Written questions by Prinsley.

What steps her department is taking to support police forces to develop drone-as-first-responder programmes, including through funding, shared operational standards and the evaluation and expansion of pilot schemes.

Awaiting answer.

Pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2026 to Question 11285, and with reference to the report entitled UK National Screening Committee, Screening for prostate cancer, whether his Department is taking steps to estimate the cost of identifying new BRCA2 variant carriers.

Awaiting answer.

What steps her department is taking to support police forces to develop drone-as-first-responder programmes, including through funding, shared operational standards and the evaluation and expansion of pilot schemes.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment she has made of the potential for drone technology to improve police response times and public safety in rural and geographically dispersed communities.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment she has made of the operational benefits of using drones to provide police officers with real time aerial intelligence when responding to road traffic collisions, searches for criminal suspects and other emergency incidents.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment she has made of how Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations could improve police response times, operational efficiency, and public safety.

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What assessment she has made of the value of drone technology in supporting police forces to prevent and investigate rural crime.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme to improve the earlier diagnosis of chronic respiratory diseases, including COPD.

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What steps he is taking to improve health outcomes for people living with COPD.

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What steps his Department is taking to help address variation in remission rates for inflammatory arthritis.

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What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the Trauma and Orthopaedic waiting lists are improved in line with elective reform targets.

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If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a mandated upper temperature limit in the work place, including those working outside.

Awaiting answer.

What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people with arthritis are signposted to holistic support at the point of diagnosis.

Awaiting answer.

What estimate he has made of the number of additional men expected to be eligible for prostate cancer screening each year under the UK National Screening Committee’s recommended criteria, when taki

Awaiting answer.

When he expects the Department’s analysis of the costs associated with identifying additional BRCA variant carriers to be completed.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the National Rural Crime Unit on organised criminal networks involved in rural crime.

This Government is introducing comprehensive policing reforms to strengthen neighbourhood policing and ensure forces have the capability to respond to the crimes that matter most to their communities, including in rural areas.Through the Neighbourhood Pol...

What steps her Department is taking to ensure that police forces maintain specialist rural crime capability under proposed policing reforms.

This Government is introducing comprehensive policing reforms to strengthen neighbourhood policing and ensure forces have the capability to respond to the crimes that matter most to their communities, including in rural areas.Through the Neighbourhood Pol...

Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of regulations aimed at tackling hateful and abusive content towards LGBTQ+ people online; and whether she plans to introduce further measur

Online abuse and harassment has no place in our society. Under the Online Safety Act, services must have proportionate systems and processes in place to prevent users from encountering illegal content including online harassment and to protect children fr...

What research has his Department undertaken to understand the clinical and cost effectiveness of bilateral cochlear implantation.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that produces evidence-based guidance for the health and care system. NICE develops its recommendations with clinical and technical experts, drawing on a thorough assessm...

What data does his Department hold on the number of (a) children and (b) adults who were fitted with (i) unilateral and (ii) bilateral cochlear implants in each of the last eight years for which fi

The Department does not hold data on the number of children and adults who were fitted with unilateral and bilateral cochlear implants in each of the last eight years.Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning services to meet the reasonable...