Every parliamentary written question tabled by Caroline Johnson this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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With reference to the letters of 29 July and 8 November 2024 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham, what progress she has made on billing the North Hykeham Relief Road.
It is the responsibility of the Local Authority, Lincolnshire County Council, to provide the Department with a Full Business Case, which will be reviewed and assessed prior to a decision whether to grant full approval for the scheme. We are expecting to ...
What assessment she has made of the impact of the increases to employers national insurance contributions on the cost to parents of pre-school childcare.
I refer the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham to the answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12804.
What assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the minimum wage announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 on the cost of childcare.
The Autumn Budget 2024 confirmed £1.8 billion in the 2025/26 financial year to support the expansion of the early years entitlement offer for eligible working parents from 15 hours to 30 hours from September 2025. This £1.8 billion will mean the budget fo...
What steps he is taking to reduce perineal injury during vaginal deliveries.
Integrated care boards are rolling out the Perinatal Pelvic Health Services (PPHS) across England, to reduce the rates of perineal tears and improve outcomes for women. A national service specification was published in October 2023 that set out the expect...
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the uptake of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine among eligible infants.
Official vaccine coverage estimates for the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine are measured for eligible children at three months and 12 months old, and are published quarterly by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), and annually by NHS England. The...
What steps he is taking to improve the uptake of routine childhood immunisations.
In England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) works closely with NHS England, the Department, and wider health system partners at the national, regional, and local levels to improve uptake of the routine childhood immunisations and catch-up children w...
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS preparedness for a pandemic.
Ensuring the United Kingdom is prepared for a future pandemic is a top priority for the Government, and the Department continuously reviews and updates our pandemic preparedness to reflect the latest scientific information, lessons learned from exercises,...
What his planned timetable is to bring forward legislation to regulate NHS managers.
This Government recognises the importance of ensuring that the NHS has strong and effective leadership in place, and we are committed to introducing professional standards for, and regulation of NHS managers. On 26 November 2024 we published a consultatio...
What assessment he has made of the potential merits of a dental school in Lincolnshire.
It is for individual universities to decide whether they wish to establish a dental school. Before a university, such as the University of Lincoln, can apply to receive Government-funded dental school places, it needs to have met the requirements of the G...
What steps he is taking to increase the availability of medical radioisotopes.
Supply of radioisotopes that were in short supply in recent weeks has now returned to normal levels and a Written Ministerial Statement was laid on 26 November 2024 to update Parliament. During the disruption to supply, the Department worked with industry...
What proportion of people with a nursing qualification working in the NHS are not in patient-facing roles.
The Department does not hold the information requested.
What the average ambulance response time was for each category in each of the last 24 months.
The following table shows the national mean average ambulance service response times in England, in minutes and broken down by category, in each of the last 24 months:YearMonthCategory 1 meanCategory 2 meanCategory 3 meanCategory 4 mean2022November0:09:26...
What estimate her Department has made of the Government's financial liability for public sector defined benefit pensions in each of the next ten years.
The total liability for public service pensions stands at around £3 trillion, as per HM Treasury’s most recent Whole of Government Accounts report of 2021-22. This includes the unfunded public service pension liabilities of £2.6 trillion and the liabiliti...
How many (a) foetuses, (b) infants and (c) children have been diagnosed with trisomy 21 in each of the last five years.
The National Disease Registration Service in NHS England collects and quality assures data about people with congenital anomalies and rare diseases across the whole of England. The service does not hold data in the relevant form for children.The following...
What steps he is taking to ensure there is an adequate supply of (a) donated blood and (b) blood products.
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for the collection, manufacture, and supply of blood and blood products to National Health Service hospitals.The Department provided seed funding in 2023 to support NHSBT to increase its collection capacity....
What estimate he has made of rates of tuberculosis in (a) adults and (b) children in each of the last ten years.
The following table shows the total number and rate of tuberculosis (TB) notifications in England, each year from 2012 to 2024:YearTotal number of notificationsTotal rate per 100,000 (95% Confidence interval)20128,08715.12 (14.79 to 15.45)20137,26613.49 (...
What proportion of elderly people have received their (a) influenza, (b) RSV and (c) covid-19 vaccination in the last six months.
As of 17 November 2024, 68.7% of those aged 65 years old and over had been vaccinated for influenza, whist 54.2% had been vaccinated for COVID-19.The respiratory syncytial virus adult vaccination programme in England began on 1 September 2024, however onl...
How many (a) people and (b) children are living with long covid.
The most recent data from the Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study, a joint study carried out by the Office for National Statistics and the UK Health Security Agency, shows that, for the period between 6 February 2024 and 7 March 2024, an estimat...
What steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) quantity of medical research in the NHS.
The Department is improving the quality and quantity of clinical research in the National Health Service, and health and care research more widely, through investing in the National Institute for Health and Care Research. The recent Budget provides record...
Pursuant to the Answers of 4 and 11 November to Questions 11939 and 12740 on Ministry of Defence: Employers' Contributions, what estimate he has made of the indirect costs to his Department following the proposed
As individual suppliers and contractors will manage the increase differently, it is not possible for the Department to estimate the indirect costs relating to the change in Employer National Insurance Contributions.