Question follow-through · 53058
NHS and Social Services: Voluntary Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Urgent Question on the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service on 19 May 2025, what estimate he has made of when the new national programme will be in operation.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 19 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 May 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Local Government: Reorganisation · 21 Oct 2025
- NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland: Finance · 21 Oct 2025
- NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland: Staff · 21 Oct 2025
- Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions · 25 Nov 2025
- Hantavirus: Medical Treatments · 13 May 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Urgent Question on the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service on 19 May 2025, what estimate he has made of when the new national programme will be in operation.
22 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2025
Answer published
Volunteers continue to support health and care in hospitals, ambulance services, and communities. The new NHS Volunteer recruitment portal is due to fully launch later this year. Prospective volunteers can already access the portal via the volunteer pages...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Local Government: Reorganisation
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with the Mayor of Leicester on local government reorganisation; and on what dates since 1 January 2025.
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland: Finance
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total budget was for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-2025 and (c) 2025-6 financial years.
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland: Staff
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total full FTE headcount employed by Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland ICS was in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025 as at 1st January of each year.
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) named day questions, and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by his Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (i
Hantavirus: Medical Treatments
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of which therapeutics are effective for treating the symptoms of hantavirus.
Hantavirus
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the prevalence of hantavirus in the UK.
Hantavirus
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential for asymptomatic (a) transmission and (b) infection with hantavirus.
Hantavirus
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of human-to-human transmission of hantavirus.
Hantavirus: Mortality Rates
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average mortality rate of each strain of hantavirus.
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (a) Named day and (b) Ordinary written parliamentary questions were answered within the required timescale in each month between November 2025 and April 2026.
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Standards
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of a) Category 1, b) Category 2, c) Category 3 and d) Category 4 calls to East Midlands Ambulance Service were responded to within target times in i) December 2025, ii) January 2026
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Standards
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average wait time of an i) Category 1, ii) Category 2, iii) Category 3, iv) Category 4 EMAS call-out in Melthom Mombury in each month since December 2025.