Paul Davies MP: written questions
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Social PrescribingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of social prescribing on (a) reducing GP appointments and (b) improving patient wellbeing in (i) mental health and (ii) social isolation.
Answer: The Government has underlined its commitment to taking a preventive approach to address health inequalities. We are determined to improve people’s physical and mental health, to support them to live longer and healthier lives, and we recognise the role th...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial PrescribingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to further integrate social prescribing into the Neighbourhood Health model.
Answer: The Government has underlined its commitment to taking a preventive approach to address health inequalities. We are determined to improve people’s physical and mental health, to support them to live longer and healthier lives, and we recognise the role th...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Prescribing: Voluntary OrganisationsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support (a) voluntary and (b) community sector organisations delivering social prescribing services.
Answer: The Government has underlined its commitment to taking a preventive approach to address health inequalities. We are determined to improve people’s physical and mental health, to support them to live longer and healthier lives, and we recognise the role th...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's consultation Extending the UK Emissions Trading Scheme cap beyond 2030, published on 12 February 2025, when the Government's response will be published.
Answer: The consultation on extending the UK Emissions Trading Scheme cap beyond 2030 closed on the 9th of April 2025. The UK ETS Authority recognises the importance of providing certainty and clarity on the scheme. Responses to the consultation are currently bei...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces CovenantMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from devolved administrations on the potential impact of extending the Armed Forces Covenant Duty to more policy areas.
Answer: In developing policy to support putting the Armed Forces Covenant fully into law, over 150 organisations, including representatives from the Devolved Administrations, have taken part in the Ministry of Defence’s roundtable discussions and workshops. This ...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces CovenantMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of the document entitled Armed Forces Covenant Duty Statutory Guidance, published on 8 November 2022 among (a) Departments, (b) local authorities and (c) other public
Answer: We are delivering on our commitment to put the Covenant fully into law. This new Armed Forces Covenant Legal Duty will apply to all Government Departments and Devolved Governments, expanding from three policy areas at a local level, to 14 broad and vital ...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLiteracy: Children and Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the National Literacy Trust’s report entitled Children and young people’s writing in 2025, published on 12 June 2025.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Colne Valley, to the answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 62713.
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Civil SocietyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of real-term reductions to the public health grant on HIV (a) prevention and (b) support services delivered by the voluntary sector.
Answer: In 2025/26 we increased funding through the ring-fenced Public Health Grant to £3.858 billion, providing local authorities with an average 5.4% cash increase and a 3% real terms increase to support the improvement of the delivery of public health services...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Civil SocietyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will ensure national access to HIV peer support through (a) in-community, (b) in-clinic and (c) online services in partnership with voluntary sector organisations.
Answer: The Government is committed to ending new HIV transmissions in England by 2030, and is developing the new HIV Action Plan, which we aim to publish this year. The plan will address ways to optimise rapid access to treatment and retention in care, and will ...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Integrated Care Boards are currently meeting the (a) NHS England service specification for adult specialised HIV services and (b) British HIV Association (BHIVA) Standards of Care for Peop
Answer: In April 2024, NHS England published the updated national Service Specification for Adult HIV services, which sets out the mandatory standards of care that National Health Service providers are expected to meet.It is for integrated care boards, as the res...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Civil SocietyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is planning to take steps to the next HIV Action Plan for England with the principles of the forthcoming Civil Society Covenant.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of the Civil Society Covenant’s four key principles: recognition; partnership; participation; and transparency. These principles will be reflected in the new HIV Action Plan, which we aim to publish this year.These...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Civil SocietyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has (a) the Department for Health and Social Care and (b) NHS England given to voluntary, community and social enterprises organisations for the commissioning of HIV services in th
Answer: As part of the development of the new HIV Action Plan, the Department, through its HIV Prevention England Programme (HPE), recently hosted engagement sessions with approximately 60 voluntary and community Sector (VCS) and external partners. Professor Kevi...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Civil SocietyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of setting a two-year direct spending target with the HIV voluntary, community and social enterprise sector.
Answer: As part of the development of the new HIV Action Plan, the Department, through its HIV Prevention England Programme (HPE), recently hosted engagement sessions with approximately 60 voluntary and community Sector (VCS) and external partners. Professor Kevi...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Civil SocietyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Procurement Policy Statement, published 13 February 2025, if he will make it his policy to ensure (a) local authority and (b) NHS commissioners (i) set appropriate sp
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for commissioning comprehensive, open access sexual and reproductive health services through the Public Health Grant (PHG). Individual local authorities decide on spending priorities based on an assessment of local need, ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle inequalities in access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among (a) the black community and (b) women.
Answer: The Government is committed to ending new HIV transmissions in England by 2030. The Department, NHS England, and the UK Health Security Agency are working together on the development of the new HIV Action Plan which we aim to publish this year. We continu...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: CharitiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of funding provided to HIV charities on (a) HIV health outcomes and (b) the delivery of the HIV Action Plan for England
Answer: As part of the development of the new HIV Action Plan, the Department, through its HIV Prevention England Programme (HPE), recently hosted engagement sessions with approximately 60 voluntary and community Sector (VCS) and external partners. Professor Kevi...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) NHS England and (b) local authorities on expanding community-based PrEP services.
Answer: The Government is committed to ending new HIV transmissions in England by 2030. The Department, NHS England, and the UK Health Security Agency are working together on the development of the new HIV Action Plan which we aim to publish this year. We continu...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: RegulationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that social media platforms enforce their own (a) hate speech and (b) child protection policies.
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, the largest services will need to put in place processes to enforce any Terms of Service they set for legal content for adults, including legal hate speech. Platforms likely to be accessed by children must also protect childre...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: Hate CrimeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take (a) regulatory and (b) legislative steps to hold platforms accountable for monetising content which (i) does not meet internal policies on hate speech, (ii) promotes mis
Answer: The Online Safety Act gives online platforms new duties to tackle illegal user-generated content on their services. This includes duties for illegal content that stirs up hatred. Under these duties, providers need to remove this content. It cannot then be...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to consider support for the (a) mental health and (b) wellbeing of students in the national curriculum as part of the Curriculum and Assessment Review.
Answer: This government is committed to improving mental health support for all children and young people. This is critical to breaking down barriers to opportunity and helping pupils to achieve and thrive in education.As part of the curriculum, teaching about me...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to encourage uptake of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme to people aged 50 following the reduction of age eligibility.
Answer: The age extension for bowel screening started in April 2021 with the 56 year old cohort and, based on modelling and clinical advice, has followed the planned gradual reduction to age 50 by 2025. This has been done to ensure that screening centres could ma...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to support colonoscopy services following the extension of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme to include people aged 50-74.
Answer: The age extension for bowel screening started in April 2021 with the 56 year old cohort and, based on modelling and clinical advice, has followed the planned gradual reduction to age 50 by 2025. This has been done to ensure that screening centres could ma...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve the regulatory environment for business.
Answer: On 17 March 2025 this Government published the Action Plan for Regulation, outlining reforms to streamline regulation and support growth. As part of this we are cutting regulatory administrative costs to business by 25%, strengthening accountability for r...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England plans to take to improve (a) awareness and (b) training for (i) GPs and (ii) frontline healthcare professionals to better (A) recognize and (B) refer suspected cases of adren
Answer: General practitioners (GPs) are responsible for ensuring their own clinical knowledge, including on adrenal cancer, remains up-to-date and for identifying learning needs as part of their continuing professional development. This activity should include ta...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support research into Adrenal cancer through (a) funding, (b) clinical trials and (c) collaboration with academic institutions.
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), with cancer as one of the largest areas of spend ...
Answered 28 May 2025
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