Stuart Andrew MP: written questions
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Screening: BabiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings or engagements Ministers or senior officials from his department have had with any of the following patient organisations to discuss newborn screening: (a) Genetic Alliance UK (b) UK
Answer: The Government remains committed to improving the lives of people living with rare diseases through the UK Rare Diseases Framework, which includes faster diagnosis as one of its four priorities.In all aspects of population and targeted screening, minister...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to (a) merge and (b) align the (i) Section 1 (firearms) and (ii) Section 2 (shotgun) licensing systems in the Firearms Act 1968.
Answer: We will be undertaking a public consultation later this year on the greater alignment of the controls on shotguns with other firearms.The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation, published on 13 February this year, included a commi...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFungal Diseases: Mortality RatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the UK Health Security Agency has made of the fatality rate associated with invasive Candidozyma auris infection.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) routinely monitors the candidozyma auris situation in England and shares information with hospitals and health system partners so they can put in place timely measures to protect patients.There is no published UKHSA d...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFungal Diseases: Notifiable DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason Candidozyma auris was added to schedule 2 of the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations in April 2025;and if he will publish any public health risk assessments informing that
Answer: Candidozyma, formerly Candida, auris is an emerging multi-drug resistant fungal pathogen. Candidozyma auris is becoming more widespread globally, can result in serious infections in vulnerable individuals, and has been associated with outbreaks in healthc...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Hubs: Local GovernmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on cross-Government implementation of (a) proposals for a national evidence-based digital parenting offer and (b) other
Answer: Giving all babies and children the best start in life is the foundation of the Opportunity Mission and the first step towards delivering the Government’s commitment to raise the healthiest generation of children ever.My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of St...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChild RearingDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting the roll-out of evidence-based parenting programmes through the Start for Life offer to all local authorities.
Answer: The government has confirmed over £500 million of funding allocated for the delivery of Best Start Family Hubs, which includes funding for parenting programmes.Through these Hubs, all local authorities will deliver parenting evidence-based interventions (...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle travel costs for (a) children and (b) young people under 25 with cancer; and whether he plans to include policies on this matter within the national cancer pl
Answer: Since its launch on 4 February 2025, the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce has been exploring opportunities for clinical and non-clinical improvement across a range of areas via a series of monthly taskforce meetings. To date, these meetings have...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what policies on (a) children and (b) young people under 25 he plans to include within the national cancer plan for England.
Answer: Since its launch on 4 February 2025, the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce has been exploring opportunities for clinical and non-clinical improvement across a range of areas via a series of monthly taskforce meetings. To date, these meetings have...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren and Young People Cancer TaskforceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent work the Children and Young People’s Cancer Taskforce has undertaken in relation to the national cancer plan; and how recommendations from the Taskforce will be reflected in that plan.
Answer: Since its launch on 4 February 2025, the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce has been exploring opportunities for clinical and non-clinical improvement across a range of areas via a series of monthly taskforce meetings. To date, these meetings have...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to minimise wastage of covid-19 vaccine doses during autumn 2025; and whether he plans to review eligibility guidance to allow unused doses to be administered to
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is responsible for the procurement, storage, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. The UKHSA seeks to minimise wastage by ensuring that the volumes of COVID-19 vaccine that are procured are in line with forecasted de...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) anticipated and (b) actual level of demand for health services was in 2025–26; and whether the actual level of demand has increased in line with the trends since the end of the pandemi
Answer: Demand and costs for health services in 2025/26 was assessed and agreed with HM Treasury through the 2021 Spending Review negotiations, which are not published, as per standard practice. The national analysis takes into account the effect of population ag...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) EU-derived clinical hour requirements for nurse education and (b) the regulatory framework for nurse education (i) in general and
Answer: To be able to legally work as a nurse in the United Kingdom, individuals must be fully registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). The NMC sets the standards that must be met by domestic and international nurses and midwives wishing to be add...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with the Department for Education to support the delivery of the NHS workforce plan.
Answer: The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan which will ensure the National Health Service has the right people in the right places, with the right skills to care for patients, when they need it.We have engaged with a range of partne...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement his Department has had with (a) universities and (b) higher education providers in developing the new NHS workforce plan.
Answer: The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan which will ensure the National Health Service has the right people in the right places, with the right skills to care for patients, when they need it.We have engaged with a range of partne...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the NHS workforce of financial pressures faced by higher education institutions providing healthcare education.
Answer: No assessment has been made.We work closely with the Department for Education on a wide range of matters, including healthcare education and training funding. Matters relating to the income of universities are the responsibility of the Department for Educ...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLearning Disability: NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Learning Disability Nursing is adequately supported within the new NHS workforce plan.
Answer: The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan which will ensure the National Health Service has the right people in the right places, with the right skills to care for patients, when they need it. We are working through how the plan w...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned training intakes are for (a) medical school places, (b) GP trainee places, (c) nurses, (d) nursing associates, (e) midwives, (f) pharmacists and (g) dentists in (i) 2025, (ii) 2026
Answer: In England, the Office for Students (OfS) sets the maximum fundable limit for medical school and dental school places. For the 2025/26 academic year, the OfS has published its intake target at 8,126 for medical school places and 809 for dental school plac...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: Education and TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan fact sheet, published on 30 June 2023, whether it is his policy to provide £2.4 billion funding for additional education and training places for h
Answer: The Government has been clear that the 2023 Long Term Workforce Plan was undeliverable and based on outdated models of care. We have committed to publishing the 10 Year Workforce Plan in spring 2026, which will represent a departure from previous plans an...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: DisabilityTreasuryTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84181More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to maintain levels of VAT relief available on vehicles purchased by disabled people through the Motability scheme.
Answer: The Government keeps all taxes under review, and the Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events in the context of the overall public finances.
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 76564 on Surgery: Waiting Lists, whether NHS England holds information on which ICBs use minimum waiting times for elective care.
Answer: Following consultation, NHS England publishes the NHS Standard Contract annually for use by commissioners in contracting for National Health Service-funded healthcare services. The Department is involved in the consultation process on the Standard Contrac...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 76564 on Surgery: Waiting Lists, what discussions he had with NHS England on (a) the introduction of NHS standard contract technical guidance f
Answer: Following consultation, NHS England publishes the NHS Standard Contract annually for use by commissioners in contracting for National Health Service-funded healthcare services. The Department is involved in the consultation process on the Standard Contrac...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDivers: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on (a) diver safety and (b) emergency access for people in the West Midlands of the proposed closure of the Midland Dive Chamber in R
Answer: NHS England has no immediate plans to decommission the hyperbaric oxygen therapy services in the Midlands. The responsibility for the delivery, implementation, and funding decisions for services ultimately rests with the appropriate National Health Servic...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many removals from elective waiting lists there have been as a result of data validation exercises in 2025-26; and what the cost to his Department has been of those exercises.
Answer: Validation is a well-established component for the effective management of waiting lists, ensuring that the patients who are on the list should still be there. While we have significantly reduced the size of the total elective waiting list by over 206,000...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: ProductivityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78132More
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, what estimate he has made of the monetar
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 recordNHS: ProductivityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78131More
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, whether NHS pay awards were included in
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
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