Written Questions

95541 questions on record

All Commons Lords

Enter an MP's name to view all written questions they have submitted. Written questions are formally addressed to government departments and require official written responses. In the House of Commons, these may be directed to the Secretary of State for a given department, or to a junior Commons Minister where the Secretary of State sits in the House of Lords. In the House of Lords, questions are addressed collectively to "His Majesty's Government" rather than to a specific Secretary of State or department.

Lords HL16361
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the average number of adult gender clinic appointments a patient of those clinics has over the course of their care.
Tabled: 2026-04-14
Baroness Maclean of Redditch
Baroness Maclean of Redditch
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
NHS England holds detailed activity data from adult gender services that reports on the number and type of clinical appointments offered, and their outcome. It is not, however, possible to calculat...
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Lords HL16562
To ask His Majesty's Government how many inpatient procedures have been completed in each month from 2024 to 2026; what assessment they have made of the contribution of robotic-assisted procedures to achieving the target of 65 per cent of patients...
Tabled: 2026-04-20
Lord Kamall
Lord Kamall
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
Monthly inpatient procedure data is published regularly as part of the Hospital Episode Statistics for Admitted Patient Care, Outpatient and Accident and Emergency dataset. The number of finished c...
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Lords HL16089
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 29 January (HL13472), what assessment they have made of the growth potential for the probiotics sector if such products were permitted to be labelled an...
Tabled: 2026-03-26
Lord Kamall
Lord Kamall
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
Decisions are made on the basis of robust scientific evidence. The Department has not assessed the growth potential of the probiotics sector if products containing live bacteria were permitted to b...
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Lords HL16652
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that people with Primary Progressive Aphasia can access speech and language therapy through Specialised Cognitive Neurology Services in all specialised neurology centres.
Tabled: 2026-04-21
Baroness Whitaker
Baroness Whitaker
Lab
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
Provision of dementia health care services is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs). NHS England would expect ICBs to commission services based on local population needs, taking...
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Lords HL16683
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of AI tools in supporting the early detection and diagnosis of cardiovascular conditions; and what steps they are taking to support the safe and effective adoption of those...
Tabled: 2026-04-22
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Lord Taylor of Warwick
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
The Government is actively deploying artificial intelligence (AI) technologies across the National Health Service to support the earlier detection and diagnosis of cardiovascular conditions. We are...
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Lords HL16626
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce emergency admissions for heart valve disease through earlier diagnosis and timely elective intervention.
Tabled: 2026-04-21
Lord Kamall
Lord Kamall
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
In April 2025, NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time programme introduced a nationally standardised eight-week treatment pathway for patients with severe aortic stenosis, which is an advanced h...
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Lords HL16627
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve awareness of heart valve disease among primary care professionals to support earlier diagnosis.
Tabled: 2026-04-21
Lord Kamall
Lord Kamall
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
In April 2025, NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time programme introduced a nationally standardised eight-week treatment pathway for patients with severe aortic stenosis, which is an advanced h...
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Lords HL16676
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure charities and the third sector are involved in the delivery and implementation of, and accountability structure for, The National Cancer Plan for England, in particular with reference ...
Tabled: 2026-04-22
Baroness Redfern
Baroness Redfern
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
The Government is committed to continuing its work with key cancer partners to deliver the commitments outlined in the National Cancer Plan. We are also committed to bringing together and coordinat...
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Lords HL16675
To ask His Majesty's Government when the lead for children and young people will be appointed to the National Cancer Board; what the process for this appointment will be; and whether stakeholders will be able to contribute to the appointment process.
Tabled: 2026-04-22
Baroness Redfern
Baroness Redfern
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
The Government is committed to continuing its work with key cancer partners to deliver the commitments outlined in the National Cancer Plan. We are also committed to bringing together and coordinat...
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Lords HL16426
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the report by Magic Breakfast, Root causes of child morning hunger, published on 9 March, in particular the conclusions on the impact of morning hunger on pupils' re...
Tabled: 2026-04-15
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Lab
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-04-29
We appreciate publication of the report and will keep up the work with Magic Breakfast and other valued stakeholders as we continue to roll out the free breakfast club programme to all schools with...
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Lords HL16318
To ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the data published by the Office of National Statistics about healthy life expectancy on 19 February 2026, whether they are on track to deliver the shift from sickness to prevention and the reduction in...
Tabled: 2026-04-14
Lord Babudu
Lord Babudu
Lab
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
The Office for National Statistics’ publication on 19 February showed that healthy life expectancy decreased between 2022 to 2024, although overall life expectancy increased.The Government is commi...
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Lords HL16169
To ask His Majesty's Government in light of the data published by the Office for National Statistics on 19 February showing decreasing life expectancy for males and females and a gap in healthy life expectancy between local areas, whether they are...
Tabled: 2026-04-13
Lord Babudu
Lord Babudu
Lab
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
The Office for National Statistics’ publication on 19 February showed that healthy life expectancy decreased between 2022 to 2024, although overall life expectancy increased.The Government is commi...
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Lords HL16540
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they plan to give, if any, to the introduction of a social insurance model for healthcare similar to that in the Netherlands.
Tabled: 2026-04-20
Lord Godson
Lord Godson
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
The Government strongly believes in the founding principles of the National Health Service, as a publicly funded service that is universal, and free at the point of use. Through the 10-Year Health ...
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Lords HL16539
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential financial and health benefits of introducing a universal compulsory social insurance model for healthcare in the United Kingdom.
Tabled: 2026-04-20
Lord Godson
Lord Godson
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
The Government strongly believes in the founding principles of the National Health Service, as a publicly funded service that is universal, and free at the point of use. Through the 10-Year Health ...
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Lords HL16541
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the long-term financial sustainability of the current organisational and funding structures of the NHS.
Tabled: 2026-04-20
Lord Godson
Lord Godson
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
The Government is committed to putting the National Health Service on a sustainable financial footing. The Government has taken the difficult decisions to protect and invest in the NHS. As announce...
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