Sharon Hodgson MP: written questions
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Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: Religious FreedomDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has plans to meet with representatives of faith communities to discuss the potential impact of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme on freedom of religious practice in England an
Answer: On the 22nd of January, I was pleased to announce that the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme would continue from March 2025 to March 2026 with a budget of £23m. Further details can be found in this Written Statement.Both myself and my officials have m...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce mandatory food waste reporting urgently.
Answer: In our manifesto, the Government committed to reducing waste by moving to a circular economy. The Secretary of State has convened a Small Ministerial Group on Circular Economy and a Circular Economy Taskforce of experts across government, industry, academ...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSunburn: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23724More
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 the frequency of sunburn in children and young people under 18.
Answer: The Department continues to advise patients to follow National Health Service guidance on sun protection. This advice is available publicly on the NHS.UK website, which is available at the following link:https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/seasonal-health/sunscr...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-ionizing RadiationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS 10-year-plan will include measures to address excessive exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
Answer: We have committed to develop a 10-year plan to deliver a National Health Service fit for the future. The engagement process has been launched, and as we work to develop and finalise the plan, I would encourage those concerned about excessive exposure to u...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSkin Cancer: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on skin cancer awareness campaigns in each of the last three financial years .
Answer: The Department continues to advise patients to follow National Health Service guidance on reducing the risk of skin cancer. This advice is available publicly on the National Health Service website, at the following link:https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/melan...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Hormone TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on whether there are ongoing trials to assess whether continuing hormone therapy indefinitely after a primary breast cancer diagnosis would prevent this cohort
Answer: Research is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department invests over £1.5 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR research expenditure for all cancers was £133 million in 202...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Hormone TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who developed secondary breast cancer after completing the 10-year recommended hormone therapy in the latest period for which data is a
Answer: The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) in NHS England, as the national cancer registry, collects diagnosis and treatment data on cancer patients in England. The NDRS does not hold data on the number of people who developed secondary breast cance...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgical Mesh ImplantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to resolve the data challenges encountered in the NHS audit from 2006-2011 of the retrospective audit of pelvic mesh.
Answer: The Department accepted the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review’s recommendation to undertake a selective retrospective audit of a defined cohort of women who have undergone mesh procedures. NHS Digital, now NHS England, has audited al...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgical Mesh ImplantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the retrospective audit of all pelvic floor surgery completed between 2006 and 2011 to be published by NHS England.
Answer: The Department accepted the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review’s recommendation to undertake a selective retrospective audit of a defined cohort of women who have undergone mesh procedures. NHS Digital, now NHS England, has audited al...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of cases of late diagnoses of bowel cancer in emergency NHS settings; and what steps he is taking to reduce this number.
Answer: No recent estimate has been made. Data is only available up to 2020 from the National Disease Registration Service. The data for the year 2020 highlights that 24.4% of bowel cancer patients were diagnosed through emergency presentation.It is a priority fo...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCoeliac Disease: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of the average waiting time of 13 years for a diagnosis of coeliac disease.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has guidance on the recognition, assessment, and management of coeliac disease, which is available at the following link:https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng20The guidance outlines a number of symptoms ...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCoeliac Disease: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of diagnostic delays on the long-term health of patients with undiagnosed coeliac disease; and what steps he is taking to reduce those delays.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has guidance on the recognition, assessment, and management of coeliac disease, which is available at the following link:https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng20The guidance outlines a number of symptoms ...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCoeliac Disease: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to initial diagnostic blood tests for coeliac disease in primary care settings.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has guidance on the recognition, assessment, and management of coeliac disease, which is available at the following link:https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng20The guidance outlines a number of symptoms ...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildbirthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 69 of the House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee report entitled Preterm Birth: reducing risks and improving lives, HL 30, published on 14 November 2024, if his Departme
Answer: We welcome the House of Lords’ Preterm Birth Committee’s report focused on reducing risks and improving lives. We thank all the individuals and organisations that gave evidence to the Inquiry, and the committee members for their detailed examination of th...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWholesale Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18903More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had recent discussions with the food and drink wholesale sector on the classification of wholesale premises as online retail warehouses in the Transforming Business Rates Policy Paper; and what asses
Answer: HM Treasury releases a quarterly record of Ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations. This can be found online: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel. The Transforming ...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWholesale Trade: Crimes of ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to include provisions on the protection of wholesale workers in the Crime and Policing Bill.
Answer: Shop theft continues to increase at an unacceptable level, up 29% on year up to June 2024, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers to do this. We won’t stand for this.Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job and this...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFamily Hubs: SunderlandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that Start for Life services in Sunderland are funded beyond 1 April 2025.
Answer: The Family Hubs and Start for Life programme is central to the Government’s commitments to give every baby the best start in life, and to deliver the healthiest generation ever.The Prime Minister’s Plan for Change outlined that we will give children the b...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPost-mortemsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that parents do not have to wait six months or more for post-mortem results following the death of a baby.
Answer: The Government recognises the significant impact of delays in post-mortems on bereaved families. Specialised perinatal pathology services provide medical investigations, including post-mortem examinations following the death of a foetus or baby. These ser...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people with cancer have equity of access to (a) age-appropriate and (b) specialist psychological support.
Answer: We are committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster so that more patients survive. This includes children, teenagers and young adults (CTYA).NHS England has published service specifications that set out...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of cancer in teenagers and young adults.
Answer: We are committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster so that more patients survive. This includes children, teenagers and young adults (CTYA).NHS England has published service specifications that set out...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIsrael: HamasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of British citizens killed during the terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas on 7 October 2023.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is aware of 15 British nationals who were killed on 7 October, during Hamas' attack on Israel. This is based on information provided to us by the Israeli authorities and affected bereaved families.
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWell-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015Cabinet OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12703More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and (b) potential merits of adopting that legislation nationwide.
Answer: The UK Government works closely and discusses a range of matters with colleagues in the Welsh Government. Consideration of the effectiveness of devolved legislation is a matter for the relevant devolved legislature and government. The Cabinet Office there...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIslamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organisation.
Answer: The Government keeps the list of proscribed organisations under close review, as we seek to protect the UK from the threats that we face. However, we do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not being considered for proscription.Iran’s...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHamas: Hostage TakingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the 101 Israeli hostages being held in Gaza.
Answer: Since day one, we have been working alongside our allies and partners in the region in support of ongoing negotiations. The UK welcomes the tireless efforts of our partners in Qatar, Egypt and the United States. We need the hostages returned immediately a...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLong Covid and ME/CFS: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to leverage international cooperation to accelerate (a) biomedical research and (b) treatments for (i) ME and (ii) long covid.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is exploring opportunities with international research partners to foster research cooperation in areas of unmet need. For example, the Department of Health and Social Care has close links with th...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
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