Tessa Munt MP: written questions
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Written questions
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh ImplantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2024 to Question 327 on Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants, how many meetings have been held with the Patient Safety Commissioner on the recommendations o
Answer: Departmental officials and ministers have met with the Patient Safety Commissioner on several occasions, and we are happy to continue to engage with the Patient Safety Commissioner on this matter.The Government is carefully considering the work by the Pat...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which hospitals received funding for machines capable of increasing treatment with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy.
Answer: The Department does not hold this information. However, a proportion of the machines will be capable of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the £70 million funding for new radiotherapy machines is in addition to the prevailing budgets for radiotherapy machines.
Answer: The £70 million investment into 28 radiotherapy machines that was announced in the 2024 Autumn Budget is part of the overall financial settlement for the 2025/26 financial year.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdvanced Research and Invention Agency: GeoengineeringDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which chemicals will be used in the Advanced Research and Invention Agency's geoengineering program.
Answer: ARIA is an independent research body and they are conducting cautious, controlled research aimed at improving understanding of its Climate Cooling Programme’s risks and impacts. This will produce important information for decisions on climate cooling appr...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: Wells and Mendip HillsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding was received by listed places of worship in the (a) Wells and Mendip constituency and (b) the Wells constituency prior to boundary changes in each year since 2001.
Answer: We are unable to provide data going back to 2001, as the Department only has reliable data from August 2022. Data ranging from 2014 to 2022 was collated by the previous grant administrator and is less reliable, though work has been undertaken by DCMS to i...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSipavibartDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an application for authorisation of Sipavibart has been submitted to the the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is actively engaging with Astra Zeneca for any applications in flight. We recognise the importance of the rapid assessment of the medicines mentioned and we are ensuring the decisions made appropriat...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of restricting the radiotherapy machine fund to replacing only end of life machines on his Department's ability to make new radiotherapy capacity
Answer: The £70 million fund will replace older radiotherapy machines with new, more efficient radiotherapy machines, which will in turn increase treatment capacity and allow more patients to be treated.All future spending commitments beyond 2025/26, including th...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the £70 million funding for radiotherapy machines announced in October 2024 is an additional budgetary amount for radiotherapy in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: The £70 million investment into 28 radiotherapy machines, which was announced in the 2024 Autumn Budget, is part of the overall financial settlement for the 2025/26 financial year.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) online and (b) in person meetings NHS England had with (i) Varian, (ii) Elekta and (iii) Accuray before setting the criteria for the allocation of funding for new radiotherapy machines
Answer: We do not currently hold this information, but we are seeking advice from NHS England on whether any engagement took place between NHS England and the medical companies listed.The Government does not routinely publish correspondence between NHS England an...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 41044 on Radiotherapy, by how much the National Health Service’s capital settlement for 2024-2025 was underspent; how much of the total 2024-2025
Answer: The National Health Service’s capital settlement for 2024/25 underspend figure is not yet available, although it should be included in the NHS’s annual accounts, which will be published later this year.£15 million was allocated from capital underspend to ...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: ProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of private prosecution cases brought by the RSPCA under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not collate or record detailed data on individual private prosecutions, although some prosecutors may publish their own data separately. Therefore, it is not possible to provide data on the number of prosecutions which have be...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was allocated to the emergency radiotherapy capital equipment fund in 2024-25; and which hospital trusts have been awarded that funding.
Answer: Providers were awarded a total of £15 million to replace ageing radiotherapy equipment from an underspend in the National Health Service’s capital settlement for 2024/25. The providers who were allocated money, and the amount they were allocated, are as f...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new radiotherapy machines were applied for from the funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2024; and which hospital trusts applied.
Answer: 31 trusts submitted applications for funding to replace a total of 40 machines, with some trusts having applied to replace two machines. This became 30 trusts after the North Middlesex University Hospital Trust joined the Royal Free London Group on 1 Janu...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allow radiotherapy machines purchased by charities for hospitals to stop treating patients if charitable funds are not available to renew those machines.
Answer: Only radiotherapy machines purchased with Government funds are eligible for replacement through Government funding. There are no plans to change this position.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has provided to NHS England on maximising the the potential utilisation of artificial intelligence for radiotherapy treatment for cancer patients.
Answer: No specific guidance has been provided to the National Health Service, however we expect that radiotherapy treatment centres will use all appropriate technology for treating patients, to ensure that they receive the best possible care. This includes the u...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for cancer patients requiring radiotherapy treatment is before they commence that treatment in each region in England.
Answer: The Department does not hold the data in this format. Data on cancer waiting times for specific treatments can be found on NHS England’s website, which is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 23296 on Radiotherapy Infrastructure, how NHS England plans to improve the treatment of cancer patients with radiotherapy without such an asses
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the treatment of cancer patients and reducing waiting times for those undergoing treatment. Further details of how we will do this will be set out in the National Cancer Plan.We have launched a call for evidence, s...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 23295 on Radiotherapy Equipment, for what reason NHS England did not consult (a) cancer patient groups and (b) the radiotherapy community.
Answer: NHS England invited the trusts which deliver radiotherapy services to submit an expression of interest for funding for a replacement machine. NHS England then reviewed the responses, and used allocation criteria to determine which trusts would be allocate...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2025 to Question 23294 on Radiotherapy Medical Equipment, what (a) guidelines, (b) regulations and (c) restrictions have been issued to trusts on the use of NHS
Answer: Trusts were given a range of potential machines to purchase, and the use of these machines is the responsibility of the trust which houses the machine. Providers of National Health Service-funded radiotherapy services are required to submit a monthly retu...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2025 to Question 23297 on Radiotherapy Finance, how many members of each working group have (a) clinical and (b) radiotherapy experience treating cancer.
Answer: The working groups include members with a wide range of experience and expertise across and beyond the health and care system. We have ensured that groups have a range of lived experience, organisational views, and technical expertise, as well as diversit...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which trusts have been granted linear particle accelerator renewal funds from the additional funding in the Autumn Budget 2024; what criteria was used by NHS England to make those awards; and wheth
Answer: NHS England will be writing to those trusts which have been allocated funding for a replacement machine soon. The allocation criteria focused on the age of the machine being replaced, the proportion of older machines in use within the trust, and the trust...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 22 January 2025 to Questions 24638, 24639 and 24640 on Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment, whether the criteria developed by NHS England for funding exclude (a) replacing ra
Answer: The criteria developed by NHS England excludes the replacement of radiotherapy machines purchased by charities. These machines fall outside the scope of National Health Service capital replacement funding, as they are not originally procured through NHS-f...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: Wells and Mendip HillsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which of the 106 Listed Places of Worship in Wells and Mendip Hills constituency have received Grants under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme since its inception.
Answer: Since 2022, the Department has awarded 50 grants, totaling £173,587.94, to Listed Places of Worship in the constituency of Wells and Mendip Hills. This includes grant funding to Wells Cathedral, Holy Trinity Church and St Mary's Church East Brent.
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter from NHS England to NHS Trusts of 24 December 2024, for what reasons the radiotherapy machines fund guidelines exclude the cost of updating critical bunker protections.
Answer: The £70 million of funding is for new radiotherapy machines. The responsibility for costs relating to other aspects of radiotherapy treatment remains with local systems.
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what involvement (a) he and (b) his Ministers had in setting the (i) guidance and (ii) spending limits for the Government's radiotherapy machine fund.
Answer: The £70 million of funding for new radiotherapy machines will be allocated to trusts using criteria that NHS England has developed. Officials from the Department have been engaged with NHS England officials in discussions about how the funding will be all...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
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