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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Thursday 1st February 2024

Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of (a) 1 September (b) 18 October, (c) 21 November, (d) 21 December 2023 and (e) 11 January 2024 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay, case reference JB42509.

Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

A reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member was sent on 30 January.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 30th January 2024

Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to reply to the correspondence of (a) 1 September 2023, (b) 2 October 2023, (c) 30 November 2023 and (d) 11 January 2024 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay relating to a constituent, case number JB43004.

Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

A response to the hon. Member is being prepared and will be issued in due course. I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Wednesday 24th January 2024

Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of (a) 22 September, (b) 23 October, (c) 23 November and (d) 21 December 2023 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay, case reference JB42936 and MC2023/18620.

Answered by Robbie Moore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 23 January 2024. On behalf of the Department, I sincerely apologise for the delay.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Wednesday 24th January 2024

Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of (a) 22 September, (b) 25 October, (c) 23 November, and (d) 20 December 2023 regarding a constituent, case reference JB42595.

Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

The Department attaches great importance to the timely processing of correspondence. The Department offers sincere apologies for exceptional delay in processing this case to the member for Basildon and Billericay and will expedite a reply as soon as possible.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 23rd January 2024

Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of (a) 8 September, (b) 2 October, (c) 2 November and (d) 7 December 2023 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay, case reference JB42739.

Answered by Robbie Moore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

A reply was sent to the hon. Member on the 3rd January. On behalf of the Department, I sincerely apologise for the delay.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 16th January 2024

Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

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 correspondence of (a) 1 September, (b) 2 October, (c) 2 November and (d) 7 December 2023 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay, case reference JB42596.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

We replied to this correspondence and its three chasers on 21 December 2023. With apologies, this case was delayed as part of our continued backlog of cases following the pandemic and we are currently working through an urgent recovery plan to resolve this.


Written Question
Nuclear Weapons: Testing
Tuesday 16th January 2024

Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution made by the Minister for Defence People and Families on 28 November 2023 to the debate on Nuclear Test Veterans: Medical Records, Official Report, column 245WH, when he plans to report back on the files from the Atomic Weapons Establishment.

Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

As I set out in Ministry of Defence Oral Questions on 8 January, to the hon. Member for South Shields (900886), I remain committed to reviewing the documents in the very near future where I will personally assess them and consider their release into the public domain.

I will then personally assess them and consider their release into the public domain,


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 18th December 2023

Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

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 correspondence of 3 September, 5 October, 2 November and 7 December 2023 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay, case reference JB42634.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

I responded to the hon. Member’s letter on 14 December 2023.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Friday 17th November 2023

Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

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 the correspondence of (a) 1 August, (b) 5 September, (c) 5 October and (d) 19 October 2023 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay, case reference JB39890.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lord Markham) replied to the hon. Member on 10 November 2023.


Written Question
Endoscopy: Basildon and Brentwood
Tuesday 18th July 2023

Asked by: John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System’s diagnostic funding was spent on diagnostic endoscopy procedures in Basildon and Brentwood constituency in 2022/23.

Answered by Will Quince

£2.3 billion was awarded at the 2021 Spending Review to transform diagnostic services over the next three years to increase diagnostic capacity, including for endoscopy services. This funding will also increase the number of Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) up to 160 by March 2025, including a number delivering endoscopy services.

In 2022/23, Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System spent a total of £53,950,546 on diagnostic services. Of this, £5,079,105 (9.4%), was spent on diagnostic endoscopy procedures in the Basildon & Brentwood Alliance.