Helen Maguire MP: written questions
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Brain Cancer: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of clinical trials available for brain cancer vaccines.
Answer: The Department is committed to turbocharging clinical research and delivering better patient care, to make the Untied Kingdom a world-leading destination for clinical research, including clinical trials for brain cancer vaccines.The NHS Cancer Vaccine Lau...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support young people with their mental health.
Answer: Through our Plan for Change, the Government is expanding access to mental health support teams in all schools and colleges to reach all pupils by 2029/30, ensuring that every pupil has access to early support services. More widely, we are investing £26 mi...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurological Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring people with (a) Huntington's disease and (b) other long-term neurological conditions have a single point of contact to co
Answer: More needs to be done to meet need on coordination of care for people with rare diseases, including Huntingdon’s disease, and work is underway to improve this.The revised NHS England Specialised Neurology Services (adults) specification 2025 outlines a co...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Maternity ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of clinical medical cases relating to childbirth injuries on maternal mental health.
Answer: No such assessment has been made of the potential impact of clinical medical cases relating to childbirth injuries on maternal mental health. However, significant progress has been made across England in recent years to ensure women experiencing moderate ...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS staff receive adequate training to (a) ask menopause questions and (b) support affected women in routine NHS health checks.
Answer: We will be working with experts, including general practitioners (GPs), over the coming months to co-design the menopause content for the NHS Health Check. The NHS Health Check Best Practice Guidance will be updated to reflect the addition of menopause, a...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil DefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of launching a home readiness campaign to advise people on how to respond in the event of a potential conflict.
Answer: As set out in the Strategic Defence Review, a whole-of-society approach is crucial to strengthen resilience to the risks we face, including hybrid threats. The Cabinet Office-led Home Defence Programme will work to familiarise the public with their role i...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: DyslexiaDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure schools have adequate (a) training and (b) resources to support children with dyslexia.
Answer: The department is committed to improving support for all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including pupils with dyslexia. The English Hubs programme is dedicated to improving the teaching of reading, and t...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: ChildrenMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support service personnel with SEND children.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor gave on 3 September 2025 to Question 73617 to the hon. Member for Birmingham Northfield (Laurence Turner).
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEU Defence PolicyMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on negotiating the UK's participation in the EU’s European Peace Facility.
Answer: The UK agreed an ambitious Security and Defence Partnership (SDP) with the EU to strengthen European security, support growth and reinforce NATO. As work progresses to implement the SDP, including the first UK-EU Foreign and Security Policy dialogue on 22...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: AdmissionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people aged between (a) 60 and 70, (b) 70 and 80, (c) 80 and 90 and (d) 90 and 100 were admitted to hospital in (i) England and (ii) Surrey in 2024.
Answer: NHS England publishes data on hospital admissions, which is available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-accident--emergency-activityTo show admission data by age, finished consultant episod...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHospicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to provide hospices with funding to raise staff pay in line with nationally agreed NHS pay rises.
Answer: The impact that National Health Service pay uplifts will have on the hospice sector will depend on the structure of the charity, including the number of employees and salary levels.Independent organisations, such as charities and social enterprises, are f...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that hospice contracts reflect the (a) cost of the services they provide and (b) needs of their local populations.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of palliative care and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service spec...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEpsom Hospital: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to Epsom Hospital to (a) recruit and (b) retain specialist (i) cancer nurses and (ii) other cancer workforce.
Answer: The Government and NHS England are taking action ensure that we train the staff we need to ensure patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it including at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.In 2024/25, an ...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Epsom and EwellDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure residents living (a) with and (b) beyond cancer receive (i) timely and (ii) personalised support following a cancer diagnosis in Epsom and Ewell consti
Answer: It is a priority for the Government and the National Health Service to improve support for people who are living with cancer, and for those people who have been through cancer treatment, in England, including in the Epsom and Ewell constituency.NHS Englan...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to include policies on improving long-term quality of life for people who (a) have and (b) have had cancer within the national cancer plan.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan will have patients at its heart and will cover the entirety of the cancer pathway, from referral and diagnosis to treatment and ongoing care, as well as prevention and research and innovation. It will seek to improve every aspect ...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include a framework for neighbourhood cancer care within the national cancer plan.
Answer: Bringing cancer care into the Neighbourhood Health Service is an important part of our forthcoming National Cancer Plan for England, enabling cancer patients to be treated and cared for closer to home.The National Cancer Plan will seek to make cancer care...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to include policies on neighbourhood cancer care within the national cancer plan that help to reduce health inequalities.
Answer: Bringing cancer care into the Neighbourhood Health Service is an important part of our forthcoming National Cancer Plan for England, enabling cancer patients to be treated and cared for closer to home.The National Cancer Plan will seek to make cancer care...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate 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
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