Stuart Andrew MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Hospitality Industry: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101354More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of the 2025 Autumn Budget on business rates for pubs and hospitality venues; and whether she plans to review the business rates settlement for community-based pubs facing s
Answer: The amount of business rates paid on each property is based on the rateable value of the property, assessed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. Rateable values are re-assessed every three years...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordElectronic Funds Transfer: FraudTreasuryTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101353More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the July 2019 implementation date of the Contingent Reimbursement Model Code on victims of authorised push payment scams that occurred before that d
Answer: The Government takes the issue of fraud very seriously and is dedicated to protecting the public from this appalling crime. To protect consumers, under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has introduced a manda...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPostural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of NHS policies on private access for patients with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome seeking faster access to speciali
Answer: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) is diagnosed by a combination of general practitioners (GPs) and specialist clinicians. GPs can diagnose PoTS in many cases but, if they are unsure of symptoms or if symptoms are complex, they will refer pa...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPostural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of NHS referral pathways for patients with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, including the coordination of care between cardio
Answer: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) is diagnosed by a combination of general practitioners (GPs) and specialist clinicians. GPs can diagnose PoTS in many cases but, if they are unsure of symptoms or if symptoms are complex, they will refer pa...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPostural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to specialist care for patients with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, including reducing waiting times to see clinicians with releva
Answer: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) is diagnosed by a combination of general practitioners (GPs) and specialist clinicians. GPs can diagnose PoTS in many cases but, if they are unsure of symptoms or if symptoms are complex, they will refer pa...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLeukaemia: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time taken for leukaemia diagnosis; and whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the findin
Answer: The National Cancer Plan will seek to improve outcomes for all cancers, including non-stageable cancers such as leukaemia. The Department remains committed to the early diagnosis of cancer and to improving outcomes for patients. However, we recognise that...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered including emergency presentation as a metric for tracking early cancer diagnosis across all tumour types, including non-stageable cancers such as leukaemia, in the forthco
Answer: The National Cancer Plan will seek to improve outcomes for all cancers, including non-stageable cancers such as leukaemia. The Department remains committed to the early diagnosis of cancer and to improving outcomes for patients. However, we recognise that...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to involve cancer charities in the delivery and governance of the forthcoming National Cancer Plan.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan will build on the shift from hospital to community set out by the 10-Year Health Plan and will seek to foster improved collaboration with the voluntary and community sector to deliver this.Governance mechanisms for monitoring impl...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration he has given to including prehabilitation and rehabilitation as core elements of cancer treatment in the forthcoming National Cancer Plan.
Answer: The Department is working with NHS England to support local systems to deliver effective rehabilitation and prehabilitation services. The National Cancer Plan will aim to improve how the physical and psychosocial needs of people with cancer can be met, wi...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Cancer Plan will include measures to improve cancer research capacity in hospitals in the North of England.
Answer: Research is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department invests over £1.6 billion per year in research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Cancer is a major area of NIHR spending at £141.6 million in 2024/25, re...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSurgical Mesh Implants: ScotlandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has held recent discussions with the Scottish Government on the inclusion of data from NHS Scotland in the UK Pelvic Floor Registry; and what his expected timescale is for fu
Answer: As a Government department, the Department of Health and Social Care engages constructively and works collaboratively with the devolved administrations on areas of shared interest, including information sharing, coordination, and issues that have United K...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide financial support to redress schemes relating to pelvic mesh and valproate proposed by devolved governments.
Answer: The Government is carefully considering the work by the Patient Safety Commissioner and her report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex issue involving input from different Government departme...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent engagement his Department has had with the devolved Administrations in relation to the recommendations of The Hughes Report, published on 7 February 2024; and whether any Ministerial-le
Answer: While health is predominantly devolved, the Department holds some reserved functions and working together across the United Kingdom on health and social care is ingrained in the values of our National Health Service and social care sector.The Patient Safe...
Answered 29 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Education on supporting small healthcare professions whose training courses may be financially unviable despite being essential to NH
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the Department for Education to support the availability of a diverse range of training routes into health and care careers. While the Government is committed to ensuring sustainable training pat...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRadiology: ApprenticesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of therapeutic radiography apprenticeship provision; and what steps she is taking to support the long-term viability of those courses.
Answer: The department works closely with the Department for Health and Social Care to support the availability of a diverse range of training routes into health and care careers. We have worked with the health and care sector to design the Level 6 prosthetics an...
Answered 29 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability Aids and Prosthetics: ApprenticesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the sustainability of prosthetics and orthotics apprenticeship provision in England; and what steps she is taking to support its continuation.
Answer: The department works closely with the Department for Health and Social Care to support the availability of a diverse range of training routes into health and care careers. We have worked with the health and care sector to design the Level 6 prosthetics an...
Answered 29 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBabies: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his intention to expand Start for Life funding to the 78 local authorities currently without provision.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan sets out an ambitious agenda on how we will improve the nation’s health by creating a new model of care that is fit for the future.We recognise that local authorities are ambitious, seeking to deliver universal support to families ...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBabies: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of not extending Start for Life funding to all councils delivering Best Start Family Hubs on (i) the developmental domains assessed in the Early
Answer: We are committed to delivering the 10-Year Health Plan ambition to match Healthy Babies, formerly Start for Life, to Best Start Family Hubs over the next decade.There is strong evidence that the 1,001 days from pregnancy to the age of two years old set th...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBabies: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on child development outcomes of not matching Start for Life funding with the expansion of Best Start Family Hubs.
Answer: We are committed to delivering the 10-Year Health Plan ambition to match Healthy Babies, formerly Start for Life, to Best Start Family Hubs over the next decade.There is strong evidence that the 1,001 days from pregnancy to the age of two years old set th...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Illness: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of diagnosis rates for mental health conditions in England.
Answer: On 4 December 2025, we launched an independent review into the prevalence and support for mental health conditions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism. The review will look to understand the similarities and differences between me...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Illness: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what recent discussions he has had with the mental health sector on diagnoses of mental health conditions.
Answer: The independent review into prevalence and support for mental health conditions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism will appoint an advisory working group. This will be a multidisciplinary group of leading academics, clinicians, e...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Illness and Neurodiversity: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who his Department plans to consult as part of any review into the prevalence and overdiagnosis of mental health conditions and neurodivergence.
Answer: The independent review into prevalence and support for mental health conditions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism will appoint an advisory working group. This will be a multidisciplinary group of leading academics, clinicians, e...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Illness and Neurodiversity: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish the Terms of Reference for any review into the prevalence and overdiagnosis of mental health conditions and neurodivergence.
Answer: On 4 December 2025, we launched an independent review into the prevalence and support for mental health conditions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism. The review will look to understand the similarities and differences between me...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Illness and Neurodiversity: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the scope and timeframe is of any planned review into the overdiagnosis of mental health conditions and neurodivergence.
Answer: On 4 December 2025, we launched an independent review into the prevalence and support for mental health conditions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism. The review will look to understand the similarities and differences between me...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Illness and Neurodiversity: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is undertaking a review into the prevalence and overdiagnosis of mental health conditions and neurodivergence.
Answer: On 4 December 2025, we launched an independent review into the prevalence and support for mental health conditions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism. The review will look to understand the similarities and differences between me...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
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