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1754617

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Squirrels: Conservation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the conservation of red squirrels.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>This Government is committed to taking action to recover our threatened native species and delivering our legally binding biodiversity targets on species abundance, species extinction and habitat creation and restoration, which will benefit many of our priority native species including red squirrels.</p><p> </p><p>The leading causes of red squirrel decline in England include the squirrel pox virus, habitat availability and competition from non-native grey squirrels. We are considering how to go further to reduce the impacts of grey squirrels on our woodlands and red squirrel populations and shall have an update in due course.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 15/01/2025 16:26:01 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1754697

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	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	Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.71 of the Autumn Budget 2024, whether the £70 million for new radiotherapy machines will be made available to upgrade machines.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>The funding for new radiotherapy machines will be used to replace outdated machines, and allocated to trusts using criteria that NHS England has developed. The new machines will support the recovery of cancer waiting times and help ensure that patients have access to the most up-to-date treatments.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 23290 23293 question first answered 15/01/2025 11:22:55 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1754698

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	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	Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.71 of the Autumn Budget 2024, how the £70 million for new radiotherapy machines will increase access to (a) adaptive radiotherapy and (b) other forms of modern radiotherapy.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>The funding for new radiotherapy machines will be used to replace outdated machines, and allocated to trusts using criteria that NHS England has developed. The new machines will support the recovery of cancer waiting times and help ensure that patients have access to the most up-to-date treatments.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 23289 23293 question first answered 15/01/2025 11:22:55 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1754700

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	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	Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.71 of the Autumn Budget 2024, what estimate he has made of the number of radiotherapy machines that will be replaced; and whether his Department plans to fundi a rolling replacement programme.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>NHS England will allocate funding to trusts to purchase new radiotherapy machines, and trusts may purchase different types of machines. Therefore, it is not yet known how many machines will be purchased. There are currently no plans to have a rolling replacement programme.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 15/01/2025 11:32:59 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1754701

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	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	Radiotherapy: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.71 of the Autumn Budget 2024, what criteria he plans to use to prioritise the allocation of the funds for radiotherapy cancer treatments.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>The funding for new radiotherapy machines will be used to replace outdated machines, and allocated to trusts using criteria that NHS England has developed. The new machines will support the recovery of cancer waiting times and help ensure that patients have access to the most up-to-date treatments.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 23289 23290 question first answered 15/01/2025 11:22:55 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1754703

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	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	Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department (a) has consulted and (b) plans consult with (i) clinical experts, (ii) the radiotherapy industry, (iii) patients and (iv) charities on how best to allocate the funds announced in the Budget for new radiotherapy machines.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>The funding for new radiotherapy machines will be used to replace outdated machines, and allocated to trusts using criteria that NHS England has developed, so that the new machines can best meet the needs of patients across the country. The Department has no plans to consult on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 15/01/2025 11:31:29 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1754704

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	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	Radiotherapy: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of radiotherapy infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to make an assessment of radiotherapy infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 15/01/2025 11:29:56 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1754706

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	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	Radiotherapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of cancer patients have access to radiotherapy as their primary treatment; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of barriers to increasing that percentage.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>Radiotherapy is available to all patients. Clinicians will help patients to determine the best treatment option for their cancer. No assessment has been made of the potential implications, as all patients have access to radiotherapy treatment on the National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 15/01/2025 11:27:19 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1754817

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress her Department has made on the preparation of a third cycling and walking investment strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
	tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>The Department’s officials are scoping out options for the third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, and the Department will say more on this in due course. The Department will also consult stakeholders before the publication of the Strategy, as required by the 2015 Infrastructure Act, and will report to Parliament later this year on the delivery of the second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 16/01/2025 09:03:18 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	5234

1754829

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21526 on Methylphenidate: Norfolk, how many prescriptions for methylphenidate were dispensed by Norfolk and Waveney (a) integrated care board and (b) clinical commissioning group in each year between 2019 and 2024.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Steff Aquarone
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>The Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) from the NHS Business Services Authority provides the total number of prescription items of each medicine dispensed in the community in England. The following table shows the total number of National Health Service prescription items for the chemical substance methylphenidate that were dispensed in the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) area from January 2019 to October 2024, latest data available, regardless of where prescribed:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Total prescription items dispensed in Norfolk and Waveney ICB</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>33,733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>30,723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>31,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>31,267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>32,138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>28,249</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: data for 2024 is from January to October. <br> <br> In addition, the following table shows the total number of NHS prescription items for the chemical substance methylphenidate that were prescribed by cost centres linked to the Sub ICB Location (SICBL), or prior to 2020, the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area of Norfolk and Waveney, from January 2019 to October 2024:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Total prescription items prescribed in Norfolk and Waveney SICBL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>31,751</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>29,665</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>30,334</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>30,431</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>31,233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>27,086</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>data for 2024 is from January to October; and</li><li>historical data has been re-presented using the latest NHS organisation structure.</li></ol><p>The CCG relates to the prescribing organisation, so the statistics are consistent with the English prescribing datasets rather than the dispensing organisation shown in PCA.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 16/01/2025 09:56:43 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	5164