Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that funding decisions for brain tumour research reflect the prevalence and clinical impact of low-grade glioma.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Some of the data requested by the Hon. Member is not centrally held, but on the wider issues raised, I refer him to the answer provided on 3 March in response to Question 115098. Available data on this issue is also published by the National Institute for Health and Care Research at the following link:
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/our-research/cancer/brain-tumours
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to increase investment in research relating to low-grade glioma over the next spending period.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Some of the data requested by the Hon. Member is not centrally held, but on the wider issues raised, I refer him to the answer provided on 3 March in response to Question 115098. Available data on this issue is also published by the National Institute for Health and Care Research at the following link:
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/our-research/cancer/brain-tumours
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding her Department has allocated to research into low-grade glioma in each of the last five years.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Some of the data requested by the Hon. Member is not centrally held, but on the wider issues raised, I refer him to the answer provided on 3 March in response to Question 115098. Available data on this issue is also published by the National Institute for Health and Care Research at the following link:
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/our-research/cancer/brain-tumours
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the levels of GDP growth per capita in each postcode in the United Kingdom since July 2024.
Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Office for National Statistics publishes regional GDP per capita statistics on an annual basis. The latest data, published in 2025, cover the period up to 2023.
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the Hughes Report on valporate and pelvic mesh.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 14 July in response to Question 16121.
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the availability of specialist treatment services for patients diagnosed with low-grade glioma across England.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to the Hon Member for Chingford and Woodford Green on 26 May 2026 in response to Question 1100.
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the annual NHS expenditure on the treatment and management of low-grade glioma patients in England.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to the Hon Member for Chingford and Woodford Green on 26 May 2026 in response to Question 1100.
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the longest recorded time is for a complaint currently being handled by the Housing Ombudsman.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The average waiting time for cases handled by the Housing Ombudsman in each of the last five financial years is:
Determined Cases Average Months to Determine
2021/22 2,238 5
2022/23 2,371 6
2023/24 4,908 11
2024/25 6,115 7
2025/26 8,791 8
The current oldest case is 22 months since it formally entered the Ombudsman's jurisdiction for investigation. The Service expects no case to be older than 18 months by 31st March 2027.
The caseworker-to-complaint ratio within the Housing Ombudsman service is 39:1.
The backlog of cases that exceed 12 months since they formally entered the Ombudsman's jurisdiction for investigation is set out below.
Backlog of Unresolved Cases
2023/24 283
2024/25 0
2025/26 2,458
Current 2,235
The proportion of complaints which were resolved within target timeframes in each of the last five is below.
Determined Within: 6 Months 12 Months
2022/23 N/A 100%
2023/24 54% 87%
2023/24 18% 62%
2024/25 46% 89%
2025/26 53% 78%
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of complaints to the Housing Ombudsman were resolved within target timeframes in each of the last five years.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The average waiting time for cases handled by the Housing Ombudsman in each of the last five financial years is:
Determined Cases Average Months to Determine
2021/22 2,238 5
2022/23 2,371 6
2023/24 4,908 11
2024/25 6,115 7
2025/26 8,791 8
The current oldest case is 22 months since it formally entered the Ombudsman's jurisdiction for investigation. The Service expects no case to be older than 18 months by 31st March 2027.
The caseworker-to-complaint ratio within the Housing Ombudsman service is 39:1.
The backlog of cases that exceed 12 months since they formally entered the Ombudsman's jurisdiction for investigation is set out below.
Backlog of Unresolved Cases
2023/24 283
2024/25 0
2025/26 2,458
Current 2,235
The proportion of complaints which were resolved within target timeframes in each of the last five is below.
Determined Within: 6 Months 12 Months
2022/23 N/A 100%
2023/24 54% 87%
2023/24 18% 62%
2024/25 46% 89%
2025/26 53% 78%
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the caseworker-to-complaint ratio is within the Housing Ombudsman service.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The average waiting time for cases handled by the Housing Ombudsman in each of the last five financial years is:
Determined Cases Average Months to Determine
2021/22 2,238 5
2022/23 2,371 6
2023/24 4,908 11
2024/25 6,115 7
2025/26 8,791 8
The current oldest case is 22 months since it formally entered the Ombudsman's jurisdiction for investigation. The Service expects no case to be older than 18 months by 31st March 2027.
The caseworker-to-complaint ratio within the Housing Ombudsman service is 39:1.
The backlog of cases that exceed 12 months since they formally entered the Ombudsman's jurisdiction for investigation is set out below.
Backlog of Unresolved Cases
2023/24 283
2024/25 0
2025/26 2,458
Current 2,235
The proportion of complaints which were resolved within target timeframes in each of the last five is below.
Determined Within: 6 Months 12 Months
2022/23 N/A 100%
2023/24 54% 87%
2023/24 18% 62%
2024/25 46% 89%
2025/26 53% 78%