Paul Davies MP: written questions
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Written questions
Pupils: Sexual and Reproductive HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to local education authorities to support school pupils with (a) endometriosis and (b) other (i) menstrual and (ii) reproductive health concerns.
Answer: Pupils learn the facts about menstrual and reproductive health as part of compulsory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE). This includes fertility, the potential impact of lifestyle on fertility for men and women, and the menopause. In July 2025...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEndometriosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve GP (a) training in and (b) awareness of (i) endometriosis and (ii) women’s health issues in general.
Answer: General practitioners (GPs) are responsible for ensuring that their own clinical knowledge, including on endometriosis and women’s health issues in general, remains up-to-date, and for identifying learning needs as part of their continuing professional de...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEndometriosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to (a) mental health and (b) pain management support for people with endometriosis.
Answer: Long wait times are a feature of a system in desperate need of change. On mental health, we are already responding by delivering new, innovative models of care in the community, including piloting six neighbourhood adult mental health centres, operating 2...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Chronic IllnessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate (a) training and (b) guidance for PIP assessors on (i) arthritis and (ii) other chronic, fluctuating health conditions.
Answer: The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment evaluates how an individual’s condition affects their ability to live independently, rather than focusing solely on the nature or severity of their condition. The assessment considers whether a person can...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOccupational Health: Small BusinessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to provide support for SMEs for occupational health programmes.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting people with their employment journey. Expert-led impartial advice, and interventions such as occupational health, can help employers provide appropriate and timely work-based support to manage their employees’ hea...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Musculoskeletal DisordersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support people with musculoskeletal conditions to (a) find and (b) remain in work.
Answer: Backed by £240m investment, the Get Britain Working White Paper launched last November will drive forward approaches to tackling economic inactivity and work toward the long-term ambition of an 80% employment rate. In our March Green Paper, we set out our...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Heads of Mission are taking steps to generate support for the Global Fund’s 8th replenishment.
Answer: The UK is proud to be co-hosting the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment with South Africa and looks forward to working with an expanded range of partners to help end AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for good.The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to take a decision on the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund’s 8th replenishment.
Answer: The UK's pledge to the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment will be determined later in the year following the conclusion of the process to set multi-year Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding allocations.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 270 of his Department’s report entitled FCDO annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025, published on 22 July 2025, whether the increase in spending on mu
Answer: No, spending on global health multilaterals is captured within the health section of the report, alongside bilateral health programmes.The UK is committed to our work on global health, including boosting global health security and investing in multilatera...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 269 of his Department’s report entitled FCDO annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025, published on 22 July 2025, what assessment he has made of the pot
Answer: The reduction in spend by the Health Institutions and Health Security Department between 2024/25 and 2025/26 is calculated by comparing Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations in 2025/26 with ODA programme outturn in 2024/25. Some of t...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 269 of his Department’s report entitled FCDO annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025, published on 22 July 2025, how the reduction in the spend of the
Answer: The reduction in spend by the Health Institutions and Health Security Department between 2024/25 and 2025/26 is calculated by comparing Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations in 2025/26 with ODA programme outturn in 2024/25. Some of t...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to have discussions with international partners at the 2025 G20 Summit on the UK and South Africa’s role as co-hosts of the Global Fund’s 8th Replenishment.
Answer: The UK is proud to be co-hosting the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment with South Africa and looks forward to working with an expanded range of partners to help end AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for good.The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to use the UK’s role as a co-host of the Global Fund’s 8th Replenishment to encourage contributions from international partners.
Answer: The UK is proud to be co-hosting the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment with South Africa and looks forward to working with an expanded range of partners to help end AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for good.The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2025 to Question 69165 on Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Finance, if he will publish a timeframe for an announcement o
Answer: The UK's pledge to the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment will be determined later in the year following the conclusion of the process to set multi-year Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding allocations.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Growth ServiceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with independent retailers on the development of the New Business Growth Service.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade launched the Business Growth Service (BGS) in July alongside our Plan for Small Business. We will continue iterating the business.gov.uk online offer through continued engagement with SMEs from across all sectors and ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Growth ServiceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to introduce the New Business Growth Service.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade launched the Business Growth Service (BGS) in July alongside our Plan for Small Business. We will continue iterating the business.gov.uk online offer through continued engagement with SMEs from across all sectors and ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall BusinessesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress his Department has made on the Small Business Command Paper.
Answer: We launched ‘Backing Your Business – our plan for small and medium-sized enterprises’ on 31 July. It is a long-term strategy focussing on five areas:Fixing the Fundamentals by tackling late payments and cutting regulatory burdensUnlocking Access to Financ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department plans to provide for global health programmes in each of the next three years.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) published 2025/26 Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations in the Annual Report & Accounts on 22 July 2025. The Department is working through how to programme this spend. The F...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBowel CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve outcomes for bowel cancer.
Answer: Reducing unwarranted variation in cancer treatment and diagnosing cancer, including bowel cancer, earlier are high priorities for the National Health Service. The National Cancer Plan will include further details on what will be done to improve outcomes f...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle inequalities in early diagnosis of bowel cancer caused by late presentation by patients to health services.
Answer: Reducing unwarranted variation in cancer treatment and diagnosing cancer, including bowel cancer, earlier are high priorities for the National Health Service. The National Cancer Plan will include further details on what will be done to improve outcomes f...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the rates of early diagnosis of bowel cancer.
Answer: Reducing unwarranted variation in cancer treatment and diagnosing cancer, including bowel cancer, earlier are high priorities for the National Health Service. The National Cancer Plan will include further details on what will be done to improve outcomes f...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTree Planting: Carbon Capture and StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 905217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase the number of trees planted for the purpose of improving carbon capture.
Answer: Trees and forests are essential to our climate and nature goals. Tree planting rates in England are at their highest in 20 years and in March we launched the Western Forest, the first new national forest in 30 years. Working together with forest countries...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) global health and (b) related international funding will be discussed at the UK-France summit.
Answer: As part of the UK-France Summit, the Foreign Secretary agreed with his counterpart that the UK and France should specifically collaborate on issues such as global health security; Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR); One Health, including Ant...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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