Edward Morello MP: written questions
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Hospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the efficiency (a) rural and (b) urban hospitals; and how many hospitals in each of those categories are within the top quarter most efficient hospitals.
Answer: As part of the 2025/26 planning process, all National Health Service organisations were required to set efficiency and savings targets necessary to achieve a balanced financial position. These targets are publicly available in hospital board reports. The ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Per Capita CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average per-patient spend is per hospital (a) in England and (b) within the top quarter of most efficient hospitals.
Answer: NHS England collects information on the costs of NHS trusts delivering services to patients, the detail of which is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/costing-in-the-nhs/national-cost-collection/.Comparing the average cost per pat...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAir Ambulance Services: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of automatic planning permission for extending helipad operation hours at major trauma hospitals.
Answer: Operating hours are usually set locally, by condition, following the grant of planning permission. If there are conditions restricting operating hours, these can be varied or removed through a section 73 application following local consideration of the be...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Air Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislative safeguards to protect existing hospital helipads from closure.
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 recordHospitals: Air Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that existing hospital helipads are protected from (a) planning and (b) operational restrictions.
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 recordHospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which hospitals are in the top quartile of most efficient hospitals.
Answer: The Department and NHS England do not measure efficiency by hospital. Instead, the NHS Oversight Framework measures National Health Service trust and foundation trust performance across a range of metrics. These reflect the delivery of NHS priorities, inc...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ExpenditureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average per-patient spend is in (a) all hospitals and (b) the top quartile of efficient hospitals.
Answer: NHS England collects information on the costs of NHS trusts delivering services to patients, the detail of which is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/costing-in-the-nhs/national-cost-collection/.Comparing the average cost per pat...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Air Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how and what proportion of major trauma hospitals operate 24-hour hospital helipads in England.
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 recordInheritance 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
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