Kevin McKenna MP: written questions
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Written questions
Obesity: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS weight management services support long-term weight maintenance.
Answer: Supporting people to achieve and maintain weight loss over the long term is a core principle of National Health Service weight management services. National, integrated care board, and local authority commissioned services combine behavioural support, hea...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordObesity: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish data on the performance of local obesity services, including service coverage, waiting times, and patient outcomes split by age, gender, ethnicity and socio-
Answer: NHS England has established the National Obesity Audit (NOA) to improve understanding of weight management services across England. The audit analyses data collected from hospitals, community settings, and general practices on weight management services a...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to establish a national deployment pathway for ambient voice technology, to move beyond repeated local pilots towards system-wide adoption across the NHS.
Answer: The Department, working with NHS England, is putting in place national support to help National Health Service organisations adopt and scale ambient voice technology (AVT) as appropriate for their respective areas, to help adopt AVT safely and consistentl...
Answered 25 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that ambient voice technology used in the NHS captures structured, coded clinical data at the point of care rather than unstructured free-text notes; w
Answer: The Department, working with NHS England, is putting in place national support to help National Health Service organisations adopt and scale ambient voice technology (AVT) as appropriate for their respective areas, to help adopt AVT safely and consistentl...
Answered 25 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordNewspaper Press: StandardsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the current regulatory framework for news publishers in (a) raising press standards and (b) addressing (i) discrimination and (ii) other abuse
Answer: As a government we are closely following trends in media consumption and are carefully considering the best route forward to safeguard public trust in our news media. In the UK, there is a self-regulatory system for the press, which is independent from go...
Answered 7 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordParking OffencesDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of (a) reduce the vehicles that are blocking pavements and (b) unroadworthy vehicles parked for long periods of time in public areas.
Answer: Through measures in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill we will implement the necessary primary legislation to allow local transport authorities to prohibit pavement parking across their areas, putting power in the hands of local leaders...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPolio: Disease ControlForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with (a) the World Health Organization, (b) Gavi and (c) the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to help eradicate polio.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided to question 76022 on 17 September 2025.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPassports: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including the names of a child's parents or legal guardians within the body of their passport.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration and asylum system under regular review.
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces CovenantMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to introduce a (a) formal and (b) accessible complaints system for veterans when public bodies fail to meet their obligations under the Armed Forces Covenant.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) remains committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community under the Armed Forces Covenant. Work is currently underway to put the Covenant fully into law, meaning that the Legal Duty will apply across a broad range of policy ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken to reach a decision on the immigration status application of children born in the UK whose biometric enrolment has been completed; and what measures a
Answer: There are a range of immigration routes through which children who are born in the UK may apply for and obtain Leave to Remain. Information about our service standards for specific immigration routes can be found at:Customer service standards - GOV.UK.An ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPatients: TravelDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards his Department has put in place to protect patients being transported to hospital by private patient transport companies on behalf of local NHS integrated care boards.
Answer: Health and social care service providers that carry out a regulated activity in England must be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Providers of ambulance and other transport services usually need to register for the regulated activity ‘Tra...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the the approval process of (a) high tariff drugs (b) the use of Obinutuzumab in patients with lupus who have experienced severe infusion reactions with rituximab.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that makes recommendations on whether new licensed medicines, including high cost medicines, should be routinely funded by the National Health Service in England, based o...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the timely approval of high-tariff drugs for use in (a) specialised commissioning and (b) repurposed treatments.
Answer: To market a medicine in the United Kingdom, a company must secure a marketing authorisation or ‘licence’ from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. Newly-licensed medicines, including licence extensions for existing medicines, are appra...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: TransportDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the Integrated National Transport Strategy.
Answer: Ministers and senior officials from the Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Transport have a range of discussions about policy issues of interest to both Departments. We expect to work closely together to ensure that health can be appr...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: HealthDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including improving health as a key theme in the Integrated National Transport Strategy.
Answer: The Integrated National Transport Strategy will set the long-term vision for transport in England, focusing on how transport should be designed, built and operated to better serve the people who use it. The strategy’s scope is still being determined, but ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisonsMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help improve transitions between closed and open prisons; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) resources allocated to the open estate, (b) the (
Answer: There are 13 Category D (or “open”) prisons in the adult male prison estate, as well as two open units linked to closed establishments. There are two open prisons in the women’s estate. HM Prison & Probation Service has developed and implemented a ‘Na...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFractures: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of delivering universal fracture liaison services by 2030 on (a) patients and (b) the NHS; and what the annual cost to the public purse wil
Answer: The Government and NHS England support the clinical case for services which help to prevent fragility fractures and support the patients who sustain them. According to the Fracture Liaison Service Database 2022, at least 60 Trusts in England had access to...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 902077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to shift care from hospitals into the community.
Answer: It is vital to move services from hospital to community. The Chancellor made funding available for 380,000 more talking therapies for patients and put in place a £26 million capital investment scheme for mental health crisis centres. A lot of work has bee...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce violence against women and girls; what funding is available to (a) local authorities and (b) policing agencies to reduce that violence; and what steps she is ta
Answer: This Government has set out the unprecedented ambition to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) within a decade and will treat it as the national emergency that it is. Achieving this requires a transformative approach to the way we work together a...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to improve fire safety in residential buildings; and what support she has made available for (a) leaseholders and (b) building owners that do
Answer: The new building safety regime puts in place more stringent oversight for the safety of high-rise residential buildings, with clearer accountability backed by stronger enforcement and sanctions to deter and rectify non-compliance.The new regulatory requir...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment: InnovationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the £10 million allocated to the MHRA in March 2023, what progress has been made on accelerating routes for bringing innovative medical products developed onto the market.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) greatly welcomed the £10 million of funding announced by HM Treasury in March 2023, which has enabled the MHRA to make progress on the Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP).The ILAP h...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
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