Edward Morello MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73699More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will commission an independent review of the proposed changes to Inheritance Tax.
Answer: The Government has set out the rationale, analysis, and expected impact of all the reforms to inheritance tax announced at Autumn Budget 2024. The independent Office for Budget Responsibility certified the costings are reasonable and central for these ref...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73698More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to ensure transparency in the modelling of the proposed Inheritance Tax changes.
Answer: The Government published information in the normal way at Autumn Budget 2024 about the assumptions and methodologies for the costing of reforms. These costings, including those relating to inheritance tax, were all certified by the independent Office for ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture and Business: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73697More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed Inheritance Tax changes on family (a) businesses and (b) farms.
Answer: The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advant...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: VATTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73696More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the loss of tax revenue from non-VAT registered companies with turnover above the VAT threshold in the next five years.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) estimates the size of the tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to HMRC, and what is actually paid. The tax gap statistics and details of the estimate methodologies are pub...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVATTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73695More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of lowering the VAT threshold on the economy.
Answer: Any change to the VAT threshold would have potential impacts on small businesses, the economy as a whole, and tax revenues, which the Government would need to consider carefully. The Government keeps all taxes under review and any changes are announced at...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Air Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that all major trauma hospitals to have access to 24-hour helipad facilities.
Answer: Air ambulances form a vital part of the emergency response to patients in critical need. The Department of Health and Social Care continues to work closely with NHS England and the Department for Transport to ensure that there is appropriate helipad acces...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPhysician AssistantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to consult with stakeholders before implementing changes to the (a) role and (b) title of Physician Associates.
Answer: The Leng Review’s recommendations are far reaching and require cross-system partnership working to be considered, planned, and delivered effectively. The Department, alongside NHS England, royal colleges, and other stakeholders including representatives o...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPhysician and Anaesthesia Associate Professions Independent ReviewDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to implement the recommendations of the Independent review of the physician associate and anaesthesia associate roles, published on 16 July 2025.
Answer: The Leng Review’s recommendations are far reaching and require cross-system partnership working to be considered, planned, and delivered effectively. The Department, alongside NHS England, royal colleges, and other stakeholders including representatives o...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPhysician Assistants: RedundancyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential impact of his proposed reforms to the Physician Associate role on the number of redundancies of Physician Associates.
Answer: The principle question of the Leng Review was to assess whether the roles of physician and anaesthesia associate, which we recommend should now be known as physician assistants and physician assistants in anaesthesia, are safe and effective. The review’s ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordObesity: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of private providers increasing the cost of weight loss drugs by 170% with two weeks’ notice on patients.
Answer: As we shift the focus from treatment to prevention through our 10 Year Health Plan, we are determined to bring revolutionary modern treatments to everyone who needs them, not just those who can afford to pay.NHS England has worked with Eli Lilly to ensure...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordObesity: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to regulate sudden price increases in privately purchased weight loss drugs.
Answer: As we shift the focus from treatment to prevention through our 10 Year Health Plan, we are determined to bring revolutionary modern treatments to everyone who needs them, not just those who can afford to pay.NHS England has worked with Eli Lilly to ensure...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordObesity: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with private providers on patient protection from rapid increases in the cost of weight loss drugs.
Answer: As we shift the focus from treatment to prevention through our 10 Year Health Plan, we are determined to bring revolutionary modern treatments to everyone who needs them, not just those who can afford to pay.NHS England has worked with Eli Lilly to ensure...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMortgages: Right to Buy SchemeTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73623More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support people facing difficulties in obtaining mortgages for ex-Right to Buy properties.
Answer: HM Treasury is regularly in contact with mortgage lenders on all aspects of their mortgage business to understand their position and current lending conditions. However, the pricing of mortgages, including the availability of mortgage finance for particul...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMortgages: Right to Buy SchemeTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73622More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with mortgage providers on access to finance for ex-Right to Buy properties.
Answer: HM Treasury is regularly in contact with mortgage lenders on all aspects of their mortgage business to understand their position and current lending conditions. However, the pricing of mortgages, including the availability of mortgage finance for particul...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmoured Fighting VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in collaboration with Ukraine.
Answer: The UK and partners will continue to ensure we equip Ukraine as best we can in line with their priority needs to defend its sovereign territory to ensure we put them in the strongest possible position. This includes the provision of UGVs to Ukraine. The U...
Answered 6 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmoured Fighting VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on the development of UGVs for UK defence purposes.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) 2025 recommended a shift towards greater use of autonomy and Artificial Intelligence within the UK’s conventional force.It stated a common digital foundation of data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), synthetic environments,...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal PensionsTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73600More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC defines SSIPs as pension assets for the purposes of (a) means-tested benefits and (b) financial assessments.
Answer: The treatment of Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs) for the purposes of means-tested benefits and financial assessments does not fall within HMRC’s remit. HMRC’s role is to define and regulate pension schemes for tax purposes, including SIPPs, which ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Pensions: Local GovernmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the treatment of SSIP funds as savings rather than pensions by local authorities.
Answer: DWP does not take into account the value of a pension fund (such as a SIPP) that someone and/or their employer has paid into, this protects investments for retirement. Monies drawn from a pension fund, either as a lump-sum, a pension/annuity or both will ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities on the treatment of Small Self-Invested Pensions in financial assessments.
Answer: Where local authorities decide to charge for the provision of care and support, they must follow the Care Act 2014 and the Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014, and they must act under the Care and Support Statutory (CA...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: VATTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73235More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-VAT registered companies there are in the UK.
Answer: Information on companies that are not VAT registered is not centrally collated and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: West DorsetTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73234More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-VAT registered companies there are in West Dorset constituency.
Answer: Information on companies that are not VAT registered is not centrally collated and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: VATTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73233More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated total turnover of non-VAT registered companies is.
Answer: Information on companies that are not VAT registered is not centrally collated and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: VATTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73232More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average administrative cost is of collecting VAT from a VAT-registered company.
Answer: HMRC calculate annually the cost to collect £1 of VAT. In 2024-25, it cost 0.58 pence, i.e. less than one penny, to collect £1 of VAT on average. This ratio has been broadly stable over recent years. Cost of Collection - VAT - 5 year Trend from 2020-2021 ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: VATTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73231More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the projected annual loss of tax revenue is from non-VAT registered companies with turnover above the VAT threshold.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) estimates the size of the tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to HMRC, and what is actually paid. The tax gap statistics and details of the estimate methodologies are pub...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPhysician AssistantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is his proposed timeline for implementing changes to the scope of practice for physician associates.
Answer: The principle question of the Leng Review was to assess whether the roles of physician assistants and physician assistants in anaesthesia, still legally known as anaesthesia associates and physician associates, are safe and effective. The review’s finding...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
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