Helen Maguire MP: written questions
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Radiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many linear accelerator machines are over (a) 10, (b) 15 and (c) 25 years old by integrated care system.
Answer: The number of radiotherapy machines in use which are over the 10-year recommended age is not published by NHS England. The Department also does not hold detailed information about the age of radiotherapy machines, as local systems are responsible for radi...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Private SectorDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many operations scheduled to be carried out by independent healthcare providers were cancelled by ICBs between April 2024 and 2025.
Answer: In January 2025, the National Health Service and the independent sector established a partnership agreement, the first of its kind for 25 years, setting out how we will work together to reduce the elective care waiting list. NHS England manages the Depart...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Private SectorDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ICBs have had to pause NHS services provided by independent healthcare providers during 2024-25.
Answer: In January 2025, the National Health Service and the independent sector established a partnership agreement, the first of its kind for 25 years, setting out how we will work together to reduce the elective care waiting list. NHS England manages the Depart...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Private SectorDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has with ICBs on ensuring delivery of patient care via independent healthcare providers throughout the financial year.
Answer: In January 2025, the National Health Service and the independent sector established a partnership agreement, the first of its kind for 25 years, setting out how we will work together to reduce the elective care waiting list. NHS England manages the Depart...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBladder Cancer: Mortality RatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of survival rates for bladder cancer.
Answer: Improving cancer outcomes, including for bladder cancer, is a priority for the Government. The forthcoming National Cancer Plan will set out further actions to improve earlier diagnosis, expand access to the latest treatments and technologies, and improve...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBladder Cancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase research funding for bladder cancer.
Answer: Research is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department invests £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).Between the 2020/21 and 2024/25 financial years, t...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBladder Cancer: AuditsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of undertaking a National Bladder Cancer Audit.
Answer: Improving cancer outcomes, including for bladder cancer, is a priority for the Government. The forthcoming National Cancer Plan will set out further actions to improve earlier diagnosis, expand access to the latest treatments and technologies, and improve...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBladder Cancer: Mortality RatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase survival rates for bladder cancer.
Answer: Improving cancer outcomes, including for bladder cancer, is a priority for the Government. The forthcoming National Cancer Plan will set out further actions to improve earlier diagnosis, expand access to the latest treatments and technologies, and improve...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic Services: Community Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand the use of community optometry services.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population and commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them.This can already include the commissioning of enhanced eye care services from high stree...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to create capacity in hospital eye services by expanding the use of optometry-led diagnostic and treatment pathways.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population and commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them.This can already include the commissioning of enhanced eye care services from high stree...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of steps taken by Integrated Care Boards to help tackle regional inequalities in access to eye care services.
Answer: No assessment has been made. Integrated care boards, as commissioners of primary and secondary eye care services, are required to work with local authorities to assess the current and future health, care, and wellbeing needs of their local populations. Th...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGynaecological Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure women’s health hubs and community diagnostic centres are utilised to support earlier diagnosis of gynaecological cancers, including ovarian cancer.
Answer: Reducing the number of lives lost to cancer in England, including ovarian cancer, is a key aim of the National Cancer Plan which will be published in the new year. The plan will set out in further detail how the Government will improve outcomes for cancer...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOvarian Cancer: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve public and primary care awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms, in the context of data from the National Ovarian Cancer Audit showing that four in 10 wo
Answer: Reducing the number of lives lost to cancer in England, including ovarian cancer, is a key aim of the National Cancer Plan which will be published in the new year. The plan will set out in further detail how the Government will improve outcomes for cancer...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOvarian Cancer: Mortality RatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures the National Cancer Plan will implement to improve ovarian cancer survival in England.
Answer: Reducing the number of lives lost to cancer in England, including ovarian cancer, is a key aim of the National Cancer Plan which will be published in the new year. The plan will set out in further detail how the Government will improve outcomes for cancer...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department plans to bring forward potential sanctions relating to human rights violations and abuses in Sudan.
Answer: We continue to work tirelessly towards securing a ceasefire, humanitarian relief, and accountability for atrocities committed in Sudan, as set out in the Foreign Secretary's statement to the House on 18 November. We will provide further updates to the Hou...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what humanitarian assistance her Department is giving to people in Sudan impacted by the conflict.
Answer: We continue to work tirelessly towards securing a ceasefire, humanitarian relief, and accountability for atrocities committed in Sudan, as set out in the Foreign Secretary's statement to the House on 18 November. We will provide further updates to the Hou...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Peace NegotiationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her American counterparts on securing a ceasefire in Sudan following President Trump’s meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman o
Answer: We continue to work tirelessly towards securing a ceasefire, humanitarian relief, and accountability for atrocities committed in Sudan, as set out in the Foreign Secretary's statement to the House on 18 November. We will provide further updates to the Hou...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Chronic IllnessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding the eligibility for the Severe Conditions Criteria in Universal Credit to include someone with a life-limiting, progressive c
Answer: The Severe Conditions Criteria (SCC) have been in place since September 2017 to protect those who we do not expect will ever be able to work, due to a severe lifelong health condition or disability that is not expected to improve, from having to undergo r...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: Terminal IllnessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the Winter Fuel Payment to anyone with a terminal illness regardless of age.
Answer: We understand that pensioner circumstances may be complex and variable. However, Winter Fuel Payments remain a simple scheme to provide a modest lump sum payment to the majority of pensioners quickly and automatically, without the need for claim. The Depa...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat PumpsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how his Department plans to meet its target of 9.3 million heat pumps by 2035.
Answer: The government will continue to provide financial support to households through our support schemes and by growing the market for green finance, and we will set out more details in the Warm Homes Plan. The government is supporting supply chain growth thro...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBoiler Upgrade SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has been done on the impact of energy bills in the event of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme being scaled back.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that the costs of the UK’s transition to Net Zero are fair and affordable, and the potential impacts on consumers are being fully considered. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme is not funded by a levy on energy bills and wil...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBoiler Upgrade Scheme and Warm Homes PlanDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will protect the Boiler Upgrade Scheme through any changes to the Warm Home Plan.
Answer: Through the Warm Homes Plan, the Government is making the biggest ever capital investment in home retrofit with an additional £1.5bn of new funding announced in the budget to tackle fuel poverty, in turn exceeding our manifesto commitment of £13.2bn. Furt...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Green BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of homes in (a) Surrey and (b) England have been built on land classified as grey belt land.
Answer: My Department does not hold the requested information. It is for individual local planning authorities to undertake the necessary assessments to identify if land is grey belt, either through plan making or through considering specific applications that co...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect green belt land being reclassified as grey belt.
Answer: The government is committed to preserving Green Belts which have served England's towns and cities well over many decades, not least in terms of checking the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas and preventing neighbouring towns merging into one an...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that undeveloped countryside is not listed as grey belt.
Answer: The government is committed to preserving Green Belts which have served England's towns and cities well over many decades, not least in terms of checking the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas and preventing neighbouring towns merging into one an...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
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