Steve Barclay MP: written questions
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Reserve ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of applicants to the UK's Active Reserve forces successfully joined in the last year for which figures are available.
Answer: The UK’s Reserve Forces are a vital component of Defence, providing critical capability, specialist skills and a strong connection to wider society, while offering a flexible and cost‑effective means of meeting operational demand. Reserves underpin the Ar...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordF-35 Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to National Audit Office Report HC 989 on The UK’s F-35 capability, when he expects the UK F-35 fleet to meet the MoD’s target mission capable rate.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence is committed to achieving the target mission capable rate for the UK's F-35 fleet. To meet workforce requirements, the Department is increasing the number of aircraft engineers. In parallel, the UK is actively supporting the US-led...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordReserve Forces: AviationMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the partnership between KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and the Dutch Ministry of Defence to allow airline pilots to serve as reserve F-35 pilots in the Royal Netherlands Air Force, what assessment has
Answer: The Royal Air Force (RAF) has assessed options for reservist pilots to bolster our F35 force and concluded that this model is not appropriate for the RAF at this time.The investment in time and money to train a part-time pilot on F35 and keep them suffici...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115380More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his statement to the House on 23 February 2026 in Hansard volume 781, column 32, by what date do they expect to launch the external recruitment campaign for the role of Director General for Propriety
Answer: I refer to my answer to 110422, the recruitment campaign for the permanent role will be launched in due course.
Answered 9 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPropriety and Constitution Group: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115379More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the Rt hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire during the Oral Statement of 23 February 2026 on Labour Together and APCO Worldwide: Cabinet Office Review,
Answer: Interim arrangements do not usually require ministerial approval. A recruitment campaign will be launched in due course.
Answered 9 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordEmpty Property: ShopsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to prevent commercial landlords from leaving premises empty for long periods; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of usi
Answer: This Government is taking action to tackle long-term commercial vacancy and to support vibrant high streets. To address business rates avoidance and evasion we recognise the importance of a system where everyone pays their fair share and are committed to ...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOesophageal Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to help raise public and clinical awareness of the BEST4 Screening trial and to support eligible patients to participate in capsule sponge testing for early dete
Answer: The Department funds research and research infrastructure through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is funding the BEST4 trial with over £3 million funding contributed through the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Progra...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: AccountabilityMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he was made aware of conclusion 1 in the Sixty-second Report of the Committee of Public Accounts entitled Faulty energy efficiency installations, HC 1229, prior to the decision to appoint a new Permanent
Answer: The Ministry of Defence Permanent Secretary was appointed following an external competition and approval from the Prime Minister.The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will respond to the Public Accounts Committee report (HC 1229) in the usual wa...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordJean Bishop Integrated Care CentreDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the establishment of the Jean Bishop Centre in Hull in 2018, whether his Department has conducted a cost–benefit analysis of a more integrated model of service for elderly patient
Answer: Our 10-Year Health Plan sets out our vision for a Neighbourhood Health Service, delivering truly integrated, proactive, and personalised care closer to where people live and work. There are substantial benefits to this more integrated approach to health a...
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordReserve Forces: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's letter to the Rt hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire, reference: PQW/24-25/2025/16500/16507/16511/16512/16514/16521, dated 20 August 2025, and the oral contribution of the
Answer: The Government has committed to spending 2.6% of GDP on defence from 2027, and we have set the ambition to reach 3% in the next Parliament, subject to economic and fiscal conditions. Over this Spending Review period, this Government will invest over £270 ...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordReserve Forces: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the compatibility of (a) comments made in the SDSR on funding for a 20 per cent increase the reserves with (b) comments made by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at col.7
Answer: I am grateful for the contribution of our Reserve Forces, who help the UK Armed Forces meet the threats we face at home and abroad, with the scale, skills, agility and connection to society that we need in a cost‑effective way. The diversity of knowledge,...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Public ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the reserves in 2024-25 and 2023-24, broken down by RDEL, CDEL and TDEL; and how much it plans to spend in 2025-26, broken down by RDEL, CDEL and TDEL.
Answer: The Government has committed to spending 2.6% of GDP on defence from 2027, and we have set the ambition to reach 3% in the next Parliament, subject to economic and fiscal conditions. Over this Spending Review period, this Government will invest over £270 ...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHospicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential implications for his polices of the change in the number of available hospice beds in England over the last 12 months.
Answer: No formal assessment has been made of the potential implications for the Department’s policies of the change in the number of available hospice beds in England over the last 12 months.However, we do recognise the difficult and challenging financial situat...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPreventive Medicine: ExpenditureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of non-government spending by (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) charities on preventative health services in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answer: Non-Government spending on preventative health care is estimated in the UK Health Accounts published by the Office for National Statistics, on a United Kingdom basis. The following table shows the preventive healthcare spending by method of financing for ...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106981More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost of the £1,000 tax free allowance for (a) trading and (b) property income in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answer: The tax-free allowances simplify the tax system and keep low levels of casual income out of taxation. Individuals with trading income or property income at £1,000 or below are not required to report the income and the use of allowances to HMRC through Sel...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106980More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of people using the £1,000 tax free allowance for (a) trading and (b) property income in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answer: The tax-free allowances simplify the tax system and keep low levels of casual income out of taxation. Individuals with trading income or property income at £1,000 or below are not required to report the income and the use of allowances to HMRC through Sel...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHorticultureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to introduce a replacement for the UK Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme to ensure continued investment in UK horticulture and maintain competitiveness with E
Answer: Future support for the horticulture sector is being considered alongside Defra’s work to simplify and rationalise agricultural grant funding, ensuring that grants deliver the most benefit for food security and taxpayer value. Our new Farming and Food Part...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTransport: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide a list of all transport schemes given approval to progress following the Spending Review which had a lower benefit cost ratio score than the Ely Area Rail Capacity Enhancement.
Answer: The Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) scheme was paused by the previous government in 2021, and no further funding was allocated to develop, update, or progress the EACE business case. As a result, there has been no ongoing work from which to produce a...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLung Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have received checks under the NHS Targeted Lung Health Check and NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme per month in each of the last three years.
Answer: The National Health Service is currently rolling out the National Lung Cancer Screening Programme to people with a history of smoking. The following table shows the number of participants who attended an appointment through the NHS Lung Cancer Screening P...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is being done to improve the regulatory approval process for personalised medicines to treat cancer.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has completed a public consultation on its draft guideline on individualised mRNA cancer immunotherapies, a new type of personalised cancer treatment. These technologies use cutting-edge scien...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic CentresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community diagnostic centres were open at the end of (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24, (c) 2024-25, and are expected to be at the end of (d) 2025-26.
Answer: The following table sets out the number of community diagnostic centres (CDCs) which had started delivering activity, namely having gone live, and which were fully operational, delivering all modalities proposed in their approved business cases, from perm...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what has his department identified as the drivers of the recent trend in specialised commissioning high cost devices as noted in the NHS England Financial performance update of 22 September 2025.
Answer: The most significant driver of the growth in the expenditure noted in the financial update is an increased volume in clinical activity and the use of implantable devices to treat patients. This has been driven by the overall growth in elective activity as...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual NHS total workforce growth (a) was annually from 2022/23 onwards and (b) is projected to be over the next three years.
Answer: NHS England publishes monthly Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics for England. These include staff employed by hospital trusts and integrated care boards but excludes staff working for other providers such as in primary care...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the costs of the Employment Rights Bill to the NHS.
Answer: No estimate of costs has been made of the Employment Rights Bill to the National Health Service. NHS terms and conditions of service currently provide employees with entitlements above the statutory minimum requirements, reflecting the sector’s commitment...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care SystemsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the projected slippage is against efficiency plans across integrated care systems in the current financial year.
Answer: For 2025/26, there is an efficiency and savings target of approximately £11,076 million across all integrated care systems. At month six, the projected delivery for the year remains all but on track against the total efficiency and savings target, with a ...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
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