Written Questions

Lords HL16059

To ask His Majesty's Government how many patients have been transferred from the Northampton site of St Andrew's Healthcare since NHS England formally initiated the programme of patient removal from that site.

Tabled: 2026-03-26

Lord Barrow

XB

To: Department of Health and Social Care

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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Lords HL15756

To ask His Majesty's Government how many times confidential health records from the UK Biobank project have been removed from the internet (1) where UK Biobank requested that the researcher do so, and (2) where UK Biobank did so itself.

Tabled: 2026-03-19

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Lab

To: Department of Health and Social Care

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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Lords HL15755

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many times confidential health records from the UK Biobank project have been exposed online.

Tabled: 2026-03-19

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Lab

To: Department of Health and Social Care

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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Lords HL15754

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of UK Biobank participants being identified from information exposed online, whether through (1) the inclusion of their names and addresses or (2) through cross-referencing...

Tabled: 2026-03-19

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Lab

To: Department of Health and Social Care

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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Lords HL15753

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the exposure online of confidential health records from the UK Biobank project, as reported in The Guardian on 14 March.

Tabled: 2026-03-19

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Lab

To: Department of Health and Social Care

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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Lords HL15757

To ask His Majesty's Government whether UK Biobank had made them aware of the exposure online of confidential health records from the UK Biobank project, as reported in The Guardian on 14 March, before the General Practice Extraction Service Data ...

Tabled: 2026-03-19

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Lab

To: Department of Health and Social Care

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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Lords HL16732

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to establish a statutory inquiry into maternity services.

Tabled: 2026-04-28

Lord Taylor of Warwick

To: Department of Health and Social Care

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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Lords HL16729

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of AI in supporting personalised healthcare and extending patient life expectancy; and what plans they have to develop a strategy for safe and effective integration of AI t...

Tabled: 2026-04-28

Lord Taylor of Warwick

To: Department of Health and Social Care

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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Lords HL16291

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 30 March (HL15723), whether the interim leadership cover for the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board carries out the same statutory duties as the redundant Chie...

Tabled: 2026-04-13

Lord Scriven

LD

To: Department of Health and Social Care

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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Lords HL16727

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of their plans for dynamic alignment with the EU on food and drink on (1) trade deals with other nations, and (2) the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pa...

Tabled: 2026-04-28

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

Con

To: Department for Business and Trade

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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Lords HL15577

To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, published on 11 March (HC1774-1...

Tabled: 2026-03-16

Baroness Finn

Con

To: Cabinet Office

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member

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Lords HL16459

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of restrictions under section 333(6) of the Gambling Act 2005 to the powers of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to make regulations on the remote advertising of gamb...

Tabled: 2026-04-16

Lord Foster of Bath

LD

To: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Answered 2026-04-29

The Government regularly reviews the effectiveness of gambling regulation in Great Britain. We are not considering an amendment to the Gambling Act 2005 in relation to the remote advertising of gam...

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Lords HL16681

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Ofcom about the compliance of GB News with maintaining balance in news coverage and current affairs.

Tabled: 2026-04-22

Lord Storey

LD

To: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Answered 2026-04-29

Ministers and officials have regular discussions with Ofcom on a range of issues. However, Ofcom, by law, carries out its regulation of licensed broadcasters independently of the Government. Ofcom ...

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Lords HL16568

To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to page 218 of the Paterson Inquiry report, published on 4 February 2020, what assessment they have made of the compliance of the NHS and the independent healthcare sector with the recommendation that con...

Tabled: 2026-04-20

Baroness Maclean of Redditch

Con

To: Department of Health and Social Care

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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Lords HL16696

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 24 March (HL15644), what assessment the Minister for the Civil Service has made of whether the Child Poverty Strategy complies with the Civil ...

Tabled: 2026-04-23

Lord Gilbert of Panteg

Con

To: Department for Work and Pensions

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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