Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many posts have been (a) allocated and (b) filled in the dental recruitment incentive scheme, broken down by (i) region, (ii) integrated care board and (iii) in total.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Integrated care boards (ICBs) have started to recruit dentists through the Golden Hello scheme. This recruitment incentive will see dentists receiving payments of £20,000 to work in those areas that need them most for three years.
Golden Hello data will be published next year and will consist of data showing the regional distribution of the original allocation of posts and the number of posts recruited to at both a national and regional level.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional surgical hubs are due to (a) open and (b) be built in the next 12 months.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Dedicated and protected surgical hubs transform the way the National Health Service provides elective care by focusing on providing high volume, low complexity surgery, as recommended by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
There are currently 123 elective surgical hubs that are operational across England.
We are working on delivering six additional hubs, five of which are currently expected to open in the next 12 months.
The Department is committed to ramping up the number of hubs over the next three years, so more operations can be carried out.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 84380 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 January 2026 to Question 84380.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
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 patients waited more than (a) 12, (b) 24, (c) 48 and (d) 60 hours at A&E at Lincoln County Hospital in the last 12 months.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Site level data including 12-hour accident and emergency waits has been published by NHS England since October 2025. Data on 24, 28, and 60 hour waits is not published.
Provisional NHS England data indicates that 13.4% of patients at Lincoln County Hospital waited over 12 hours in October 2025. Please note that these figures are provisional and may be subject to revision with finalised data published the following month. Both provisional and finalised data can be accessed at the following link:
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and (vii) November 2025.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Government recognises the importance of the effective and timely handling of written parliamentary questions (PQs).
The House of Commons Procedure Committee monitors departmental PQ performance and publishes a report of the government’s consolidated PQ data following the end of each session.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and (vii) November 2025.
Answered by Hilary Benn - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
The information requested is shown below:
| Ordinary Written PQs | Named Day PQs |
May 2025 | 100% | 100% |
June 2025 | 100% | 100% |
July 2025 | 100% | 100% |
August 2025 | Nil | Nil |
September 2025 | 100% | 100% |
October 2025 | 100% | 100% |
November 2025 | 100% | 100% |
The House of Commons Procedure Committee monitors departmental PQ performance and publishes a report of the government’s consolidated PQ data following the end of each session.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and (vii) November 2025.
Answered by Jo Stevens - Secretary of State for Wales
The Government recognises the importance of the effective and timely handling of written parliamentary questions (PQs).
The Wales Office answered 100% of Ordinary Written and Named Day questions within the required timescales between May 2025 and November 2025.
The House of Commons Procedure Committee monitors departmental PQ performance and publishes a report of the government’s consolidated PQ data following the end of each session.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and (vii) November 2025.
Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Government recognises the importance of the effective and timely handling of written parliamentary questions (PQs). Internal data on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's performance is shown below:
Named Day PQs | Ordinary Written PQs | |
May 2025 | 41% | 56% |
June 2025 | 35% | 52% |
July 2025 | 18% | 45% |
August 2025 | N/A | N/A |
September 2025 | 28% | 29% |
October 2025 | 50% | 59% |
November 2025 | 71% | 88% |
The House of Commons Procedure Committee monitors departmental PQ performance and publishes a report of the Government's consolidated PQ data following the end of each session.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and (vii) November 2025.
Answered by Kirsty McNeill - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)
The Government recognises the importance of the effective and timely handling of written parliamentary questions (PQs).
The information requested is shown below:
| Ordinary Written PQs | Named Day PQs |
May 2025 | 100% | 100% |
June 2025 | 100% | 100% |
July 2025 | 100% | 100% |
August 2025 | Nil | Nil |
September 2025 | 100% | 100% |
October 2025 | 100% | 0% |
November 2025 | 100% | 100% |
The House of Commons Procedure Committee monitors departmental PQ performance and publishes a report of the government’s consolidated PQ data following the end of each session.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and (vii) November 2025.
Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Department for Work and Pensions recognises the importance of the effective and timely handling of written parliamentary questions (PQs).
Data on response times to PQs is published following the end of every session by the House of Commons Procedure Committee as part of their continued monitoring and reporting of departmental PQ performance.