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Dr Caroline Johnson
CON✓ Current MP
🏛️ Sleaford and North Hykeham
📅 2017–2026
682 speeches on Hansard record
✅ Votes attended: 85.26% (#179 of 649 MPs)
🟢 Rebelled against party: 0.00%
📝 Topics: Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions, NHS England, NHS and Social Services: Voluntary Work
🤝 Member of 2 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Written Answers
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Attorney General
To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions there have been for offences relating to the termination of pregnancy through the the pills-by-post scheme.
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To ask the Solicitor General, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and (vii) November…
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Cabinet Office
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and…
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Department for Business and Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October…
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi)…
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Department for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what monitoring her Department undertakes of recruitment and selection practices by organisations in receipt of public funds.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of cuts to teacher training bursaries in 26/27 on teacher recruitment in Lincolnshire.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) number and (b) variety of available work experience places for under 18s in the latest period for which data is available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to make adoption records available to adults who were adopted.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children receiving education in state funded special schools were born abroad.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children with education, health and care plans were born abroad.
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, 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, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025,…
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September…
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September…
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Department for Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) proportion and (b) number of people imprisoned for death by dangerous driving obtain a driving licence within five years after release.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) proportion and (b) number of people imprisoned for death by careless driving obtain a driving licence within five years after release.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) number and (b) proportion of people who obtained a driving licence in the last 10 years after a previous conviction for death by dangerous driving committed a further motoring offence.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) number and (b) proportion of people who obtained a driving licence in the last 10 years after a previous conviction for death by careless driving committed a further motoring offence.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which 30 stations have been approved for upgrades under the Access for All scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which 50 stations have completed feasibility studies under the Access for All scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and…
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Department for Work and Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available for disabled candidates standing for election.
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Department of Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the number of data breaches of patient information in the NHS in the last year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the renewed Women's Health Strategy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential of (a) vaping and (b) passive vaping on the risk of invasive meningococcal disease.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) smoking and (b) passive smoking on the risk of invasive meningococcal disease.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many deaths there have been of (a) women, (b) babies and (c) stillbirths where the termination of pregnancy through pills-by-post has been considered a contributory factor.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written statement on 26 February 2026 titled Data Linkage Study, what the small but important improvements in study design are to which he refers in his statement.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all arms of the Pathways clinical trials have been paused.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date he plans to bring into force the provisions of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written statement on 26 February 2026 titled Data Linkage Study, whether he plans to complete the data linkage study before the Pathways puberty blockers trial commences.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written statement on 26 February 2026 titled Data Linkage Study, whether he expects the data linkage study to be completed before the abolition of NHS England.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written statement on 26 February 2026 titled Data Linkage Study, what is his expected timeframe for research and ethics approval.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the current Chair of the adult clinical reference group for adult gender dysphoria services refused to comply with requests for data for the date linkage study which was recommended by the Cass review.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 February 2026 on Clinical trials, HCWS1347, in which the letter from MHRA refers to correspondence from 7 November 2025, if he will publish that correspondence.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many overseas prescriptions are dispensed in a) the UK and b) England i) in total, ii) by medicines dispensed and iii) by origin country.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any children were recruited for any arm of the Pathways clinical trials prior to it being paused.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials had discussions with (i) NHS England, (ii) University of York and (iii) other researchers on the Data Linkage study in (A) November 2025, (B) December 2025 and (C) January 2026.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has reviewed the findings of the independent analysis commissioned by Prostate Cancer Research on the economic model used by the UK National Screening Committee.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to conduct a full Equality Impact Assessment as part of the decision making process on prostate cancer screening recommendations.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 February 2026 on Clinical Trials, what information his Department holds on when the letter from MHRA to King's College London was (a) sent and (b) received; and on what date his Department became…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 February 2026 on Clinical trials, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials had discussions with MHRA on the Pathways clinical trial prior to February 2026.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 February 2026 on Clinical trials, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials had discussions with MHRA on the Pathways clinical trial prior to February 2026.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of UK primary medical degree graduates were (a) British and (b) non-British by country in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent civil servants are working on his Department's response to the Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds information on the number of resident doctors who, whilst on strike, work for another trust.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what number of UK citizens have obtained a primary medical degree outside the UK by country in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional medical places are funded in start in 2026 compared with 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (a) home students and (b) non-home students who graduated from the UK with a primary medical degree from 2010 to 2020 remain working in the NHS.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff responsible for UK Foundation programme allocation process are (a) NHS employees, (b) civil servants and (c) people involved in direct clinical care.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data he holds on the number of bedrooms available for parents with a baby on the neonatal unit by (a) Trust and (b) neonatal units.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve audiology screening for (a) children and (b) newborns.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to inform families of his plans for (a) interim and (b) main payment compensation before the second anniversary of the publication of the Hughes Report.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of training for people performing (a) newborn hearing tests and (b) audiology testing in children.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the severity modifier on recent NICE recommendations on blood cancer treatments.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure access to CAR-T therapy for mantle cell lymphoma patients who previously have been ineligible under the cancer drugs fund following NICE's most recent decision.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 78391 on Dentistry: Recruitment, whether he plans to publish in 2026 or 2027.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to mandate the release of data for the data linkage study.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Leader of the House on the timing of the introduction of legislation on the abolition of NHS England.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has decided who the members of the maternity and neonatal taskforce will be.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of hospitals admissions which could be avoided per year among over 80 years olds through use of the RSV vaccine.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the Question 84255 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he intends to answer WPQ 84255 tabled on 22 October 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to add additional Trusts to the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation following the removal of (a) Shropshire and (b) Leeds.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many posts have been (a) allocated and (b) filled in the dental recruitment incentive scheme, broken down by (i) region, (ii) integrated care board and (iii) in total.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional surgical hubs are due to (a) open and (b) be built in the next 12 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 84380 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients waited more than (a) 12, (b) 24, (c) 48 and (d) 60 hours at A&E at Lincoln County Hospital in the last 12 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the Question 84256 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 84680 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 84681 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 85257 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 85258 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the Question 85849 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the effectiveness of mandatory health warning labels in tackling alcohol harms in (a) South Korea and (b) other countries.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to Question 85849 on Mechanical Thrombectomy: Health Services, how many and what proportion of stroke units are in trusts which offer mechanical thrombectomy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase uptake of the HPV vaccine.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2025 to Question 93572, what steps he is taking to protect NHS staff from second hand vape.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2025 to Question 94188, what steps has he put in place to improve the speed of answering written parliamentary questions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to Question 85849 on Mechanical Thrombectomy: Health Services, when he expects people to be able to access thrombectomy services within four hours when needed.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to Question 85849 on Mechanical Thrombectomy: Health Services, what estimate he has made of the time taken for a patient to be transferred from the referring centre to a hospital offering thrombectomy services after…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to Question 85849 on Mechanical Thrombectomy: Health Services, what estimate he has made of the time taken for a patient to be transferred from the referring centre to a hospital offering thrombectomy services after…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to Question 85849 on Mechanical Thrombectomy: Health Services, when he expects people to be able to access thrombectomy services within four hours when needed.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the final report of the Cass Review, published in April 2024, what steps he is taking to help ensure the data linkage study is completed.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for increases in levels of lead poisoning in children.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many consultations his Department has launched since 4 July 2024; and if he will list them.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Trusts offer robotic assisted surgery.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (i) medical, (ii) dental and (iii) midwifery students it will fund to start studies in 2026.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress it is making on the implementation of the New Hospital Programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that neonatal services are fully incorporated into the scope of the National maternity and neonatal investigation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of training for people performing (a) newborn hearing tests and (b) audiology testing in children.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who the members are of the national maternity and neonatal taskforce.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times the national maternity and neonatal taskforce has met.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the retention of surgical staff.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical school places are funded for start in 2026.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help increase the number of blood donors.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the level of exercise undertaken by children.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) schools, (b) nurseries and (c) early years settings have signed up to the Big Brush Club supervised toothbrushing scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average annual cost of treating a person with HIV.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 84679 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 85256 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 85259 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the Question 85844 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the Question 85845 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 85848 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 86270 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 86271 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 86272 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve public awareness of the symptoms of cancer in teenagers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve early recognition of cancer symptoms of teenagers in primary care.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) speed of diagnosis and (b) time from diagnosis to treatment in (i) children and (ii) teenagers with cancer.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve data collection on diagnostic pathways for (a) teenagers and (b) children with cancer.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of high caffeine drinks on (a) 14-16 year olds, (b) 16-18 year olds and (c) 18-24 year olds.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Big Brush Club on rates of dental decay among children who participated in that scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to help reduce suicides in men.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department uses to measure the success of (a) vaccination and (b) immunisation programmes; and what assessment he has made of the (i) maternity, (ii) neonatal and (iii) adult rsv programmes against this criteria.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the rare disease framework.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle obesity in children.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of Hospital Trust permit men to be cared for on women-only wards.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Doctors who have had their license to practice removed overseas are unable to practice in the UK.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has recovered from patients who were not entitled to free NHS in each of the last three years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) head count and (b) number of full time equivalent employees was in (i) NHS England and (ii) his Department in each month since February 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of 28 October 2025 on World Stroke Day, what the maximum (a) travelling time and (b) distance a thrombectomy service will be…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the trends in the levels of (a) gonorrhea, (b) chlamydia, and (c) syphillis in people.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average cost of testing an adult for HIV.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation's report entitled Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation programme for adults aged 80 years and older: JCVI advice, published on 16 July 2025, whether the NHS is…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the food industry on the proposed update of the Nutrient Profiling Model.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to HM Treasury's and HMRC's document entitled Strengthening the Soft Drinks Industry Levy - consultation, published on 28 April 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of lowering trends in the level of sugar…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allocate capital to bring parents accommodation for neonatal units up to national standard.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) operations and (b) appointments that will be cancelled if resident doctors strike from 14 to 19 November 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the independent maternity and neonatal investigation to publish its final recommendations.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve access to dermatology services.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to implement the Getting It Right First Time recommendations on improving the (a) access to and (b) quality of dermatology care.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of current capital funding budget will be allocated towards the expansion of the surgical hub programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of home testing by post for sexually transmitted infections.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 85259 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of 27 March 2025, Official Report, column 447WH, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many British citizens have died as a result of elective overseas surgery in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of British citizens have have required remedial surgery in the NHS as a result of poor elective overseas surgery.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 2023 2023 UK surgical workforce census report compiled by the Royal College of Surgeons, what steps he is taking to expand surgical training capacity in the context of bottlenecks in posts.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the national cancer plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the NHS long-term workforce plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people receiving NHS HIV care in England were born overseas.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Health of 23 October 2025 on Impact of NHS workforce levels on cancer patients, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to publish the NHS workforce…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what forecast he has made of the cost to the public purse of the planned strike of resident doctors from 14 to 19 November 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Government has delayed publication of the cancer plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to develop a modern services framework for (a) arthritis and (b) musculorskeletal disease.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of sexually transmitted infections on the future fertility of people.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using technology within vapes to verify the age of vape users.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with the Secretary of State for Education of the potential merits of using geofence technology to tackle the use of vaping devices by children in schools.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has had to ensure the neonatal services are fully incorporated into the scope of the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's response to recommendation 6 included in the Government response to the House of Lords inquiry into preterm birth: reducing risks and improving lives, published on 14 January 2025, what his Department's…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to (a) identify and (b) allocate capital funding to bring neonatal accommodation for parents in line with the standards outlined in the Health Building Note 09-03: Neonatal Units, published 20 March 2013.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish the new health strategy in this calendar year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to reduce premature deaths in men.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects to receive a formal recommendation from the UK national screening committee on newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure people with Huntington's disease have equitable access to mental health services.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS neonatal units have parental accommodation available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to information provided below Figure 11 in the UK Health Security Agency's official statistics entitled HIV testing, PrEP, new HIV diagnoses and care outcomes for people accessing HIV services: 2025 report, published on 7…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve the identification of people with undiagnosed hypertension.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what action he is taking to ensure people with Huntington's disease have a single point of contact to coordinate their care.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the National Health Data Service to collect data on pancreatic cancer.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the National Health Data Service to collect data on rare cancers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all individuals with superoxide dismutase-1 motor neuron disease have access to early access programmes for motor neurone disease.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason some people with motor neurone disease are receiving tofersen during its evaluation by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; and if he will take steps to make it available to all patients who would benefit…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution of 6 May 2025, Official Report, column 540 and his letter to the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham dated 29 May 2025, when he will meet the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham to…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Health of 23 October 2025 on Impact of NHS workforce levels on cancer patients, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to publish the NHS workforce…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure patients receive time-critical medication in care settings.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which acute hospital trusts have a helipad which can be used 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press notice entitled Dental patients to benefit from 700,000 extra urgent appointments, published on 21 February 2025, how many urgent appointments each ICB has been asked to stand up.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the proportion of urgent dental care appointments purchased by ICBs that were attended by a patient.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many consultant pathologists are employed by the NHS by (a) headcount and (b) whole time equivalent.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the commitment to deliver a doubling of the number of NHS CT and MRI scanners.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS maternity and neonatal infrastructure review findings, published on 11 September 2025, whether his Department plans to publish an assessment of the adequacy of neonatal parent accommodation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many bedrooms are available for parents and carers in neonatal units, broken down by (a) region, (b) Integrated Care Board, (c) Trust and (d) in England.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Health Building Note 09-03: Neonatal Units, published 20 March 2013, how many and what proportion of neonatal units (a) do and (b) do not meet the standard for parent accommodation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press notice entitled Dental patients to benefit from 700,000 extra urgent appointments, published on 21 February 2025, how many of the extra 700,000 urgent dental care appointments have been delivered (a) in total and…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the NICE cost effectiveness threshold.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in her Department are in receipt of Continuity of Education Allowance.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) number and (b) proportion of staff in her Department that are posted overseas receive Continuity of Education Allowance.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) number and (b) proportion of staff in her Department are eligible to receive Continuity of Education Allowance.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v)…
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Home Office
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many charges there have been for offences relating to the termination of pregnancy through the the pills-by-post scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October…
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces carry naloxone on the front line.
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Leader of the House
To ask the Leader of the House, how many and what proportion of Named Day written questions were answered (a) on time and (b) late (i) by Department and (ii) in total.
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Ministry of Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 58044 on Strategic Defence Review and with reference to the freedom of information request FOI2025/17106, which trade unions were offered access to the Strategic Defence Review before 5.00pm on 2 June 2025.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, 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, (iv) August 2025, (v)…
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Ministry of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for offences relating to the termination of pregnancy through the the pills-by-post scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people released from custody in error remain at large since 4 July 2024.
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Northern Ireland Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October…
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Scotland Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and…
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Treasury
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to business rates on the sustainability of commercial fitness gyms and community leisure centres serving rural communities.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent and proposed changes to ISAs on the complexity of the savings landscape and household saving behaviour.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and (vii)…
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Wales Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and…
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