Written questions by Obese-Jecty.

By when does Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB intend to reallocate the 16,123 Units of Dental Activity to existing NHS dental providers within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB.

Awaiting answer.

How many NHS dental contracts within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB have been handed back in each of the last three years by number of contracts and Units of Dental Activity.

Awaiting answer.

With reference to his Department's document entitled Care and support statutory guidance, updated on 22 July 2025, when he plans to update the section on adult safeguarding.

The new national adult safeguarding board, chaired by the Chief Social Worker, met for the first time on 16 June 2026. The board will meet quarterly. This represents an important step towards strengthening national oversight of local safeguarding adults b...

When he expects the new national adult safeguarding board to conduct the review of the legal framework for safeguarding.

The new national adult safeguarding board, chaired by the Chief Social Worker, met for the first time on 16 June 2026. The board will meet quarterly. This represents an important step towards strengthening national oversight of local safeguarding adults b...

What his planned timetable is for strengthening national oversight of local Safeguarding Adults Boards.

The new national adult safeguarding board, chaired by the Chief Social Worker, met for the first time on 16 June 2026. The board will meet quarterly. This represents an important step towards strengthening national oversight of local safeguarding adults b...

How many unreported removals from NHS waiting lists were there in 2025/26.

Awaiting answer.

Whether disciplinary action was taken against Lucy Hunte, national programme manager for apprenticeships at NHS England, over social media posts about the Leader of the Opposition.

The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.

Pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 4882 on Air Ambulance Services: Fuels, has he held discussions with (a) Magpas and (b) East Anglia Air Ambulance.

We have primarily engaged with air ambulance charities on fuel resilience through Air Ambulances UK. Air Ambulance UK are the national umbrella charity which supports the 21 air ambulance charities in the United Kingdom including Magpas and East Anglia Ai...

Pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 6174, what his planned timetable is to write to the Hon. Member for Huntingdon with an update.

Awaiting answer.

What discussions he has had with the UK National Screening Committee on its decision not to recommend screening for spinal muscular atrophy.

The Government recognises the challenges faced by those living with rare diseases and their families and is committed to improving outcomes. For very rare conditions, it is difficult to generate robust evidence to demonstrate the value of screening, becau...

What steps he is taking to reduce emergency hospital admissions for people with neurological conditions for a) urinary tract infections, b) respiratory infections or c) other complications.

The Government recognises that people living with neurological conditions can be at increased risk of complications, such as urinary tract infections, respiratory infections, and other causes of avoidable emergency admission, and that reducing these admis...

What steps he is taking to address variation in the proportion of people with multiple sclerosis starting a high-efficacy disease modifying therapy.

The Government recognises that there is geographical variation in England in the proportion of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) who are started on high-efficacy disease-modifying therapies (DMDs) and is committed to improving equitable access to the mo...

What is the composition of the control group on the In-Service Evaluation in relation to spinal muscular atrophy screening.

The Department invests in research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is funding a £4.1 million study on in-service evaluation of newborn screening (NBS) for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), led by Professor Laurent...

By when he expects to receive the initial results of stage one of the Transform trial.

Government responsibility for delivering cancer research is shared between the Department of Health and Social Care, with research delivered by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and Department for Science, Innovation and Technolo...

When he expects stage 2 of the Transform trial to commence, including the expansion of the trial to all black men aged 45-74 who haven’t had a PSA test in the past five years.

Government responsibility for delivering cancer research is shared between the Department of Health and Social Care, with research delivered by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and Department for Science, Innovation and Technolo...

Whether patients are able to exercise the National Data Opt-Out from inclusion in the Federated Data Platform.

The National Data Opt-Out does not currently apply to the NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP). This is not because of a direction but because there are currently no products within the NHS FDP which are required to apply the National Data Opt-Out. If th...

With reference to his oral contribution in response to the intervention by the Hon. Member for Huntingdon during the Health Bill debate on 1st June 2026, if he will write to the Member with an upda

I am happy to write to the Hon. Member with an update.

What is the criteria for removing patients from an NHS waiting list.

Patients can be removed from the referral to treatment waiting list for a variety of reasons, including where a patient receives their first definitive treatment, begins a period of active monitoring, declines treatment, or where a decision is made that n...

How many patients has the total number on NHS Waiting Lists reduced by since 5 July 2024.

Published Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times Data shows the estimated number of unique patients waiting for treatment in each month. It should be noted that a patient may be on multiple pathways, so the total number of patient pathways is ...

Pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2026, to question 1530 on Air Ambulance Services: Fuels, which air ambulance charities has he engaged with regarding fuel resilience.

To date, we have primarily engaged with air ambulance charities on fuel resilience through Air Ambulances UK, which supports the work of air ambulance charities. We have also facilitated additional engagement with individual air ambulance charities where ...