Andrew Gwynne MP: written questions
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Prostate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of offering prostate cancer screening to men considered to be at high risk on (a) NHS costs and (b) health outcomes.
Answer: The Department is guided on screening policy by the UK National Screening Committee. The committee has commissioned a university to carry out a high quality review and cost effectiveness model of the evidence for a national prostate cancer screening progr...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to (a) improve the early detection of cancer, (b) reduce cancer care waiting times and (c) increase cancer survival rates.
Answer: As the chances of survival are higher if a cancer is diagnosed at an early stage, early diagnosis is a key priority for the Government. The forthcoming National Cancer Plan, which will complement the 10-Year Health Plan and support delivery of the Governm...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the National Screening Committee plans to publish an update to guidance on screening for sudden cardiac death in people under 39.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is currently examining the evidence for this condition and will open a public consultation to seek comments from members of the public and stakeholders on this in due course. Further information, including on h...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will implement a national youth health strategy to reduce mortality in people under 39 that includes (a) mental health conditions and (b) sudden cardiac death.
Answer: The Government is already taking action to improve the physical and mental health of young people. The Government is co-producing a National Youth Strategy which will set out a long-term vision for young people, aged 10 to 21 years old, and up to 25 years...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will conduct a review on the prevention of sudden cardiac death that includes (a) an estimation of the incidence of sudden cardiac death, (b) methods to (i) detect and (ii) minimise cardiac c
Answer: NHS England is currently working with a range of stakeholders to review the national service specification for inherited cardiac conditions. This covers patients who often present as young adults with previously undiagnosed cardiac disease or families req...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase cardiac screening for people with a familial risk of sudden cardiac death.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee last reviewed screening for sudden cardiac death in young people in December 2019. After carefully considering the evidence, the committee concluded that a screening programme in all young people under the age of 39 yea...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: DefibrillatorsDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds information on the number of times that defibrillators installed in state-funded schools were used in the last year.
Answer: Since January 2023, defibrillators provided by the department and installed in state-funded schools have been available for use and deployed in over 12,000 emergency situations where there has been a suspected cardiac arrest.
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJob Creation: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to support businesses to create employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Answer: Employers are crucial in enhancing employment opportunities and supporting disabled people and those with health conditions to thrive in the workforce. All employers have a duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ in the workplace...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of job opportunities for people with disabilities.
Answer: The Government is committed to reducing the disability employment gap, which currently stands at 28 percentage points, as part of a clear ambition to raise the overall employment rate to 80%. We announced in the recent Pathways to Work Green Paper that we...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to support disabled people to find work.
Answer: Good work is generally good for health and wellbeing, so we want everyone to get work and get on in work, whoever they are and wherever they live. Disabled people and people with health conditions are a diverse group so access to the right work and health...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to support developments in (a) women’s health and (b) reproductive health services in developing nations.
Answer: The UK uses multiple levers - policy, health and development diplomacy, as well as its Official Development Assistance budget to support developments in women's health and reproductive health services. In April 2025 at the UN Commission on Population and ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Infectious DiseasesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the prevalence of infectious diseases in developing nations through (a) vaccinations, (b) antiretroviral therapy
Answer: The government is committed to global health. It is one of our top priorities in our modernised approach to international development.Our partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is an essential part of that. On 25 June at the Gavi Replenishment Summi...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOccupied Territories: Arms TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 58603 on Occupied Territories: Arms Trade, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterparts on (a) the use of m
Answer: I regularly engage with my Israeli counterparts on a range of issues including the Israeli Defence Forces' (IDF) conduct in Gaza. We continue to urge that any Israeli actions must be in line with International Law. Subject to the specific measures taken t...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Parliamentary Commissioner for AdministrationMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times his Department has accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of redress in the last 10 years
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) strives to deliver a high quality of service to everyone we engage with, and we continually look to improve our current performance. We treat any complaint we receive with the utmost seriousness and attention.Complaints refer...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Parliamentary Commissioner for AdministrationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times his Department has accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of redress in th
Answer: Information regarding complaints received by the Department and subsequently referred to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is published in our annual report. Copies of these dating back to 2010 can be found on the GOV.UK website, at the follo...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Parliamentary Commissioner for AdministrationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many times has their Department accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of
Answer: The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology does not keep records of or track all the findings and recommendations made by the PHSO.
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Parliamentary Commissioner for AdministrationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61776More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many times has their Department accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of redre
Answer: This information is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Parliamentary Commissioner for AdministrationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many times has their Department accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of redress in the
Answer: Since the establishment of DBT in 2023 there have been 0 (zero) ombudsmen decisions for DBT. For this reason there has been 0 (zero) times the Department accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations o...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Parliamentary Commissioner for AdministrationMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times their Department has accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of redress in the last 10 yea
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not keep records of or track all the findings and recommendations made by the Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman.
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Parliamentary Commissioner for AdministrationHome OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times their Department has accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of redress in the
Answer: The Government does not centrally keep records of or track all the findings and recommendations made by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Parliamentary Commissioner for AdministrationTreasuryTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61772More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times their Department has accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of redress in the last 10 years.
Answer: We have looked at the compliance data we hold regarding parliamentary organisations (from 2020/21 onwards) and there are no compliance items listing HM Treasury as a named organisation. The PHSO hasn’t Upheld or Partly Upheld an investigation into HM Trea...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Parliamentary Commissioner for AdministrationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times their Department has accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of redress in the l
Answer: 2014 /152015 /162016 /172017 /182018 /192019 /202020 /212021 /222022 /232023 /24Number of PHSO upheld or partially upheld complaints DWP have accepted in full4577381445591115 DWP has accepted in full the position of PHSO’s finding and recommendations on ...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Parliamentary Commissioner for AdministrationDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times their Department has accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of redress in the last 10 y
Answer: The Department does not readily hold this information in the format requested and therefore could only be provided at a disproportionate cost to the Department.
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Parliamentary Commissioner for AdministrationDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times their Department has accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of redress in the last 10 y
Answer: The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) tracks compliance with its recommendations, but its records only go back to 2020/21. The department’s complaints team’s records only go back to June 2021. It is not therefore possible to provide compre...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the potential closure of the strait of Hormuz on (a) the UK's energy security and (b) consumer energy prices.
Answer: Oil and gas markets are well supplied and functioning normally. Though they have responded to events in the Middle East, prices remain within the bounds we have seen over the last year. We have not witnessed any material reduction of traffic passing throu...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
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