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1794147

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2025
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timetable is for releasing funds to support the UK National Screening Committee’s review of newborn screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	45626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2025 answer text <p>Following the 2023 UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) recommendation for an in-service evaluation (ISE) of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), partnership planning between the Department, NHS England, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and other stakeholders has been in progress to implement an ISE in the National Health Service.</p><p>An ISE is a programme of work to develop high quality evidence in live NHS services. Successfully implementing the ISE will require funding, however, departmental budgets, including for the NHS beyond 2025/26, will be set through Phase 2 of the Spending Review, which will conclude and be published in June 2025.</p><p>The findings of the ISE, which will run over a few years, will provide the UK NSC with real-world evidence on feasibility, acceptability, and clinical and cost-effectiveness, as well as longer term health outcomes. Along with an SMA screening modelling study, these will inform a UK NSC recommendation on whether SMA should be added to the newborn blood spot screening programme.</p> answering member constituency West Lancashire answering member printed Ashley Dalton grouped question UIN 45627 question first answered 23/04/2025 13:24:52 answering member 4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1794148

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2025
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timetable is for the UK National Screening Committee's review of its advice on screening for spinal muscular atrophy.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	45627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2025 answer text <p>Following the 2023 UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) recommendation for an in-service evaluation (ISE) of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), partnership planning between the Department, NHS England, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and other stakeholders has been in progress to implement an ISE in the National Health Service.</p><p>An ISE is a programme of work to develop high quality evidence in live NHS services. Successfully implementing the ISE will require funding, however, departmental budgets, including for the NHS beyond 2025/26, will be set through Phase 2 of the Spending Review, which will conclude and be published in June 2025.</p><p>The findings of the ISE, which will run over a few years, will provide the UK NSC with real-world evidence on feasibility, acceptability, and clinical and cost-effectiveness, as well as longer term health outcomes. Along with an SMA screening modelling study, these will inform a UK NSC recommendation on whether SMA should be added to the newborn blood spot screening programme.</p> answering member constituency West Lancashire answering member printed Ashley Dalton grouped question UIN 45626 question first answered 23/04/2025 13:24:52 answering member 4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1794441

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2025
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Candidates: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2025, to Question 22035, on Candidates: Expenditure, if he will publish a copy of the spending return for the hon. Member for Hamilton and Clyde Valley at the 2024 General Election.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	45675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2025 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission does not have the legal power to publish full candidate spending returns.</p><p>Returning Officers must make the full returns available for public scrutiny on request for a period of two years beginning with the date when the return is received.</p><p>Headline figures from candidate spending returns, including the constituency of Hamilton and Clyde Valley, were published on the <a href="https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/political-registration-and-regulation/financial-reporting/campaign-spending-candidates/2024-uk-parliamentary-general-election-candidate-spending" target="_blank">Commission’s website</a> on 18 March. The Commission publishes these so that voters and candidates can see how much was spent and ensure spending limits have been observed.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Sir Jeremy Wright question first answered 23/04/2025 08:44:16 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1794547

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2025
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the (a) recruitment of nurses and (b) availability of jobs for newly qualified nurses.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	45936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2025 answer text <p>Decisions about the employment of newly qualified nurses are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective care.</p><p>We will publish a refreshed Long Term Workforce Plan to ensure the NHS has the right people, in the right places, with the right skills to deliver the care patients need.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 24/04/2025 08:20:26 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1794588

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2025
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Givinostat: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase availability of Givinostat for children.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin
	tabling member printed	Alistair Strathern
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	45958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2025 answer text <p>The Department understands the impact that Duchenne muscular dystrophy has on those living with it and their families, and the urgent need for new treatment options. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the NHS independently based on an assessment of their costs and benefits. The NHS in England is legally required to fund medicines recommended by the NICE, normally within three months of the publication of final guidance. The NICE is currently evaluating givinostat for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and its independent Appraisal Committee will meet to consider the evidence in July 2025.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 24/04/2025 08:21:32 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	5000 label Biography information for Alistair Strathern

1794803

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2025
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in which order of priority will the hospitals in the New Hospital Programme be started.
	tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
	tabling member printed	Ben Obese-Jecty
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	46100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2025 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care set out a credible and deliverable plan and sequencing for the hospital schemes in the New Hospital Programme (NHP) on 20 January 2025, following the conclusion of the review of the NHP. The NHP Plan for Implementation was deposited into the House Library and published on GOV.UK website, and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-hospital-programme-review-outcome" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-hospital-programme-review-outcome</a></p><p>The NHP will be delivered through waves of investment, each approximately over five years, with waves comprising of a group of hospital schemes that will commence main construction within that period, but which may be completed after the period. Due to the substantive safety risks of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), the seven schemes to replace hospitals built primarily from RAAC will continue to be prioritised and will proceed at pace. The waves will be delivered in the following order, and the schemes for each wave are listed in the NHP Plan for Implementation:</p><ul><li>Wave 0, comprising of seven schemes that are already in the advanced stages of development and will be completed within the next three years;</li><li>Wave 1, comprising of 16 schemes which will begin construction between 2025 and 2030;</li><li>Wave 2, comprising of nine schemes which will begin construction between 2030 and 2035; and,</li><li>Wave 3, comprising of nine schemes which will begin construction after 2035.</li></ul> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 24/04/2025 08:18:19 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	5089

1794958

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2025
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in levels of improvements to diagnostic services for pancreatic cancer since July 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Nesil Caliskan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	46340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2025 answer text <p>We will support the National Health Service to transform diagnostic services by spending £1.65 billion on additional capacity, including new surgical hubs and diagnostic scanners, to support the delivery of over 30,000 more procedures and 1.25 million diagnostic tests as they come online.</p><p>Performance against the Faster Diagnosis Standard for upper gastrointestinal cancer for the period July 2024 to February 2025 was 76.2%. This is a 3.1% increase over the same period in the previous year, from July 2023 to February 2024.</p> answering member constituency West Lancashire answering member printed Ashley Dalton question first answered 24/04/2025 08:10:49 answering member 4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton
	tabling member	5180

1794999

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2025
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Individual Savings Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has considered exempting Lifetime ISAs from Universal Credit capital rules.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
	tabling member printed	Dr Scott Arthur
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	46426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2025 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the way savings held in a Lifetime ISA are treated in the assessment of Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>It is appropriate that means tested benefits, including Universal Credit, take all forms of savings into account. This includes investments where the Government provides a contribution to encourage saving such as the Lifetime ISA. People will not be required to cash in these ISAs in order to claim Universal Credit, but they will be taken into account as part of their capital. If a person has capital over £16,000, they will be expected to rely on their savings until their capital reduces to £16,000 before they can claim Universal Credit.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 23/04/2025 17:00:58 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	tabling member	5212

1795016

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2025
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Fuel Oil: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help people in rural communities who use oil to heat their homes to transition to low carbon heating systems.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	46332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2025 answer text <p>The Warm Homes Plan will support investment in households, including oil-heated homes, to install energy efficiency measures and low carbon heating to save families money on their bills.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed £3.4 billion over the next 3 years towards heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency. This includes the new Warm Homes: Local Grant, which will provide support for low-income households living in privately owned EPC band D-G homes, including in rural communities, in England.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking steps to make heat pumps more efficient and easier to install which includes increasing funding for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to £295 million for the 2025-26 financial year, removing outdated planning rules and consulting on product efficiency standards.</p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 24/04/2025 10:35:10 answering member 5099
	tabling member	5160

1795202

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2025
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	BBC
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of moving the BBC to a commercial subscription-based model on costs to the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bedford
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	46600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2025 answer text <p>The BBC is a vital British asset and makes a huge contribution to lives up and down the country. This government firmly believes that the unique obligations placed on the BBC demand continued, sustainable public funding to support its vital work.</p><p>The Government is keeping an open mind about the future of the licence fee, and the forthcoming Charter Review will provide an essential opportunity to consider the best possible funding model to set the BBC up for success long into the future. We will provide more details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Barnsley South answering member printed Stephanie Peacock question first answered 24/04/2025 10:19:57 answering member 4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
	tabling member	5330