Jim Shannon MP: written questions 2025
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BaxdrostatDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when Baxdrostat will be available on the NHS.
Answer: In the United Kingdom, medicines need to have a licence before they can be marketed. These are granted by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Licences confirm the health condition the medicine should be used for and the recomme...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIran: National SecurityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the level of threat from Iran.
Answer: This issue was addressed at length in the Minister for Security's statement to the House on 4 March: Iranian State Threats, Col 195, Vol 763.
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: TaxisDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spends annually on taxi travel for children to and from schools.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.Local authorities are responsible for arranging home to school travel for eligible children. They deliver their duty through a mix of in-house services, passes for ...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve social housing completion rates.
Answer: On 2 July, the government set out its five-point plan for kickstarting a decade of social and affordable housing renewal. Taken together, the grant funding support and regulatory certainty and stability that this government is providing will enable Regist...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he plans to integrate the 10-Year Plan with the National Cancer Plan.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan sets out how we will fight cancer on all fronts, from prevention to diagnosis to treatment, to improve survival and reduce the lives lost to one of the biggest killers. The National Cancer Plan for England will take forward this wo...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have been deported in the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on FNO returns in the quarterly Immigration System Statistics release. Quarterly data on enforced, voluntary and port FNO returns (of which ‘deportations’ are a legal subset) are published in table Ret_D03 of the Returns det...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Government AssistanceDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department provides for people in further education.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The department provides a range of financial support for students who need it to enable them to participate in post-16 education, including free meals, bursaries to...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSkin CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce the use of AI to detect skin cancer.
Answer: Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a wide range of opportunities to help change our health and care system for the better. One opportunity for AI in the National Health Service is to support with diagnostics, including detecting skin cancer.The National ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEpilepsy: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people aged between 18 and 25 have epilepsy.
Answer: This information is not held in the format requested. However, the following table shows a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) and distinct patients where there is a primary diagnosis, or any diagnosis, of epilepsy, where the patient was aged 18 t...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCoeliac Disease: Gluten-free FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with his Northern Ireland counterpart on introducing charge cards to support coeliacs in paying for gluten free alternatives.
Answer: No discussions between ministers and their counterparts in Northern Ireland on introducing charge cards to support coeliacs in paying for gluten free (GF) alternatives have been held.In the United Kingdom, healthcare is a devolved matter. Nearly all healt...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPhlebotomy: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase the pay of band two phlebotomists.
Answer: Phlebotomists in England are paid on the Agenda for Change (AfC) pay scale which is underpinned by the Job Evaluation Scheme (JES). The JES is a structured method of comparing job demands as set out in the job documentation, for example the job descriptio...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordClinics: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve mobile clinic provision in rural areas.
Answer: The integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the planning and commissioning of health services, including mobile clinic services.In doing so ICBs must take into account the needs of their local population, which includes meeting the healthcare ne...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSupply Teachers: Northern IrelandDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with her Northern Ireland counterpart on substitute teachers unable to get permanent jobs.
Answer: Supply teachers perform a valuable role and make an important contribution to the smooth running of schools by filling posts on a temporary basis and covering teacher absences.Schools, academies and local authorities are responsible for the recruitment of...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Certificates: Sick LeaveDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sick notes have been issued by GPs in the last 12 months.
Answer: The sick note was replaced by the fit note in 2010. Since 2022, fit notes can be issued by doctors, registered nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists, and physiotherapists.The latest data published by NHS England shows that out of the 10,974,495 fit...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCrimes of ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for non-fatal strangulation in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold the data requested.The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests in England and Wales, including reason for arrest, as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical series. The data is available here: Police...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of sarcoma.
Answer: NHS England runs Help Us Help You campaigns in England to increase knowledge of cancer symptoms and to address the barriers to acting on them, to encourage people to come forward as soon as possible to see their general practitioner. The campaigns focus o...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the National Cancer Plan prioritises improving (a) patient experience and (b) quality of life.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan, which will be published in early 2026, 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 innovatio...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health Services: CharitiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to build neighbourhood health services in partnership with (a) Macmillan and (b) other charities.
Answer: The Department recognises the value of neighbourhood health services being built in partnership with voluntary organisations, such as Macmillan. We expect neighbourhood teams and services to be designed in a way that reflects the specific needs of local p...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison Accommodation: Northern IrelandMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had discussions with his Northern Irish counterpart on increasing capacity in the prison estate.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Justice has not yet had discussions with his Northern Irish counterpart on increasing capacity in the prison estate.However, the UK Government is in regular dialogue with the Northern Ireland Executive on prison capacity challen...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEgypt: Baha'i FaithForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the joint statement in April 2025 by UN Special Rapporteurs and Special Mechanisms on discrim
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 9 September to Question 75629.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFreedom of ExpressionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help uphold the right to free speech.
Answer: DCMS has responsibility for protecting media freedom, which is protected under the Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which sets out the right to freedom of expression. An integral part of DCMS's work to support media freedom is workin...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Transport for London on improving safety on the London Underground.
Answer: Ministers and officials have regular conversations with Transport for London (TfL) on a variety of issues. However transport in London is devolved to the Mayor, and TfL is responsible for safety on the London Underground.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce ADHD diagnosis times.
Answer: The Government has recognised that, nationally in England, demand for assessments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has grown significantly in recent years and that people are experiencing severe delays accessing such assessments. The Go...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCreatine: Health HazardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of creatine on public health.
Answer: Scientific risk assessment of nutrition and health claim applications in Great Britain are carried out by the UK Nutrition and Health Claims Committee (UKNHCC) and based on thorough and robust evaluations.In 2024, the UKNHCC considered a health claim on c...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to blood cancers.
Answer: The Department is committed to improving cancer outcomes for patients across England, including for blood cancer.It is not possible to break down the Department’s overall spend on blood cancer in England as cancer funding is provided across a range of can...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
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