Clive Betts MP: written questions
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Alcoholic Drinks: LabellingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to require that mandatory alcohol labels include a warning about the risk of cancer associated with alcohol consumption.
Answer: In the 10-Year Health Plan, the Government committed to strengthen and expand on existing voluntary guidelines for alcohol labelling by introducing a mandatory requirement for alcoholic drinks to display consistent nutritional information and health warni...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordClinical Trials: Nottingham and Yorkshire and the HumberDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are in medical trials at (a) Sheffield Teaching Hospital Trust, (b) Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust and (c) Nottingham University Hospital Trust.
Answer: The Department funds research and research infrastructure via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), which supports patients and the public to participate in high-quality research. The NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN) supports the...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTrams: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of tram track have opened in (a) Manchester, (b) Birmingham, (c) Nottingham and (d) Sheffield in the last ten years.
Answer: Annual figures for light rail and tram system kilometres are published on the Gov.uk website and can be found in table LRT0203 here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/light-rail-and-tram-statistics-lrt This data shows the annual length o...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local plans include the build to rent sector.
Answer: My Department does not hold this data. The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that local authorities should assess the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community and reflect in planning policies. National policy...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: SheffieldDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve (a) rail connections to Sheffield and (b) the tram network in that city in the next five years.
Answer: Improvements being considered are:Subject to the industry approval process, in 2026, as part of the East Coast Mainline timetable, Northern will look to implement an hourly Leeds to Sheffield semi-fast service. Similarly, CrossCountry is working to add se...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBorders: Personal RecordsHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 62530 on Borders: Personal Records, whether she has made an assessment of the potential difference between the figure (a) provided by transport
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under review, including the role of the e-visa system in improving checks on when individuals leave the country.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the role of the (a) planning inspector and (b) local planning authority in determining priority be given to brown field development when a local plan includes (a) brownfi
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) makes clear that planning policies and decisions should give substantial weight to the value of using suitable brownfield land within settlements for homes and other identified needs.It is for the decision mak...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGreenbelt: Property DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the required infrastructure has to be provided before or in parallel with the development when releasing greenbelt land for development.
Answer: The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published on 12 December 2024 makes clear that ‘Golden Rules’ should apply to major development including the provision of housing on land released from the Green Belt through plan preparation or revie...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Mobile PhonesDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria her Department used to determine which lines would be covered by the programme to lay trackside cabling to improve mobile phone connectivity; and what assessment her Department made of potential m
Answer: The first lines selected were those routes that have high numbers of rail passengers and were commercially attractive for the concession partner. It is in the partner and Network Rail's interest for the concession to be cash generative as soon as possible...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of support for cancer Multidisciplinary Team Coordinators in improving the (a) accuracy and (b) completeness of blood cancer data col
Answer: It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood cancer, as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, to improve outcomes for all patients across England.NHS England understands th...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) collection, (b) analysis and (c) reporting of blood cancer data to ensure it is comprehensive and consistent across England.
Answer: The Department remains committed to ensuring that the cancer workforce and healthcare professionals collect and have access to the most up-to-date data available. Cancer data collection is crucial in identifying areas of variation and disparity within can...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) consistency and (b) quality of blood cancer data collection in England.
Answer: The Department remains committed to ensuring that the cancer workforce and healthcare professionals collect and have access to the most up-to-date data available. Cancer data collection is crucial in identifying areas of variation and disparity within can...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of levels of of geographic variation in access to NHS approved treatments for people with blood cancer.
Answer: The Government is committed to providing patients with timely access to diagnosis and treatment, regardless of their location in the country.The National Health Service has delivered an extra four million operations, scans, and appointments as the first s...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce geographic inequalities in access to approved blood cancer treatments in England.
Answer: Reducing inequalities in cancer diagnosis, care, and outcomes is a key priority for the National Cancer Plan. The plan will look at the targeted improvements needed across different cancer types to reduce disparities in cancer survival, and will develop i...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a0 monitoring and (b) management of individuals diagnosed with Monoclonal Gammopathy of an Undetermined Significance.
Answer: It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, to improve outcomes for all patients across England. This includes the monitoring of patients with pre-...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve coordination between (a) primary and (b) secondary care to ensure (i) timely and (ii) effective monitoring of patients diagnosed with Monoclonal Gammo
Answer: It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, to improve outcomes for all patients across England. This includes the monitoring of patients with pre-...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is planning to take through the National Cancer Plan to (a) improve early diagnosis rates and (b) reduce the number of those being diagnosed with blood cancer in an emerge
Answer: The Government has announced that the National Cancer Plan will be published later this year, following the recent publication of the 10-Year Health Plan. The National Cancer Plan will ensure that all cancer patients, including patients with blood cancer,...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Cancer Plan will include specific targets for improving the early diagnosis rates of blood cancers.
Answer: The Government has announced that the National Cancer Plan will be published later this year, following the recent publication of the 10-Year Health Plan. The National Cancer Plan will ensure that all cancer patients, including patients with blood cancer,...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Cancer Plan will include commitments to (a) improve diagnostic pathways and (b) reduce delays in identifying blood cancers at an early stage.
Answer: The Government has announced that the National Cancer Plan will be published later this year, following the recent publication of the 10-Year Health Plan. The National Cancer Plan will ensure that all cancer patients, including patients with blood cancer,...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS Workforce Plan will take steps to increase the number of clinical academics dedicated to blood cancer research.
Answer: The 10 Year Workforce Plan will be published later this year. It would not be right to pre-empt the details that will be in the plan. We will work with partners to make sure we have the right people, in the right places, with the right skills.The Departme...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: Health ProfessionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS Workforce Plan will include policies on blood cancer healthcare professionals.
Answer: The 10 Year Workforce Plan will be published later this year. It would not be right to pre-empt the details that will be in the plan. We will work with partners to make sure we have the right people, in the right places, with the right skills.The Departme...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the forthcoming National Cancer Plan and NHS Workforce Plan will together improve blood cancer patients' (a) outcomes and (b) experiences.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan will ensure that all cancer patients across England have access to the best cancer care and treatments. It will seek to improve every aspect of cancer care, including the design of services and the experience and outcomes for peop...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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