Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
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 adequacy of the progress of research on treatments for (a) Alzheimer's and (b) dementia.
Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The government is keen to reduce all non-essential spend - including restricting branded merchandise. In April 2025, the then Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster asked Departments to implement appropriate controls within their Departments. Information on what exemptions have been utilised is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has held discussions with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on (a) attracting and (b) retaining talented (i) researchers and (ii) innovators through the UK visa system.
Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The Home Office regularly engages with the Department of Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (and the former Department of Science, Innovation and Technology) on how the government can support researchers and innovators coming to the UK.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
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 improve glaucoma care in (a) Slough and (b) the South East.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet the needs of their local populations, including services for the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of glaucoma.
National Health Service sight tests play an important role in detecting glaucoma, and free NHS sight tests are available to those at increased risk of glaucoma. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance supports timely diagnosis and management of glaucoma. NHS England's recently published Getting It Right First Time glaucoma best practice guidance also highlights a range of approaches to improve glaucoma care.