Sarah Hall MP: written questions
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Heart Diseases: North WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of waiting times for cardiac care in the North West.
Answer: Tackling the waiting list is a top priority for the Government. This includes decreasing wait times for those accessing cardiac care. We have exceeded our pledge to deliver over two million more elective care appointments. More than double that number, or...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the new NHS workforce plan.
Answer: We will publish our 10 Year Workforce Plan by the end of 2025.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to ensure that NHS pay awards are implemented on 1 April each year.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the timing of the pay round as set out in the Chancellor’s speech on 29 July 2024. We recognise the importance of giving certainty on pay settlements as early as possible and are working to be able to announce pay ...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordObesity: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to expand prescribing of GLP-1 medications beyond specialist weight-management services.
Answer: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on the first two GLP-1 medicines licensed for the treatment of obesity, namely liraglutide under various brand names and semaglutide with brand name Wegovy, restricted their use to speciali...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTirzepatide: PricesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Eli Lilly on the cost of Mounjaro.
Answer: The Department has held various discussions with Eli Lilly regarding the recent list price increase of Mounjaro. NHS England has worked with Eli Lilly to ensure the list price increase will not affect National Health Service commissioning of tirzepatide i...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: CryptographyHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that end-to-end encryption continues to protect personal privacy while enabling law enforcement to detect serious criminal activity.
Answer: This Government supports strong encryption, which protects our citizens online. However, this must not and need not be at the expense of public safety, which is this Government’s first priority.Targeted investigatory powers allow the authorities to invest...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Products: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to include primates in the scope of the proposed ban on the import of hunting trophies.
Answer: Defra is continuing to engage with relevant stakeholders to help determine the most appropriate scope for the ban on the import of hunting trophies from species of conservation concern. Species of conservation concern are listed primarily on Appendices I ...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Autism and Learning DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on the implementation of the Oliver McGowan mandatory training on learning disability and autism across the NHS and social care workforce.
Answer: On 19 June 2025, the Department laid a Code of Practice in Parliament which sets out how providers can meet the statutory requirement for learning disability and autism training.Over three million people have completed the e-learning package, the first pa...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming National Cancer Plan for England will include targets to improve the timeliness of diagnosis of blood cancers.
Answer: Early diagnosis is a key focus of the National Cancer Plan. It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood, as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, to improve outcomes.To ta...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with farmers to help improve the resilience of domestic food supply chains.
Answer: Food security is national security. We need a resilient and healthy food system, that works with nature and supports British farmers, fishers and food producers. As part of the Government’s Plan for Change we are delivering on the Government’s New Deal fo...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMenopause: Health ServicesWomen and EqualitiesTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73887More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of menopause support services.
Answer: We are committed to prioritising women’s health as we reform the National Health Service. NHS England is working on menopause workforce support packages for employees and developing a range of tools and interventions that will help to upskill more GPs in ...
Answered 24 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the killing of civilians seeking aid in Gaza.
Answer: Reports and footage of the chaos at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) sites are horrifying. It is appalling that at least 2,294 people have been killed and over 16,839 injured at or near the distribution sites. This further illustrates why humanitarian p...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLighting: BiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of light pollution on biodiversity.
Answer: Defra has supported international assessments of drivers of change on insects and wider biodiversity such as the global IPBES Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production (2016), which notes that the effect of light on nocturnal insec...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPostural Tachycardia SyndromeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve (a) awareness and (b) recognition of postural tachycardia syndrome among NHS clinicians.
Answer: To improve awareness of postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) among healthcare professionals, and specifically general practitioners, the Royal College of General Practitioners provides training on PoTS as part of its Syncope toolkit, which is available at...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIVF: ClinicsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of advertising standards for fertility clinics recruiting egg donors.
Answer: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the United Kingdom’s fertility sector regulator, sets out strict requirements in its Licence Conditions and Code of Practice in relation to the recruitment of donors and the information that must be...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRolling Stock: ProcurementDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is considering measures to bring rolling stock (a) procurement and (b) ownership into public ownership as contracts with leasing companies expire.
Answer: Rolling stock companies own and lease trains and carriages worth billions of pounds. It would not be responsible for the Government to take on the cost of renationalising all the rolling stock at the present time, as there are other urgent pressures on th...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCats and Dogs: SmugglingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of levels of (a) puppy and (b) kitten smuggling into the UK under existing pet travel rules.
Answer: Due to the illegal nature of this activity, we cannot know the true extent of puppy and kitten smuggling operations. The Animal and Plant Health Agency plays a critical role in monitoring and intercepting animals that do not meet legal importation stand...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Housing: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to set a timetable for the phasing out of farrowing crates.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 2 April 2025 to the hon. Member for Birmingham Northfield, PQ UIN 41698.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to roll out mandatory suicide prevention training across emergency response services.
Answer: The College of Policing set the professional standards for police in England and Wales. The College’s core guidance includes the initial training for officers under the Policing Education Qualifications Framework which incorporates autism, learning disabi...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: SuicideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce mandatory suicide prevention training for all frontline NHS staff.
Answer: There are no current plans to introduce mandatory training for NHS frontline staff on suicide prevention.On 4 April 2025, NHS England published Staying Safe from Suicide: Best Practice Guidance for Safety Assessment, Formulation and Management. This requi...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of funding for local authorities to deliver timely and effective SEND provision.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.The department is providing total high needs f...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to consult (a) disabled children, (b) young people and (c) families on SEND reforms under development.
Answer: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education is engaging with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) charities, stakeholders, young people and parents and carers on a wide variety of issues, including through weekly engagement sess...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all new Education, Health and Care Plans are issued within the statutory 20-week timeframe.
Answer: The department wants to ensure that education, health and care (EHC) assessments are progressed promptly and, if needed, high-quality plans are issued as quickly as possible so that children and young people can access the support they need.The department...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSmuggling: FreightDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of freight crime on the economy since 2020.
Answer: The Government is aware of the rising frequency of freight crime and the damaging impact it can have on businesses and the economy. The Government is working closely with the police, wider automative industry, and the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence S...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Basic SkillsMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to expand (a) literacy and (b) numeracy support for prisoners who enter custody with low basic skills.
Answer: Too many prisoners enter into custody with significant gaps in their education and low levels of literacy and numeracy. Improving prisoners' functional skills is a key priority for both HMPPS and the Ministry of Justice as strong foundational skills are v...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
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