Steve Barclay MP: written questions
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NHS: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his NHS Pay Review Body remit letter: 2026 to 2027, what the expected annual financial impact is of changes to the implementation of the NHS Job Evaluation Scheme.
Answer: This specific assessment has not been made. No recent changes have been made to the Job Evaluation Scheme (JES) itself. Some job profiles have been updated to be assessed against locally.Following a national review by the Job Evaluation Group, the updated...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Public ExpenditureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what current unbudgeted pressures his Department is aware of within its spending plans.
Answer: The 2025 Spending Review was published on 11 June by HM Treasury and sets out departmental budgets for day‑to‑day spending until 2028/29, and until 2029/30 for capital investment. The 2025 Spending Review is available at the following link: https://www.go...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence: CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of increasing the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence cost-effectiveness threshold by 25%.
Answer: The pharmaceutical sector and the innovative medicines it produces are critical to our national interest, helping people access life changing treatments, reducing pressure on the health service over the longer-term, and ensuring we have a National Health ...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have waited longer than 24 hours for treatment in A&E in the last 12 months.
Answer: NHS England publishes monthly data on accident and emergency (A&E) performance. This includes information on those A&E attendances that are 12 hours or longer for type 1 and 2 A&E providers. The data is available at the following link:https://...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have been removed from the waiting lists for treatment for any other reason than the treatment had been completed, by month since July 2024.
Answer: The information requested is shown in the following table:Number of cases per month, from July 2024 to September 2025, where patients were removed from the Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting list for reasons other than treatment:YearMonthNumber of cases2...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS England: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) headcount and (b) FTE staff were employed by NHS England on (a) 4 July 2024 and (b) 14 October 2025.
Answer: As of June 2024, the headcount for NHS England was 15,803, and the full-time equivalent staff employed was 14,327.6. These figures are published and available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dhsc-workforce-management-inform...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 16483 on Department of Health and Social Care: Staff, what the (a) headcount and (b) FTE number of officials working in his Department was in
Answer: This data is published monthly at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dhsc-workforce-management-information#2025
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to re-open the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
Answer: We are working closely with farmers and industry stakeholders to design a future Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer that fairly and responsibly directs funding. Further details about the reformed SFI offer will be announced in due course.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCereals: ProfitsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reduction in yields of main cereal crops in 2025 on farm profitability.
Answer: Cereals are internationally traded commodities, and their supply chains are dynamic and responsive to global market developments. The Government has closely monitored the 2025 harvest and continues to engage regularly with industry stakeholders to assess...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: ReviewsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish the Farming Profitability Review.
Answer: Baroness Batters will present her report to the Defra Secretary of State at the end of October for consideration.
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a list of all the instances between 4 July 2024 and 14 October 2025 when 100 or more migrants have crossed the Channel in a single small boat, including (a) the date of the crossin
Answer: There have been 5 occasions over this period where over 100 migrants have crossed the Channel in a single small boat. These are listed below.DateNumber of persons onboard13/08/202510619/09/202510219/09/202510627/09/202512508/10/2025101 Information about t...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: EnforcementMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of enforcement powers available to local authorities in respect of developers who fail to comply with planning conditions
Answer: Guidance on local planning authorities’ enforcement powers can be found in the relevant planning practice guidance on gov.uk here. Enforcement is at the discretion of local planning authorities and it is for them to decide how and when they use their powe...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will issue guidance on the steps steps a local authority can take to compel a developer to comply with the conditions of their original planning consent relatin
Answer: Guidance on local planning authorities’ enforcement powers can be found in the relevant planning practice guidance on gov.uk here. Enforcement is at the discretion of local planning authorities and it is for them to decide how and when they use their powe...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFarms: Nature ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Spring Statement 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the funding of the Farming and Countryside Programme on the net number of
Answer: We are increasing the budget for sustainable farming and are investing more than £2.7 billion a year in farming and nature recovery. Funding for the Environmental Land Management Schemes paid to farmers will increase by 150% from £800 million in 2023/24 t...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what annual percentage increases in healthcare demand is the 10 Year Heath Plan based.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan is not based on a specific percentage growth rate in demand for health care. Instead, backed by an additional £29 billion, the plan sets out how the health system will seize the opportunities provided by new technology, medicines, ...
Answered 12 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33002 on Asylum: Finance, how many top-up payments have been made to Asylum Support Enablement Cards since 4 July 2024, broken down by week.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer he received on 3 March 2025 to UIN 33002.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency is taking steps to (a) control and (b) report on the potential risk of toxic contamination from the use of (i) recycled Energy Recovery Facilities incine
Answer: As was the case when he was Secretary of State for Defra, the ash residue from energy recovery facilities is normally processed into incinerator The bottom ash aggregate (IBAA). IBAA can only be used under the terms of a regulatory position statement (RPS...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMeadowgate AcademyDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding is available from her Department for repairs to the heating system at Meadowgate Academy.
Answer: Meadowgate Academy, as part of the Affinity Multi-Academy Trust, can access capital funding by applying to the condition improvement fund (CIF) each year. They can also apply for urgent capital support funding for urgent circumstances that cannot wait for...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) filled and (b) unfilled full-time equivalent roles there were in each of the NHS regional teams in (i) 2023-24, (ii) 2024-25 and (iii) 2025-26.
Answer: The following table sets out the full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in NHS England’s regional teams as of 30 March 2025:Directorates / RegionsBudgeted FTEStaff List FTEVacant FTEVacancy RateRegion - East of England804.1650.2153.919.10%Region - London1,032.5...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospital Beds: ICTDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to discontinue the electronic Bed and Capacity Management Systems initiative on (a) A&E waits and (b) patient transfers.
Answer: The decision not to proceed with stand-alone investment into electronic bed management systems was based on value for money with other investments offering greater benefits for patients.The Government is committed to returning accident and emergency servi...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Redundancy PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the expected in-year cost of redundancy payments in (a) DHSC and (b) NHS England is in (i) 2025-26, (ii) 2026-27 and (iii) 2027-28.
Answer: Detailed plans are being formulated by a joint Department and NHS England programme team. The remit of work includes formulation of the relevant costs. Further detail on the costs and funding mechanisms will be provided as this work develops.
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: EqualityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue further guidance to the NHS organisations on ending the recruitment of dedicated equality, diversity and inclusion staff.
Answer: National Health Service organisations should be working to address inequalities, in order to ensure the best possible outcomes for all patients, as well as tackling the abuse and discrimination that some NHS staff face in the workplace. Local NHS leaders ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Neurone Disease: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2025 to Question 48901 on Motor Neurone Disease: Research, by what date he expects the total allocated to motor neurone disease research since the start of 2022-23
Answer: Government responsibility for delivering motor neurone disease research is shared between the Department of Health and Social Care, with research delivered via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and the Department for Science, Inn...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReservoirs: CambridgeshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline for for the proposed Fens Reservoir is for the (a) submission of a development consent order application to the Planning Inspectorate, (b) final decision on t
Answer: Anglian Water is responsible for the development of the Fens reservoir. Proposals will be consulted on and will follow the requirements of the National Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure. A traffic and transport assessment is currently un...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025WithdrawnUIN 54753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to new innovations for people living with inherited cardiac conditions in East England.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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