Helen Maguire MP: written questions
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Eye Cancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to decrease treatment wait times for patients with metastatic ocular melanoma.
Answer: The Department remains committed to ensuring that cancer patients, including those with metastatic ocular melanoma, have timely access to treatment and tailored medical support. The Government supports Scott Arthur’s Private Members Bill on rare cancers w...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve maternity estates and clear the fixable maintenance backlog.
Answer: We are investing over £131 million through the 2025/26 Estates Safety Fund to address critical safety risks on the maternity estate, enabling better care for mothers and their newborns. The funded works will deliver vital safety improvements, enhance pati...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMidwives: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to deliver safe staffing levels for midwives.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling the retention and recruitment challenges that face the National Health Service. NHS England is leading a range of initiatives to boost retention of existing staff and ensure it remains an attractive career choice fo...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release of 21 February 2025 entitled Dental patients to benefit from 700,000 extra urgent appointments, how many of the additional urgent care appointments
Answer: The following table shows the number of National Health Service urgent treatments delivered each year between 2020/21 and 2024/25:Financial yearNumber of urgent dental treatments delivered2024/253,658,2732023/243,674,7102022/233,785,9522021/223,819,226202...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many urgent dental appointments were delivered in each month from January 2024 to January 2025.
Answer: The following table shows the number of National Health Service urgent treatments delivered each year between 2020/21 and 2024/25:Financial yearNumber of urgent dental treatments delivered2024/253,658,2732023/243,674,7102022/233,785,9522021/223,819,226202...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many urgent dental appointments were delivered each year from 2020 up to and including 2025.
Answer: The following table shows the number of National Health Service urgent treatments delivered each year between 2020/21 and 2024/25:Financial yearNumber of urgent dental treatments delivered2024/253,658,2732023/243,674,7102022/233,785,9522021/223,819,226202...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordGardens TrustMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will meet the Gardens Trust to discuss plans to remove the organisation as a statutory consultee.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 103649 on 14 January 2026.
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGardens TrustMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing the Gardens Trust as a statutory consultee on local planning authorities.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 103649 on 14 January 2026.
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGardens TrustMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing the Gardens Trust's status as a statutory consultee on protecting registered parks and gardens.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 103649 on 14 January 2026.
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLearning Disabilities: Hospital BedsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people with learning disabilities do not remain in hospital beds when there is no medical need for them to do so.
Answer: Our 10-Year Health Plan sets out to tackle health inequalities and offer people more holistic, on-going support in the community. It is important that people are discharged promptly from hospital with the right support, both for their outcomes, and to fre...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLearning Disabilities: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the use of digitalised the Learning Disability Health Passport across ICBs.
Answer: NHS England published guidance in June 2024 on health and care passports, which are designed to provide health and social care professionals with essential information about people with a learning disability and other disabled people to ensure appropriate...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCervical Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure people with learning disabilities receive screenings for cervical cancer.
Answer: The Government is committed to its ambition to change the National Health Service so that it diagnoses earlier and treats faster. The NHS Cervical Screening Programme plays a vital role in this. Across the NHS, local systems and partnerships are working t...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLearning Disabilities: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reinstating the annual health check target of 75% for people with learning disabilities.
Answer: The Department and NHS England have not undertaken a specific assessment of reinstating the 75% annual health check target for people with a learning disability. My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, wrote to general practi...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of State Pension age changes on 1950s-born women living in Epsom and Ewell constituency.
Answer: All women born since 6 April 1950 have been affected by changes to State Pension age. Estimates can be made with ONS 2022 Census Data of how many women born in the 1950s were resident in each constituency in that year.
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: PornographyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 16 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of non-explicit sexual content and promotional material for adult services on social media platforms; and what steps she i
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, services likely to be accessed by children are required to use highly effective age assurance to prevent children encountering pornography. Ofcom acknowledge in their guidance that suggestive content of a kind that might be ex...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) safety mechanisms.
Answer: There is considerable debate and uncertainty around Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), but the possibility of its development must be taken seriously. The increasing capabilities of AI may exacerbate existing risks and present new risks, for which the...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCommonhold and Leasehold: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 102833 on 12 January 2026.
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEquipment: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Off-Road Machinery Decarbonisation Strategy will be published.
Answer: The Department is working closely with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the development of the Off-Road Machinery Decarbonisation Strategy. Further details of which, including pu...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set a definition of corridor care.
Answer: The provision of clinical care in corridors is unacceptable, and we are committed to ending its practice in the National Health Service. Furthermore, our Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26 commits to publishing data on the prevalence of corridor c...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to regulate food preservatives associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cancer.
Answer: All food additives used in the United Kingdom, including preservatives, are subject to rigorous safety assessments before they are authorised for use. These assessments consider the intended purpose, the types of foods they may be added to, and maximum pe...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Education: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to regulate health advice on AI overviews on internet browsers.
Answer: NHS England and the Department are taking steps to ensure that health related information is easily available and well-structured to support safe and reliable answers by artificial intelligence (AI), including AI overviews in internet browsers. The NHS.UK...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: AdmissionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people admitted to hospital in (a) England and (b) Surrey were aged between (i) 30- 39 and (ii) 40 and 49, (iii) 50 and 59 in the past year.
Answer: NHS England does not publish hospital admissions broken down by age. Instead, it publishes numbers of ‘Finished Consultant Episodes’ (FCEs) which means a completed hospital treatment session under a consultant. This data is available at the following link...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: Young PeopleDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the monetisation and algorithmic amplification of misogynistic and sexually degrading content on social media platform
Answer: This Government will do everything in our power to keep women and children safe online.Under the Online Safety Act, services are required to protect children from both illegal and harmful content, including violent, abusive or hateful misogynistic content...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Modular Reactors: InsuranceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether small modular reactors will be commercially insurable against nuclear radiation events.
Answer: Under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965, operators of nuclear licensed sites are required to have sufficient financial coverage to ensure compensation would be available in the unlikely event of a nuclear incident. Most operators secure this coverage thr...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTransport: WomenDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure the provision of safe transport for women and girls in rural areas in Surrey.
Answer: The Department for Transport is committed to ensuring everyone, including women and girls, is safe on the transport network, including those in rural areas. As part of the Government’s aims to reduce Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) by half over th...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
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