Health Needs Assessment in 2023 which delivered an overview of the oral health needs of the...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: RadiotherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cancer patients have effective radiotherapy treatment.
Answer: Radiotherapy is vital in cancer care, and it remains a key priority for the Government to provide the highest quality of treatment available. This is why the Government has invested £70 million of central funding on 28 new LINAC radiotherapy machines acro...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBereavement Counselling: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the National Bereavement Care Pathway training mandatory for all healthcare professionals that come into contact with famil
Answer: All trusts in England are signed up to the National Bereavement Care Pathway, with the aim to ensure that all bereaved parents are offered equal, high quality, individualised, safe, and sensitive care.Training is the responsibility of individual trusts, o...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on reducing the rate of (a) stillbirths and (b) (i) neonatal and (ii) maternal deaths in England by 50% by 2030.
Answer: The national maternity safety ambition is to reduce the rates of stillbirth, neonatal and maternal mortality, and infant brain injury to half of the 2010 rates by 2025, and to reduce the rate of preterm birth to 6% by 2025. These aims are unlikely to be m...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant Mortality: MothersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of women who suffered baby loss between 2020 and 2025.
Answer: Baby loss can include miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, and neonatal death. Official statistics published by the Office for National Statistics on stillbirths and neonatal deaths are available at the following link: https://www.ons.gov.uk/people...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the wellbeing of staff working in A&E.
Answer: The health and wellbeing of National Health Service staff, including those working in accident and emergency departments is a top priority. NHS organisations have a responsibility to create supportive working environments for staff, ensuring they have the...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support prepayment meter customers unable to access (a) heating and (b) power.
Answer: Customers who are unable to top up their prepayment meter may be able to obtain a fuel voucher, access to emergency credit or be eligible for Cold Weather Payments, the Warm Home Discount or the Winter Fuel Payment. Customers should contact their energy s...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordReasonable Adjustments: MenopauseDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of workplace (a) guidance and (b) protections for employees experiencing menopausal symptoms; and if her Department will issue new guidance to (i) small and
Answer: It is important that those who experience substantial and longer-term menopausal effects should be adequately protected from discrimination in the workplace, and that employers are fully aware of the issues their employees may be experiencing at work, and...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHormone Replacement TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) availability and (b) affordability of hormone replacement therapy; and what steps he is taking to reduce regional disparities in access to men
Answer: While there are no plans to review the inclusion of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) within the prescription charge exemption list, the HRT prescription pre-payment certificate is available for patients who are prescribed HRT on the National Health Servi...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHormone Replacement TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the inclusion of hormone replacement therapy within the prescription charge exemption list.
Answer: While there are no plans to review the inclusion of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) within the prescription charge exemption list, the HRT prescription pre-payment certificate is available for patients who are prescribed HRT on the National Health Servi...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Dental HealthMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many candidates applying to join the armed forces were turned down on the basis of poor dental health in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force operate individual recruitment schemes and data on candidates who have been unable to join the Armed Forces for dental reasons is recorded separately for each Service. Data is provided for the period as he...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
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