Sadik Al-Hassan MP: written questions

Written questions

• Iraq: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 902821More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Iraqi counterpart on strengthening UK-Iraq relations.

  Answer: I met Iraqi Foreign Minister Dr Fuad Husein during the official visit of his Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to the UK from 14-16 January. During the visit, our Prime Ministers signed the landmark Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, a wide-rangi...

  Answered 25 Feb 2025

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• Integrated Care Boards: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29283More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on multi-year funding settlements for integrated care boards.

  Answer: Integrated care board (ICB) allocations for 2025/26 were published on 30 January alongside the 2025/26 NHS Planning Guidance, with further information available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/allocations/The pre-requisite for multi-year ...

  Answered 13 Feb 2025

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• Petrol: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27002More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to implement a national system to monitor petrol prices.

  Answer: The Government gave the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) statutory information gathering powers which commenced on 1 January 2025 so that it can monitor and scrutinise petrol and diesel prices. The CMA will be able to assess how well competition is...

  Answered 5 Feb 2025

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• Asthma: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25926More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's reforming elective care for patients plan, published on 6 January 2025, what steps he is taking to improve asthma follow-up treatment.

  Answer: The Elective Reform Plan, published in January 2025, sets out the reform efforts needed to return to the 18-week constitutional standard, including the need to put the patient front and centre and reform elective pathways. In recognition of the unacceptab...

  Answered 29 Jan 2025

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• Respiratory Diseases: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25566More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of dry powder inhalers were prescribed by the NHS in the last year for which data is available.

  Answer: The data below is based on figures published in the Prescription Cost Analysis. It includes all community dispensing in England, regardless of where they were prescribed, where the prescriptions have been submitted to the NHS Business Service Authority (N...

  Answered 27 Jan 2025

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• PharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21175More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to implement the Hub and Spoke model for community pharmacy.

  Answer: The Government is working towards introducing legislation to enable hub and spoke dispensing between different legal entities in 2025. This change will be enabled via amendments to both primary and secondary legislation, and is subject to the usual parlia...

  Answered 8 Jan 2025

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• Coronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19193More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of limiting eligibility for the covid-19 vaccination in autumn 2025 on (a) the economy, (b) workforce absenteeism and (c) productivit

  Answer: The independent Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises the Department on the approach to vaccination and immunisation. On 13 November 2024, the JCVI published advice on the COVID-19 vaccination programme, covering vaccination in 2...

  Answered 17 Dec 2024

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