Stuart Andrew MP: written questions
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NHS: ProductivityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Patients treated more quickly as NHS productivity rises over year, published on 22 September 2025, how the growth in costs used to measure
Answer: National Health Service productivity is measured by comparing the amount of healthcare activity delivered, otherwise known as outputs, against the resources used, otherwise known as inputs, over time. To estimate the growth in costs, data is drawn from fi...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: ValuationTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78129More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of district valuer assessments on the opening of new GP surgeries.
Answer: The Chancellor has regular conversations with the Health Secretary on range of issues. The Spending Review 2025 announced the largest ever health capital budget, with a £2.3 billion real terms increase in capital spending over the SR period. The £102 mill...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: ValuationTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78128More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting times were for district valuer assessments of GP premises proposals in the most recent 12-month period for which data are available.
Answer: For context, the Valuation Office Agency’s (VOA) District Valuer Services (DVS) provide property advice to NHS bodies in England, including Current Market Rent (CMR) assessments for GP practice premises, under the NHS (General Medical Services - Premises ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: ValuationTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78127More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of new general practice premises projects have appealed the valuation by the district valuer service; and how many of those appeals were upheld.
Answer: For context, the Valuation Office Agency’s (VOA) District Valuer Services (DVS) provide property advice to NHS bodies in England, including Current Market Rent (CMR) assessments for GP practice premises, under the NHS (General Medical Services - Premises ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: ValuationTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78126More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new general practice premises projects are awaiting a valuation by the district valuer; and what the average time taken is to complete such valuations.
Answer: For context, the Valuation Office Agency’s (VOA) District Valuer Services (DVS) provide property advice to NHS bodies in England, including Current Market Rent (CMR) assessments for GP practice premises, under the NHS (General Medical Services - Premises ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTofersenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish data on the number of patients receiving Tofersen through NHS services.
Answer: I am aware that the marketing authorisation holder has established an early access programme (EAP) through which some NHS patients are currently accessing tofersen. This is a company-led EAP and therefore the Department nor NHS England centrally hold pros...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTofersenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Motor Neurone Disease Association on patient access to Tofersen.
Answer: Department officials recently met with the Motor Neurone Disease Association to discuss a range of issues, including patient access to tofersen.
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTofersenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of regional variations in patient access to Tofersen.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a clinically and cost-effectiv...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTofersenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS trusts are providing Tofersen through the Early Access to Medicines Scheme.
Answer: The Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) is a programme led by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) which aims to give patients with life threatening or seriously debilitating conditions early access to medicines that show ear...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTofersenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equitable access to Tofersen for motor neurone disease patients.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a clinically and cost-effectiv...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: BiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions in poultry biodiversity on the food chain.
Answer: The UK has a highly resilient poultry meat supply chain which has coped well in responding to the unprecedented challenges it has faced in the recent years. Conservation of animal genetic resources including poultry breeds contributes to biodiversity. The...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAvian Influenza: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of consulting stakeholders on a proportionate approach to managing avian influenza risks in relation to poultry shows.
Answer: Defra officials have engaged with stakeholders to better understand achievable conditions for poultry shows. This process helped to shape a set of template conditions which could mitigate the disease risk associated with some poultry gatherings (for examp...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAvian Influenza: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the UK Health Security Agency’s conclusion that the risk to the general public from avian influenza remai
Answer: Regulation 6 of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended, sets out the legal basis for permitting gatherings of poultry or other captive birds. In England, a licence to hold a bird gathering may be granted by Defra ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Agricultural ShowsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of other countries permitting poultry shows under biosecure conditions.
Answer: Regulation 6 of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended, sets out the legal basis for permitting gatherings of poultry or other captive birds. In England, a licence to hold a bird gathering may be granted by Defra ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Agricultural ShowsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the cultural and social contribution of poultry shows to rural communities.
Answer: Poultry shows play an important role in the cultural and social life of rural communities. Gatherings of birds, such as poultry shows, are currently individually risk assessed to reduce the risk of further outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. R...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Agricultural ShowsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the potential economic impact of prohibiting poultry shows on (a) rural economies, (b) agricultural shows, (c) local businesses and (d) hobbyist breeders.
Answer: Regulation 6 of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended, sets out the legal basis for permitting gatherings (such as shows) of poultry or other captive birds. In England, a licence to hold a bird gathering may be g...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Agricultural ShowsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the ban on poultry shows on the conservation of rare and traditional poultry breeds.
Answer: Regulation 6 of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended, sets out the legal basis for permitting gatherings of poultry or other captive birds. In England, a licence to hold a bird gathering may be granted by Defra ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Agricultural ShowsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s Epidemiology Report: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 outbreaks in Great Britain, October 2022 to March 2023, published on
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Regulation 6 of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended, sets out the legal basis for permitting gatherings (such as shows) ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of deliberately imposed minimum waiting times for elective care on the NHS’s compliance with its constitutional access standards.
Answer: As set out in the Plan for Change, we are committed to returning to the NHS constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment by March 2029. As of August 2025, the waiting list had reduced ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of minimum waiting times for elective care on patients; and if he will publish clinical advice his Department has received on those waiting times
Answer: As set out in the Plan for Change, we are committed to returning to the NHS constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment by March 2029. As of August 2025, the waiting list had reduced ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS Integrated Care Boards use minimum waiting times for elective care; and for what reasons.
Answer: As set out in the Plan for Change, we are committed to returning to the NHS constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment by March 2029. As of August 2025, the waiting list had reduced ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s policy is on the use of minimum waiting times for elective NHS care; and whether he has considered prohibiting the use of such waiting times less than 18 weeks.
Answer: As set out in the Plan for Change, we are committed to returning to the NHS constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment by March 2029. As of August 2025, the waiting list had reduced ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
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