John Glen MP: written questions
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NHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made by his Department in encouraging more reclassification applications to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA); whether reclassification applicati
Answer: The Government supports the reclassification of medicines where it is safe and appropriate to do so, as this can improve patient access and support selfcare while maintaining high standards of public health protection. The Medicines and Healthcare product...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrescription Drugs: CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reclassifying medicines from prescription-only to over-the-counter on costs to the NHS.
Answer: The Government supports the reclassification of prescription only medicines (POMs) to over the counter (OTC) medicines, including for cost savings to the National Health Service, where it is safe and appropriate to do so, as this can improve patient acces...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpinal Injuries: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to ICBs on commissioning pathways on access to spinal cord injury services for patients with a spinal cord injury.
Answer: While no formal assessment has been made of the adequacy of the availability of diagnostic and treatment pathways for spinal cord injury across integrated care boards (ICBs), NHS England Specialised Commissioning has a Clinical Reference Group (CRG) for r...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpinal Injuries: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made progress on improving spinal cord injury services following the 2016 service review.
Answer: While no formal assessment has been made of the potential merits of commissioning local spinal cord injury services, specialist services for spinal cord injury are currently commissioned by NHS England Specialised Commissioning, in line with the service s...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care BoardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that expert commissioning knowledge is maintained within the Offices for Pan-ICB Commissioning; and what steps he has taken to prevent a loss of specia
Answer: NHS England is responsible for the design and operation of offices for pan-integrated care board commissioning and for managing associated workforce changes. In implementing these arrangements, NHS England has sought to retain experienced commissioning st...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpinal Injuries: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that providers of spinal cord injury services are (a) guided by national care pathways, (b) subject to national care standards and (c) report on national outcome m
Answer: While no formal assessment has been made of the adequacy of the availability of diagnostic and treatment pathways for spinal cord injury across integrated care boards (ICBs), NHS England Specialised Commissioning has a Clinical Reference Group (CRG) for r...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpinal Injuries: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of diagnostic and treatment pathways for Spinal Cord Injury across Integrated Care Boards.
Answer: While no formal assessment has been made of the adequacy of the availability of diagnostic and treatment pathways for spinal cord injury across integrated care boards (ICBs), NHS England Specialised Commissioning has a Clinical Reference Group (CRG) for r...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpinal Injuries: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of commissioning specialist local spinal cord injury services.
Answer: While no formal assessment has been made of the potential merits of commissioning local spinal cord injury services, specialist services for spinal cord injury are currently commissioned by NHS England Specialised Commissioning, in line with the service s...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordParents: Advisory ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of whether the approval process for parenting interventions outside the Best Start Family Hubs approved menu enables local authorities to commission programmes delivered
Answer: The department is clear that local authorities should commission parenting programmes with a strong and credible evidence base, ensuring families receive support that improves outcomes and increases the proportion of children achieving a good level of dev...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordParents: Advisory ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of whether evidentiary requirements attached to parenting interventions in the Best Start Family Hubs programme affect the ability of local authorities to commission pare
Answer: The department is clear that local authorities should commission parenting programmes with a strong and credible evidence base, ensuring families receive support that improves outcomes and increases the proportion of children achieving a good level of dev...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBangladesh: Minority GroupsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 October 2025 to Question 75586, whether safeguards, oversight mechanisms and conditions apply to UK assistance to Bangladesh to help ensure that s
Answer: All UK official development assistance (ODA) funded programmes operate under the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office's Programme Operating Framework, which requires robust controls, mandatory oversight, and compliance with cross‑government proje...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Ministers in the devolved nations regarding establishing a UK wide sodium valproate redress scheme.
Answer: Though the Patient Safety Commissioner’s report covered England-only, we recognise that any response by the Government to the recommendations of the Hughes Report in England will likely have implications for the devolved administrations and their constitu...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSodium ValproateDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve coordination between health, education, and social care services for families affected by sodium valproate.
Answer: Everyone who has been harmed from sodium valproate has our deepest sympathies.The Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, First Do No Harm, identified significant shortcomings in National Health Service care pathways for people harmed by ...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSaeid Mansour AbdulraziqForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Egyptian counterpart on the detention of Saeid Mansour Abdulraziq.
Answer: The UK champions freedom of religion or belief for all and, where appropriate, will raise these issues with the Egyptian authorities.
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordVenezuela: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her counterpart in Venezuela on the (a) vandalism of the Cuasia Church and (b) death threats issued towards Fr. Juan Manuel León.
Answer: Protecting the Freedom of Religion or Belief is an important objective for the UK all over the world. As part of our efforts to press for a peaceful, democratic transition in Venezuela, we will reinforce the importance of ensuring that the rights of all V...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordOffice for Budget Responsibility: ForecastsTreasuryTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103237More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Chancellor's written statement of 5 January 2026, UIN HCWS1219, whether the government's response to the Office for Budget Responsibility's Spring forecast will be an oral or written statement
Answer: As set out in a written statement to Parliament last week, the Chancellor has asked the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast for publication on 3 March 2026. The Chancellor will deliver an oral statement to the...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNicaragua: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps she has taken with the Government of Nicaragua on restrictions on the importation and distribution of religious materials; and what assessment sh
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 3 November in response to Question 85308.
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBrazil: Freedom of ReligionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent attacks on Afro-Brazilian religious temples in Brazil; and what discussions she has had with her B
Answer: The UK is committed to protecting freedom of religion or belief, as guaranteed under international human rights law. During the G20 Energy and Environment Working Group in October, the Minister for Equalities met Brazilian Minister for Women Marcia Lopes ...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIndia: ChristianityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Indian counterpart on reports of recent forced burning of Bibles in the Rohtak State of Haryana.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer provided on 27 October in response to Question 83419.
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMexico: CatholicismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Mexican Government concerning the proposed restrictions on the online expression of Catholic clergy; and what assessment she has made of
Answer: The UK is committed to promoting freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression globally. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office officials discussed these issues with the Mexican Government during the Mexico-UK Human Rights Dialogues in J...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAlpacas: Bluetongue DiseaseDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answers of 4 and 12 November 2025 to questions 84180 and 87719 on Alpacas: Bluetongue Disease, if her Department will consider reassessing restrictions for animals in w
Answer: As Great Britain is currently not recognised by the EU as bluetongue disease-free, the export of all susceptible live animals from the whole of GB territory, including alpacas, to EU and EFTA countries, is suspended. The same restrictions also apply for i...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAida NajaflouForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Iranian counterpart on the imprisonment of Aida Najaflou; and what diplomatic steps she is taking to help ensure her release.
Answer: Further to the answer I gave on 29 October to Question 83265, we are concerned by Aida Najaflou's case and we continue to monitor the situation for Christians in Iran.
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood InquiryCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88229More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85743 on Infected Blood Inquiry, how much remuneration the Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry receives for his work on that inquiry each year.
Answer: The Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry has been paid at the level of a High Court judge, except that he has declined any pension as a result of his work for the Inquiry. The Ministry of Justice publishes the judicial salaries each year. The Chair of the ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood InquiryCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88228More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85742 on Infected Blood Inquiry, when he expects the report for the Infected Blood Inquiry for the financial year 2024-2025 to be published.
Answer: The Infected Blood Inquiry 2024-25 financial report was published on 6 November, the same day that the audited figures were approved for publication. The report can be found here: https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/about/financial-reports
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAlpacas: Bluetongue DiseaseDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 4th November 2025 to question 84180 on Alpacas: Bluetongue Disease, what restrictions there are on the export of alpacas to (a) Ireland and (b) mainland Europ
Answer: As Great Britain is currently not recognised as bluetongue disease-free, the export of all susceptible live animals, including alpacas, to EU and EFTA countries is suspended.
Answered 12 Nov 2025
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