Sarah Gibson MP: written questions
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ME/CFS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NICE document entitled Myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome: diagnosis and management, published on 29 October 2021, what progress has been m
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning specialist myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), services that meet the needs of their population, subject to local prioritisation and funding. The proce...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis in primary care settings in Wiltshire.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning specialist myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), services that meet the needs of their population, subject to local prioritisation and funding. The proce...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Cystic FibrosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of support available through Access to Work for people with cystic fibrosis (a) with and (b) without (i) transport and (ii) rural connectivity barrier
Answer: The Access to Work Scheme provides grant funding for workplace adjustments that go beyond an employer’s duty to provide reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010. The Scheme can provide support for those in work or about to start work for a wide ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCystic Fibrosis and Special Educational Needs: WiltshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of education, health and care plans for children with cystic fibrosis in Wiltshire; and what steps he is taking to help support local authorities to impr
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that people living with cystic fibrosis have access to appropriate support and services, so that they can fulfil their potential and lead happy, healthy and productive lives.NHS England commissions 47 specialised cystic fibros...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCystic Fibrosis: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much research funding his Department has allocated to cystic fibrosis research with clinical links to (a) hospitals and (b) research institutions in (i) Wiltshire and (ii) the South West in the
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Research awarded £2,037,265 to six studies on cystic fibrosis in 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 to hospitals and research institutions in the South West region of England, including those in Wiltshire.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCystic Fibrosis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) transport, (b) digital appointments and (c) other support to families managing the transition of cystic fibrosis patients from paediatric to adult
Answer: NHS England commissions 47 specialised cystic fibrosis (CF) centres for adults and children across England, in addition to supporting the optimal monitoring of patients with CF at home, and supporting best practice in remote consultations. Service specifi...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCystic Fibrosis: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure access to (a) cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator modulator therapies and (b) other cystic fibrosis treatments in rural parts of Wiltshire.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations on whether licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service in England based on a thorough assessment of the available evidence of clinical and ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCystic Fibrosis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to specialist cystic fibrosis services through (a) NHS Trusts in (i) Bath and (ii) Swindon and (b) other routes for patients in Wiltshir
Answer: NHS England commissions 47 specialised cystic fibrosis centres for adults and children across England. This includes the Bristol Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, based at Bristol Royal Infirmary, the Oxford Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, based at John Radclif...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVocational Education: WiltshireDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to post-16 skills and vocational training in Wiltshire since 2020.
Answer: The department publishes details of 16 to 19 Total Programme Funding allocations by academic year. These are available for each academic year since 2020, and can be accessed at the following pages:2020/21: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS mental health referrals for under-18s were seen within four weeks in Wiltshire in the last 12 months.
Answer: The following table shows the number of new referrals in 2024/25 for those aged zero to 17 years old, and their associated waiting times, in Wiltshire: Count of referralsPercentage of referralsNew referrals6,755100%Referrals seen within 28 days2,90043%Ref...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Multiple SclerosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people with multiple sclerosis who are expected to lose eligibility for Personal Independence Payment under the proposed reforms to the assessment crit
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 58296 on 16th June 2025.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Multiple SclerosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of PIP decisions for people with MS have been overturned on appeal in the last five years, by region.
Answer: For the proportion of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) New Claim and DLA reassessment decisions, for claimants with MS as main medical condition, overturned at appeal stage by region for the last five Financial Years, see Table 1 below.Table 1: the per...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Sclerosis: NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent MS specialist nurses are employed by the NHS in England; and steps he plans to take to increase their number.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the number of full time equivalent multiple Sclerosis (MS) nurses employed in the National Health Service in England.The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) sets the standards for nurse education. There is no NM...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Sclerosis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is from initial referral to diagnosis for multiple sclerosis in each NHS region.
Answer: We do not hold data in the format requested. The latest data for referral to treatment waiting times in England, from April 2025, shows there were 223,699 pathways waiting for a neurology appointment, of which 53.8% were waiting for 18 weeks or less.
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Sclerosis: Stem CellsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have been prescribed stem cell transplantation therapy for MS in the last five years, by NHS region.
Answer: Whilst there is no data available for how many people with multiple sclerosis (MS) have been prescribed a stem cell transplant, the British Society for Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy (BSBMTCT) reports that, between 2018 and 2022, there w...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Sclerosis: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of high-efficacy treatments for relapsing-remitting MS on the NHS.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the NHS based on an assessment of their costs and benefits. The NHS in England is leg...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish waiting times for ADHD assessment by region; and what steps he is taking to help Integrated Care Boards with the longest waits reduce those waiting times.
Answer: There is, at present, no single, established dataset that can be used to monitor waiting times for assessment and diagnosis for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for individual organisations by regions in England. Although the data requested...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in waiting times for ADHD assessments in (a) children and (b) adults in the last five years; and what steps he is taking to reduce these delays.
Answer: Lord Darzi’s independent review of the National Health Service, published in September 2024, highlighted the severe delays for accessing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments and that demand for assessments for ADHD has grown signifi...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Cancer: Orphan DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Orphan Drug Regulations in stimulating innovation in treatments for pancreatic cancer.
Answer: The Human Medicines Regulations include specific incentives to support orphan medicines, designed to encourage the development of medicines for rare diseases. The regulations enable the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to grant o...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the higher education admissions system takes into account the frequent relocations of military service children.
Answer: Universities are autonomous bodies, independent from government and are responsible for their own admissions decisions.Universities and colleges decide who to offer a place to by considering a range of factors detailed within an applicant's UCAS applicati...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Libraries: ChildrenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that every child has access to a library in areas of high disadvantage.
Answer: All children should have the opportunity to access books and other resources to support their learning and enjoyment.Public libraries are delivered by local government in accordance with the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964. Local authorities must ha...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPets: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to require platform providers to collect proof of (a) qualifications, (b) insurance and (c) local authority licenses from people offering pet (i) boar
Answer: The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 require anyone in the business of boarding cats and dogs to have a valid licence from their local authority. Licensees must meet strict statutory minimum welfare sta...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Grooming: InternetDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of trends in the level of compliance among individuals offering pet services via online platforms with the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Ac
Answer: The (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 regulate commercial activity in relation to selling animals as pets; providing for, or arranging for, the provision of boarding for cats or dogs; hiring out horses; dog breeding an...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector Debt: InflationTreasuryTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59217More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential cost to the public purse of not insuring Government debt repayments against inflation.
Answer: The government’s financing strategy is designed to align with the Debt Management Objective, which is to minimise over the long term, the cost of meeting the Government’s financing needs, taking account of risk, while ensuring that debt management policy ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxationTreasuryTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59214More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department holds data on the tax gap disaggregated by (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) estimates the size of the tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to HMRC, and what is actually paid. The tax gap statistics and details of the estimate methodologies are pub...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
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