8 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of current national clinical arrangements for identifying, recording and acting on patient (a) psychiatric history, (b) psychotropic medicati
ReplyThe Department has not made a specific assessment of national arrangements in relation to these issues.However, we recognise the importance of clinicians having the right information available when considering preventive migraine treatment, including rele...
8 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedPursuant to the answer of 14 May 2026 to question 1302 on NHS: Standards, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the technical issues and backlogs on the Care Quality Commission's a
ReplyThe Care Quality Commission (CQC) has established systems and processes to receive, record, assess, and act on safety intelligence about providers, submitted by members of the public, employees of registered providers, people using services and their fami...
8 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat data he holds on the number of NHS appointments that have been missed due to administrative issues in the last 12 months.
ReplyData is not held in the format requested.
3 Jun 2026·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to introduce a cap on rent increases in the private rented sector.
ReplyThe government has no plans to introduce rent controls in the private rented sector or to devolve powers to the Mayor of London to do so in the capital. Rent inflation in England has been easing since the end of 2024. Average rents in England increased by...
3 Jun 2026·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, whether he plans to devolve powers to the Mayor of London to limit rent increases in the private rented sector.
ReplyThe government has no plans to introduce rent controls in the private rented sector or to devolve powers to the Mayor of London to do so in the capital. Rent inflation in England has been easing since the end of 2024. Average rents in England increased by...
29 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhen she expects to (a) receive and (b) publish the findings of the Independent Review on Public Order and Hate Crime Legislation.
ReplyLord Macdonald submitted his report to the Home Secretary on Friday 29 May.The Government is now reviewing the report in detail and will set out its formal response and publish the report shortly.
29 May 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat assessment he has made of the potential impact of vitamin D guidelines on maternal and infant health outcomes in Black and South Asian communities.
ReplyThe Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) is currently conducting a rapid review of whether current vitamin D recommendations for vitamin D intake and status are adequate for Black and South Asian communities. The review includes infants, and ...
29 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will agree to the request by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association to make an official visit to the UK in November to December 2026.
ReplyThe right to peaceful protest is a vital part of our democracy and it is a long-standing tradition that people are free to gather and express their views, provided they do so within the law. The Government remains committed to ensuring that public order l...
29 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhether her department has completed a) an Equalities Impact Assessment and b) a Child Rights Impact Assessment on the 'earned settlement' proposals.
ReplyThe consultation for the earned settlement model, as proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, was open to the public between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026.We are now reviewing and analysing all responses received. This analysis will help inf...
29 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf the Government will respond to the statement made by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association on 13 May.
ReplyThe right to peaceful protest is a vital part of our democracy and it is a long-standing tradition that people are free to gather and express their views, provided they do so within the law. The Government remains committed to ensuring that public order l...
29 May 2026·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat steps she is taking to ensure that proposed agency fee caps under the Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework are effectively monitored and enforced.
ReplyThe new iteration of the Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework removes excessive agency mark-ups through a cap on agency fees.To ensure the cap on agency fees is effectively monitored and enforced, the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) holds r...
29 May 2026·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhether she has considered encouraging the creation of (a) local authority and (b) employer-based pools of supply staff paying in accordance with national teacher pay scales and allowing pension access without
ReplyThe new iteration of the Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework removes excessive agency mark-ups through a cap on agency fees.To ensure the cap on agency fees is effectively monitored and enforced, the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) holds r...
29 May 2026·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat steps she is taking to mitigate variations in pay and employment conditions arising from individual school negotiations with agencies under the Supply Teachers and Education Recruitment framework.
ReplyThe new iteration of the Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing framework removes excessive agency mark-ups through a cap on agency fees.To ensure the cap on agency fees is effectively monitored and enforced, the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) holds r...
18 May 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat assessment has been made of the potential impact of the enhanced pre-donation testing process pilot on reducing the number of deferrals for low haemoglobin levels.
ReplyNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT tests donors’ haemoglobin (Hb) to ensure they are at sufficient levels to safely donate.NHSBT rolled out a second line of Hb testing, venous HemoCue, between April and Se...
18 May 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedHow many blood donors with the Ro subtype completed blood donations in the last 12 months.
ReplyNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for collecting blood donations across England, in order to fulfil hospital requests to meet patient need.27,984 donors with Ro subtype blood completed at least one blood donation between 1 May 2025 and 30 Ap...
18 May 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat information his Department holds on the number of blood donors deferred due to (a) low haemoglobin levels and (b) travel to and from other countries in the last 12 months; and if he will provi
ReplyNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for collecting blood donations across England, in order to fulfil hospital requests to meet patient need. NHSBT collects donors’ sex assigned at birth and gender identity; a donor’s sex is recorded as the wa...
18 May 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the trial of the Post Donation Testing for advance haemoglobin assessments.
ReplyNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT test donors’ haemoglobin levels to ensure they are at sufficient levels to safely donate.NHSBT is currently undertaking a feasibility assessment of post-donation testing ...
18 May 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedHow many completed blood donation appointments took place in past 12 months; and if he will provide the ethnic and gender breakdown of donors.
ReplyNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for collecting blood donations across England to fulfil hospital requests to meet patient need.NHSBT collects donor’s sex assigned at birth and gender identity; a donors’ sex is recorded as the ways in which...
15 May 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, if she will set a timeline for the phasing out of the use of CO2 gas chambers for pigs.
ReplyI refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 20 May to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell, PQ UIN 613.
14 May 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedHow many NHS patients have waited longer for elective procedures in the last 12 months due to administrative issues.
ReplyData is not held in the format requested.