Mark Hendrick MP: written questions
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Written questions
Dental Services: LancashireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dental appointments have been a) delivered and b) cancelled in i) Preston and ii) Lancashire in the last 3 years.
Answer: The following table shows the number of National Health Service dental treatments delivered in the first seven months of the 2025/26 financial year, in the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, which includes Preston and Lancashire: Financia...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGenomics: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to genomic testing in Lancashire for the (a) 2026-27 (b) 2027-28 and (c) 2028-29 financial years.
Answer: NHS England is responsible for commissioning the NHS Genomic Medicine Service (GMS) for patients in the National Health Service in England. Genomic testing is currently delivered by a national genomic testing network of seven NHS Genomic Laboratory Hubs (...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCycling: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) encourage cyclists to comply with the legal requirement to use appropriate lights and (b) promote the use of (i) reflective and (ii) high-visibility clothing.
Answer: On 7 January 2026 we published our new Road Safety Strategy, setting out our vision for a safer future on our roads for all. Rule 60 of The Highway Code states that cycles must be fitted with a rear reflector and must have front and rear lights lit at nig...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCar SharingDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of car sharing clubs on her (a) decongestion and (b) decarbonisation targets.
Answer: Government understands the value of car sharing as a sustainable travel option that can offer a flexible, cost effective alternative to private car ownership for drivers. Alongside our actions to deliver excellent public transport, promote active travel a...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGermany: TreatiesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department plans to lay the Kensington Treaty before Parliament for ratification.
Answer: The Treaty between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Federal Republic of Germany on Friendship and Bilateral Cooperation will be laid before Parliament for scrutiny shortly after the Christmas recess.
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Sexual OffencesHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that people with convictions for any sexual offences should be prevented from serving in the police forces.
Answer: One of the Government’s key priorities is to restore public confidence in policing. To achieve this, we must ensure that those who enter policing are vetted in line with standards the public would expect.That is why, in alignment with our manifesto commit...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Self-harmDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with AI companies on ensuring that AI chatbots do not promote or encourage self-harming behaviour.
Answer: I meet regularly with civil society, industry and Ofcom to discuss online safety, including the risks of AI chatbots.AI services allowing users to share content with one another or that search the live web are covered under the Online Safety Act and have ...
Answered 24 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth West Ambulance Service: Abuse and Crimes of ViolenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the safety of North West Ambulance Service personnel in the context of a trends in the number of violent and abusive incidents directed at frontline NHS staff.
Answer: Everyone working in the National Health Service has a fundamental right to be safe at work, including those in the ambulance setting. Trends in violence towards NHS staff have generally stayed at the same levels in recent years and there is in place a zer...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: GenderDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what data her Department holds on gender disparities in access to youth sports training facilities; and what steps she is taking to decrease those disparities.
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. The Government has invested £98 million through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme across the UK in 2025/26, funding project...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that access to information about the contribution of good eye care is readily available.
Answer: The NHS.UK website sets out the importance of regular sight tests whilst also providing information about entitlement to free National Health Service sight tests. The Department also looks for opportunities to promote the importance of NHS sight tests, su...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provisions he is making in the National Health Service to ensure that patients with long term eye conditions receive adequate practical and emotional support.
Answer: We recognise the importance of practical and emotional support for people living with long term eye conditions. Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are responsible for assessing individuals’ care and support needs and, where eligible, for meeting t...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: Visual ImpairmentDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her department is taking to make transports systems more easily accessible for people with sight loss, to allow them to travel independently and spontaneously.
Answer: The government is committed to improving transport services so they are more inclusive and enable people with sight loss to travel safely, confidently and with dignity. As part of our broader mission to break down barriers to opportunity, we recognise tha...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments: Hearing ImpairmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many BSL-interpreters were provided at the outset for patients seeking healthcare treatment in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) England over the last 12 months.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally. Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services to meet the needs of their local population, which includes responsibility for ensuring that there is adequate provision of British S...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Hearing ImpairmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the RNID report entitled Still Ignored: the fight for accessible healthcare; what steps his Department plans to take to ensure
Answer: Under the 2010 Equality Act, health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged. This includes responsibility for ensuring that there is adequate provision of British Sign Language in...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Hearing ImpairmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans are in place to ensure that the medical records of deaf and hearing-impaired patients are appropriately marked prior to the introduction of the Single Patient Record in 2028.
Answer: The Reasonable Adjustment flag is part of the NHS Spine, and professionals and their administrative staff can work with an individual to create the flag using the National Care Records Service, to ensure that an individual’s needs for reasonable adjustmen...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Hearing ImpairmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce mandatory visual display screens in (a) GP practices and (b) medical waiting rooms to ensure (i) deaf and (ii) hearing impaired patients are made aware of
Answer: The Department has no plans to mandate screens in general practices. However, a revised Accessible Information Standard (AIS) was published on 30 June 2025, to ensure that people who have a disability, impairment, or sensory loss can access and understand...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Hearing ImpairmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical appointments were missed by (a) deaf and (b) hearing impaired people due to a lack of information support (i) at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, (ii) in the North West and (c) in En
Answer: The Department does not hold data on medical appointments missed in the format requested. Our Elective Reform Plan sets out the focussed action we are taking to reduce missed appointments, as part of delivering the Government’s commitment to return to the...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: SoftwareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a timeline for when the NHS app will be made British Sign Language accessible.
Answer: The Government has set out a commitment to make the NHS App British Sign Language (BSL) accessible in the 10-Year Health Plan, which covers the period to 2035. Currently, there is no timeline for when the NHS App will be made BSL accessible. The NHS App r...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMiscarriageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to routinely monitor and report miscarriage rate trends; and what steps he has taken to reduce the rate of miscarriages.
Answer: The risk of miscarriage is estimated at 15%, or approximately 100,000-150,000 miscarriages per year in the United Kingdom. However, due to lack of data on the earliest losses, the true figure could be higher at approximately 250,000 a year. An update to d...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: InterpretersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to improve access to interpreters for pregnant women and their families who are receiving maternity and neonatal care; and whether he plans to introduce national guid
Answer: Community language translation and interpretation services are crucial for patient safety. The responsibility to commission these services sits with integrated care boards and National Health Service providers as they are better placed to make decisions a...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of average (a) stillbirth and (b) neonatal mortality rates among (i) Black and Asian babies and (ii) babies born to mother
Answer: The Department recognises that there are stark inequalities for women and babies, and that they should receive the high-quality care they deserve, regardless of their background, location or ethnicity.A number of interventions specifically aimed at addres...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: Proof of IdentityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to introduce a mandatory ID submission for people creating online accounts on anonymous websites.
Answer: The Government has no plans to mandate the new digital ID for creating online accounts on anonymous websites. We will be consulting on other ways people might want to use this ID by the end of the year, such as when verifying their age for accessing certa...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all police forces have mandatory training to support victims of online harassment and stalking.
Answer: It is vital that the police and other frontline professionals have the right framework to follow when supporting victims of stalking, both online and offline. That is why the Government is legislating in the Crime and Policing Bill to introduce multi-agen...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the number of patients who have been referred by their GP for a possible Parkinson's diagnosis and are not se
Answer: We recognise the importance of a timely diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease and remain committed to delivering the National Health Service constitutional standard for 92% of patients to wait no longer than 18 weeks from Referral to Treatment by March 2029, a...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Parkinson's DiseaseDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that there are Parkinson's trained assessors for benefit assessments involving applicants with a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is committed to ensuring that individuals with Parkinson’s disease and other health conditions receive high-quality, objective, and accurate assessments. To uphold this commitment, DWP has established clear compe...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
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