Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure adult hospices are sustainably funded in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 13 July in response to Question 16185, which sets out the steps that the Government is taking to support hospices throughout England.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the UK Health Security Agency spent on interpreters and related translation services in (1) 2022, (2) 2023, (3) 2024 and (4) 2025.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The information is not held in the format requested.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
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 support the adoption of new treatments for respiratory conditions across NHS services in Lincolnshire.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Respiratory disease is a priority under the national Core20PLUS5 approach, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults and asthma in children and young people. In Lincolnshire and across the country, local providers are implementing updated asthma guidance, supporting regular asthma reviews in primary care, and improving diagnosis and management for children and young people, as well as adopting new medicines and treatments in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to increase the number of medical training places in Lincolnshire.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer provided on 19 October in response to Question 31001.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of access to GP appointments in South Holland and the Deepings constituency; and how does this compare with the rest of England.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the dashboard available on the House of Commons library website, available at the following link:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10824/
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were on the transplant waiting list in Lincolnshire in (i) 2023 (ii) 2024 and (iii) 2025.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) manages the NHS Organ Donor Register and matches and allocates donated organs across the United Kingdom. NHSBT publishes data on the transplant waiting list at the following link, but this does not include breakdowns by county:
https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/about-organ-donation/statistics-about-organ-donation/
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
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 community pharmacy services in rural areas are accessible to patients with disabilities.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer your Hon member to the answer given on 16 April to Question 126407.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department’s expenditure in this category for calendar year 2025 was £96,452. More than half these costs were incurred by the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, as part of the outreach work conducted with families for whom language barriers had affected the care they received, as discussed extensively in Baroness Amos’s final report. Of the remaining expenditure, the large majority was accounted for by the purchase of ‘Easy Read’ English services, Welsh translation services, and British Sign Language services.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department (a) uses or (b) is taking steps to install rooftop solar panels on its premises.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
A number of steps have been taken in recent years to reduce energy consumption and costs across the Departmental, including, where appropriate, the installation of solar photovoltaic systems. Information will be set out in future annual reports.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The requested information is not centrally held, and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.