Steve Barclay MP: written questions
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Heart Diseases: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54752More
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: Inherited cardiac conditions (ICCs) are a group of largely monogenic disorders affecting the heart, its conducting system and vasculature. Waiting times data for ICCs is not available nationally in the Waiting List Minimum Data Set (WLDMS). Diagnosis code...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to (a) diagnostic equipment and (b) other services for inherited cardiac conditions in East England.
Answer: Inherited cardiac conditions (ICCs) are a group of largely monogenic disorders affecting the heart, its conducting system and vasculature. Waiting times data for ICCs is not available nationally in the Waiting List Minimum Data Set (WLDMS). Diagnosis code...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle inequalities in (a) waiting times and (b) access to treatment for cardiovascular disease patients in East England.
Answer: Patients have been let down for too long whilst they wait for the care they need, including patients awaiting cardiology care. The Government has committed to returning to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no lo...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure there is adequate infrastructure to offer access to treatment for people living with inherited cardiac conditions in the East of England.
Answer: NHS England has a published a national service specification for inherited cardiac conditions. This sets out what guidance should be followed, and the services provided to support diagnosis and treatment of patients with previously undiagnosed cardiac dis...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in East England are currently awaiting treatment for inherited cardiac conditions; and if he will make a comparative estimate of the length of waiting times with the rest of the UK.
Answer: Inherited cardiac conditions (ICCs) are a group of largely monogenic disorders affecting the heart, its conducting system and vasculature. Waiting times data for ICCs is not available nationally in the Waiting List Minimum Data Set (WLDMS). Diagnosis code...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOut of Area Treatment: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people who do not meet the criteria to reside were inpatients in (a) Hinchingbrooke Hospital, (b) Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn and (c) Peterborough City Hospital on 21 April 2025.
Answer: The following table shows the number of patients with no criteria to reside as of 21 April 2025, in Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn, and Peterborough City Hospital:HospitalNumbers of patients with no criteria to resideHinchin...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVirtual WardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date he expects the NHS to have a virtual ward capacity of 40 beds per 100,000 people.
Answer: The NHS England 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance asks systems to improve access to urgent care services, including virtual ward, also known as hospital at home, services.No national population target has been set centrally for 2025/26 ...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Neurone Disease: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department plans to provide for motor neurone disease research in 2025.
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 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: Career DevelopmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to help improve the career progression of (a) nurses from Agenda for Change Band Five to Band Six and (b) other nurses in the context of plans not to introdu
Answer: Evidence submitted through the separate nurse pay spine call for evidence highlighted that career progression issues relating to the pay system do not uniquely impact nurses.We have therefore accepted several recommendations from workstreams committed to ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the impact of providing a one per cent increase in pay to all NHS staff on Agenda for Change contracts in the 2025-26 financial year on (a) total costs, (b) pension c
Answer: The following table shows the total cost of uplifting the Agenda for Change (AfC) pay scales by one percent in 2025/26, as well as the costs of employer pension contributions (EPC), employer National Insurance contributions (ENIC), and spillover elements ...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCounty Councils: DebtsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what national formula will be applied in calculating national distribution of the debt from county councils that are disbanded; and by what date that will be published.
Answer: On 5 February 2025 I formally invited unitary proposals from all the councils in two tier areas and their neighbouring small unitaries. It is for councils to develop robust and sustainable proposals that are in the best interests of their whole area. It i...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInternal Drainage Boards: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to explore alternative funding models of Internal Drainage Boards.
Answer: I refer to the Answer of 10 April 2025 to Question 43491 on Internal Drainage Boards: Finance.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInternal Drainage Boards: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 5 February 2025, HCWS417 on the Flood Investment Announcement, whether he plans to provide additional support to local authorities impa
Answer: The government supports the important work internal drainage boards (IDBs) do in managing water and flood risk, benefiting communities, businesses and the environment. The government announced as part of the 2025-26 Local Government Finance Settlement, th...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: AppealsHome OfficeTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of (a) 14 February 2025 to Question 30619 on Deportation and (b) 25 February 2025 to Question 33426, how many appeals against deportation orders have sought to rely on rights un
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMeadowgate Academy: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish her Department's advice issued to Cambridgeshire County Council in relation to plans to expand the number of places at Meadowgate Academy in Wisbech.
Answer: In February 2021, the department approved the expansion of Meadowgate Academy by 60 places. The department has not provided advice to Cambridgeshire County Council on plans to expand the number of places.
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: EqualityMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent roles there are in his Department relating to equality, diversity and inclusion; and how many of those roles are unfilled but budgeted for.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 26 September 2024 to Question 5190 to the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth (Rupert Lowe).https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-09-10/5190
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: WolverhamptonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on how many days she has worked from her Department's office in Wolverhampton since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The Deputy Prime Minister and ministerial team work from a number of locations and offices across the country. The Deputy Prime Minister does not regularly work from the Wolverhampton office or Darlington Campus.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Health ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 30616 on Asylum: Health Services, if she will make it her policy to collect information on the amount spent by local authoritie
Answer: As set out in my answer to Question 30616, the department does not hold this information to the level requested. At this time, line 49 in the local authority expenditure and financing statistics accounts for services or interventions for asylum seekers, i...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33002 on Asylum: Finance, if she will make an estimate of the number of top-up payments made to Asylum Support Enablement Cards in each week since 4
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer he received on 3 March 2025 to UIN 33002.
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30619 on Deportation, how many appeals against deportation orders have sought to rely on rights under the ECHR in the last month for which figure
Answer: The requested information is not held in a reportable format. To provide this information would require a manual review of case records, which could only be done for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30620 on Immigration: Appeals, how many appeals against administrative removal decisions have sought to rely on rights under the ECHR in the last
Answer: The requested information is not held in a reportable format. To provide this information would require a manual review of case records, which could only be done for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2025 to Question 30623 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, what the estimated full time equivalent is of those officials.
Answer: Work on the British Indian Ocean Territory - including policy development, legal advice and operational work - is spread across a wide range of officials in teams across the Ministry of Defence. It is therefore difficult to provide a full-time equivalent ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConcreteDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 27517 on Hospitals: Concrete, whether he plans to publish the comprehensive report into the seven reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete schem
Answer: As stated in Question 27517, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned a comprehensive report into the seven reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) schemes being delivered through the New Hospital Program...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Food SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 1488 on Agriculture: Food Supply, what preparations his Department has made for the 2025 Farm to Fork Summit.
Answer: The department is planning to engage closely with key stakeholders from across the food system over the coming months. We will confirm the details of possible future events in due course.
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many top-up payments have been made to Asylum Support Enablement Cards in each week since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The Home Office has a legal obligation to meet the essential living needs of asylum seekers or dependents who appear to be destitute or are likely to become destitute within a prescribed period, while their asylum claim is being considered.Details of what...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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