Ian Byrne MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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SurrogacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform surrogacy law to provide a pathway under which intended parents can become the legal parents of a child from birth, with appropria
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 1 July in response to Question 11944.
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that commitments to end corridor care are supported by sufficient NHS bed capacity, safe staffing levels, ambulance handover improvements, social care
Answer: We recognise that corridor care is unacceptable and should not become a normal part of National Health Service care. It reflects pressure across the whole urgent and emergency care pathway, including in hospitals and across wider health and care services....
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: MerseysideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of corridor care in NHS hospital trusts serving Merseyside; and what support is being provided to those trusts to reduce the use of inappro
Answer: NHS England now publishes trust-level corridor care data as part of its regular NHS Performance Statistics Publication. As this is a new dataset, it is currently designated as Statistics in Development while data quality and completeness continue to impro...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department expects NHS England to publish reliable national data on the number of patients receiving care in corridors, waiting rooms, ambulance queues and other temporary care environment
Answer: NHS England introduced a national definition of corridor care and began publishing validated corridor care data at a trust level for the first time on 11 June 2026. The data continues to be published through the monthly NHS Performance Statistics publicat...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Workers: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding made available for Continuing Professional Development for social workers employed by the NHS.
Answer: NHS England allocates funding to commissioners to fund the services they commission within an integrated care board area and in line with their, and NHS England’s, delivery plan. Responsibility for the continuing professional development (CPD) of employee...
Answered 19 Aug 2026
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