Sharon Hodgson MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Ovarian CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made on the number of patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer at an advanced stage.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing care of gynaecological conditions, including ovarian cancer. NHS England has taken urgent action to address gynaecology waiting lists through the Elective Recovery Plan, includ...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOvarian Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the removal of the target to increase the percentage of cancers diagnosed at stages 1 and 2 from the NHS Priorities and Operationa
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing care of gynaecological conditions, including ovarian cancer. NHS England has taken urgent action to address gynaecology waiting lists through the Elective Recovery Plan, includ...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has provided guidance to Personal Independence Payment assessors on the impact of surgical mesh on women's ability to work.
Answer: Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit for people with a long-term health condition or impairment, whether physical, sensory, mental, cognitive, intellectual, or any combination of these. It is paid to contribute to the extra costs that disabled...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBreakfast Clubs: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered the implications of the more costly staffing ratios for Special Educational Needs Schools and Alternative Provisions (APs) in the funding arrangement for the new national primary brea
Answer: The early adopter scheme will test and learn how schools are able to use programme funding, support and guidance to ensure inclusive and accessible provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities, in a range of schools, including sp...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Nurse Partnership ProgrammeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the Family Nurse Partnership to include more than the existing 44 local authorities.
Answer: The Family Nurse Partnership Programme (FNP) is the Department’s current service for the most vulnerable first-time parents, for example, teenagers, care leavers, those known to the care system, or those who would otherwise have extremely poor clinical ou...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on reducing food supply chain waste through mandatory food waste reporting.
Answer: The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues. No recent discussions have taken place between the Secretary of State and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of mandatory food waste reporting. This G...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: Telephone ServicesTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40450More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March to Question 33256 on Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services, (a) what steps her department is taking to decrease the average wait time for calls to be answered by HMRC and (b) what
Answer: HMRC received additional funding last year to recruit more customer service advisers to help improve telephony performance. HMRC recognise the real difficulties that delays on phones cause customers. At the end of last year, performance on helplines had i...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic and Dance Scheme: VATTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40447More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to exempt training provided by the Music and Dance Scheme from VAT.
Answer: Performing arts schools that offer full-time education to children of compulsory school age and/or 16-19 year olds for a charge will remain in scope of the policy to apply VAT to their fees and this includes the Music and Dance Scheme. This is to ensure f...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic and Dance SchemeDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to provide financial assistance mirroring arrangements for schools via the Music and Dance Scheme to cover the cost of changes to (a) employer National Insurance contributions and (b) the
Answer: The Music and Dance Scheme grant funding of both private schools and Centres for Advanced Training relates to financing places via means-tested bursaries only and is not intended as direct funding to meet wider employment costs..
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure investment in social rent homes at the spending review.
Answer: At Spring statement, the government announced an immediate injection of £2 billion to support delivery of the biggest boost in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and contribute to our ambitious Plan for Change milestone of building 1.5 mi...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme and Mineworkers' Pension SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reason the investment reserves for the (a) Mineworkers Pension Scheme and (b) British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme were not transferred to members at the same time.
Answer: The transfer of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme investment reserve was a manifesto commitment which the Government has fulfilled. The BCSSS scheme has some differences to the MPS, but we are working with the BCSSS Trustees to consider their proposals.
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHernias: Surgical Mesh ImplantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hernia mesh surgeries have taken place in each of the last 20 years; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients are informed of the risks of mesh complications.
Answer: The following table shows the count of Finished Consultant Episodes (FCEs) where there was any procedure for 'hernia mesh surgeries', recorded for the years 2004/05 to 2023/24, in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned acti...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support she plans to provide to the Office for Students to (a) allow more providers to complete the registration process for the Lifelong Learning Entitlement and (b) support additional applications from s
Answer: The government is committed to delivering the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) as set out in the Autumn Budget statement in October 2024. From the LLE’s launch in January 2027, the Office for Students (OfS) will regulate all providers offering LLE-fun...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether providers receiving educational oversight from Ofsted for Level 5 and 6 provision will have a third category route to registration with the Office for Students during the implementation of the Lifelong
Answer: The government is committed to delivering the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) as set out in the Autumn Budget statement in October 2024. From the LLE’s launch in January 2027, the Office for Students (OfS) will regulate all providers offering LLE-fun...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArthritis: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through the 10-year health plan to support children and young people with arthritis.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will deliver the three big shifts our National Health Service needs to be fit for the future: from hospital to community; from analogue to digital; and from sickness to prevention. All of these are relevant to improving arthritis c...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArthritis: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support older children with arthritis as they transition to adult health and care services.
Answer: The Department has not yet considered the recommendations of the report published by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death on 13 February 2025, Joint Care? A review of the quality of care provided to children and young adults wi...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArthritis: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NCEPOD's report entitled Joint Care? A review of the quality of care provided to children and young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, published on 13 February 2025, wheth
Answer: The Department has not yet considered the recommendations of the report published by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death on 13 February 2025, Joint Care? A review of the quality of care provided to children and young adults wi...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: ArthritisDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) promote and (b) monitor the use of individual healthcare plans in schools to support young people living with arthritis.
Answer: Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units to make arrangements for supporting pupils with medical conditions. Some children with medical conditions may be considered to be dis...
Answered 29 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: ArthritisDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support children living with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in schools.
Answer: Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units to make arrangements for supporting pupils with medical conditions. Some children with medical conditions may be considered to be dis...
Answered 29 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: WomenDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her plans to improve the safety of the rail network for women and girls will include changes to existing roles and responsibilities on (a) safety and (b) tackling (i) crime and (ii) anti-social behaviou
Answer: Ensuring the safety of passengers on the rail network is a priority for the department. We work closely with BTP, the rail industry, and Home Office police forces for cross government strategies to tackle violence against women and girls, and we have ambi...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Period PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the impact of period poverty on educational attainment in England.
Answer: We do not hold data on the impact of period poverty on educational attainment in England.The Period Products Scheme removes periods as a barrier to accessing education and addresses pupils being unable to afford period products. Since its launch in Januar...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPeriod Poverty TaskforceWomen and EqualitiesTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30060More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Period Poverty Taskforce (a) last met and (b) next plans to meet.
Answer: The Period Poverty Taskforce was an initiative under a previous government, and last met in 2020. I thank them for their hard work. Rather than re-launch a standalone initiative, this Government's approach is to resolve the issue at the source by tackling...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Children and Young People with Cancer Taskforce will recognise that teenagers and young adults with cancer have different needs to children.
Answer: The Department is committed to improving outcomes and patient experience for children, teenagers, and young adults with cancer, from birth to 24 years of age. That is why we have relaunched the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce, which will identi...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Children and Young People with Cancer Taskforce will recognise that cancer is different in (a) young people and (b) children.
Answer: The Department is committed to improving outcomes and patient experience for children, teenagers, and young adults with cancer, from birth to 24 years of age. That is why we have relaunched the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce, which will identi...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren and Young People Cancer TaskforceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the age range of the Children and Young People with Cancer Taskforce is.
Answer: The Department is committed to improving outcomes and patient experience for children, teenagers, and young adults with cancer, from birth to 24 years of age. That is why we have relaunched the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce, which will identi...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
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