Every parliamentary written question tabled by Clive Jones this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What estimate his Department has made of the colonoscopy capacity required to implement the UK National Screening Committee's recommendations for bowel cancer that everyone aged 50-74 be offered Fa
NHS England is responsible for delivering the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening (NHS BCSP) programme, including planning for the age extension in the programme from 60 down to 50 years old, and reducing the Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) down from 120 microgra...
If he will make an estimate of average waiting times for (a) assessment and (b) diagnosis of autism in (i) adults and (ii) children in (A) Wokingham, (B) Berkshire, and (C) England.
The information requested is not held centrally, but may be held by individual providers or integrated care boards (ICBs). Some relevant information is available on autism assessment waiting times for England, and for the NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire ...
What steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for autism assessments in (a) Wokingham and (b) Berkshire.
It is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including autism assessments, in line with relevant National Institute for Health and Care Excel...
What progress he has made on the New Hospital Programme Review in relation to the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
The Royal Berkshire Hospital is in scope of the review into the New Hospital Programme. My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care will set out further details of the outcome, which will include a new and realistic delivery sched...
Whether (a) children and (b) young people under 25 with cancer will be distinctly recognised in the National Cancer Plan.
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has been clear in his view that there should be a national cancer plan, and we are now in discussions about what form it should take, including how we will account for children and young...
What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the (a) differences between cancer in (i) children and young people under 25 and (ii) older adults and (b) strategic approaches t
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has been clear in his view that there should be a national cancer plan, and we are now in discussions about what form it should take, including how we will account for children and young...
What account the development of the National Cancer Plan is taking of the Children and Young People’s Cancer Plan published by Young Lives vs Cancer and the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group in
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has been clear in his view that there should be a national cancer plan, and we are now in discussions about what form it should take, including how we will account for children and young...
Whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of recovering costs from insurance providers when patients with private health insurance seek NHS-funded treatment which would
The Department has made no assessment on recovering National Health Service costs from private health insurance providers, when patients with private health insurance seek NHS-funded treatment which would be covered under their health insurance policy. Ho...
Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2024 to Question 11480 on Import Controls: Fees and Charges, when he plans to make available further information on the (a) charge and (b) operati
The Government plans to publish this information in Spring 2025.
If he will take steps to improve access to gluten-free staple foods for patients with coeliac disease by (a) improving the availability of those foods on prescription and (b) providing financial su
The national prescribing position in England remains that gluten free bread and mixes can be provided to all coeliac patients on a National Health Service prescription, and a wide range of these items continue to be listed in part XV of the Drug Tariff. T...
What data his Department holds on the number of men who live in areas without (a) universally accessible and (b) fully NHS funded vasectomy services.
The Department does not hold data on the number of men who live in areas without universally accessible and fully National Health Service funded vasectomy services.NHS vasectomy services in England are commissioned locally by integrated care boards. In mo...
What steps his Department is taking to support the national prostate cancer screening programme.
There is currently no national prostate cancer screening programme. This is because it is not recommended by the UK National Screening Committees (UK NSC) due to the inaccuracy of the current best test, called the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). A PSA-ba...
What steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis for prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer patients are waiting too long for a diagnosis and treatment. We will improve cancer survival rates and hit all National Health Service cancer waiting time targets so no patient waits longer than they should.We will find the best way to scr...
What steps she is taking to tackle (a) fraudulent V62 applications and (b) car cloning.
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has robust measures in place to help prevent fraudulent V62 applications being processed. When a V62 application is received for a vehicle for which there is already a registered keeper on record, the DVLA wi...
Pursuant to his Answer on 24 October 2024 to Question 8573 on Trade, if he will publish his trade strategy prior to the conclusion of trade negotiations.
As recently outlined in the Chancellors budget, we intend to publish the Trade Strategy in the Spring.
Pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 10718 on Trade Agreements, what opportunities he plans to provide to parliamentarians to scrutinise proposed free trade agreements.
As well as meeting our statutory obligations under CRaG, the Government will continue to provide additional information and time to support parliamentary scrutiny of FTAs. This includes running a call for evidence on proposed new negotiations, publishing ...
Pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12540 on Trade Agreements: Gulf Cooperation Council, whether his Department has made an assessment of the extent to which the supply chains of Gul
The UK remains committed to eradicating forced labour in global supply chains, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 8.7, and commitments made through the G7. No company should have forced labour in its supply chains. Trade deals like the UK-GCC FTA w...
Pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 on Question 11149 on Trade Agreements: Parliamentary Scrutiny, if he will announce his plans for scrutiny arrangements of trade deals prior to the conclusion o
The Government will continue to fulfil commitments set out under the current scrutiny framework for free trade agreements (FTAs).
If he will make it his policy to include human rights clauses in trade agreements.
The UK is a leading advocate for human rights around the world. This work takes place separately to negotiations on Free Trade Agreements. While aspects of trade policy can provide the opportunity to address other issues in our bilateral relationships, Fr...
Pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 10718 on Trade Agreements, whether he plans to include labour rights protections in prospective trade agreements.
The Government will protect our labour standards in new trade agreements. To date, we have secured chapters on labour in FTAs with Australia and New Zealand, and within CPTPP. The UK also has labour provisions in a range of other agreements. We will cont...