Edward Morello MP: written questions
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Mental Health Services: West DorsetDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) access to, (b) waiting times for, (c) availability of specialist therapies in and (d) other provision of child and adolesce
Answer: The NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board is responsible for commissioning services to meet the mental health needs of children and young people in West Dorset. Nationally, the Government is investing an extra £688 million this year to transform mental health ...
Answered 29 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: West DorsetDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) number of (i) children and young people who were in the care of and (ii) staff employed by and (b) average caseload per care coordinator in child an
Answer: NHS England has advised that 4,036 children and young people were on the caseload of child and adolescent mental health services in the West Dorset constituency on 18 June 2025. 179 staff were employed by child and adolescent mental health services in the...
Answered 29 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: West DorsetDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the average (a) annual total cost and (b) cost per appointment was for the provision of child and adolescent mental health services in West Dorset constitue
Answer: Information on the annual cost of children and young people’s mental health services is not available at a constituency level. The following table shows the annual funding spent on children and young people’s mental health services for the NHS Dorset Inte...
Answered 29 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: West DorsetDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) improve access and (b) reduce waiting times for children and adolescent mental health services in West Dorset constituency.
Answer: The NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board is responsible for commissioning services to meet the mental health needs of children and young people in West Dorset. Nationally, the Government is investing an extra £688 million this year to transform mental health ...
Answered 29 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTractors and Trailers: Driving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to introduce a separate mandatory driving test for tractor and trailer combinations over a certain weight threshold.
Answer: There are no current plans to introduce a separate test for agricultural tractor and trailer combinations over a certain weight threshold.
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTractors and Trailers: Speed LimitsDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that tractor and trailer drivers comply with legal speed limits on public roads.
Answer: Local authorities are asked to have regard to the Department’s guidance Setting Local Speed Limits, designed to make sure that speed limits are appropriately and consistently set while allowing for flexibility to deal with local circumstances, but the fin...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Machinery: DrivingDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of laws governing the hours worked by agricultural vehicle drivers.
Answer: The Department for Transport (DfT) has not assessed the adequacy of the laws governing the hours worked by agricultural vehicle drivers. The regulations that apply to the hours worked by drivers of agricultural vehicles depend on a range of factors. For e...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: AgricultureDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with road safety experts on updating legislation relating to the use of high-weight agricultural vehicles on public roads.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Transport has not had discussions with road safety experts on updating legislation for the use of high-weight agricultural vehicles on public roads. Legislative updates to the speed and weight limits of agricultural tractors wer...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: AgricultureDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to update existing legislation on the use of high-weight agricultural vehicles on public roads to reflect modern vehicle (a) sizes, (b) traffic conditions and (c)
Answer: The Secretary of State for Transport has not had discussions with road safety experts on updating legislation for the use of high-weight agricultural vehicles on public roads. Legislative updates to the speed and weight limits of agricultural tractors wer...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications Cables: Seas and OceansDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has held recent discussions with relevant experts on the Government’s review into the legal frameworks governing subsea telecommunications cables.
Answer: DSIT works closely with relevant experts including other government departments, international partners, academics and industry to develop policies to help ensure the security and resilience of subsea telecoms cables. This includes regular discussions on ...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Rural AreasDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that rural areas are not disproportionately impacted by the rollout of the expanded childcare offer, in the context of levels of (a) job availability and (b) childc
Answer: The department is working closely with all local authorities on the rollout of the expanded childcare offer. The department has regular contact with each local authority in England about their sufficiency of childcare and any issues they are facing, inclu...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to increase the flexibility of funded childcare arrangements to help increase support for parents (a) who are unable to take up work due to a lack of available nursery places and
Answer: On 7 July, the department published its Best Start in Life Strategy, which sets out how we will make real change happen for families across the country.We are delivering more support to working families than ever before with the rollout of 30 hours govern...
Answered 31 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications Cables: Seas and OceansDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress he has made on the review into legal frameworks governing subsea telecommunications cables.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member for West Dorset to the answer given on 17 July 2025 to Question 66484. The review into the UK’s legal frameworks governing subsea telecommunications cables is still ongoing. If the Government decides that changes to legislati...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to strengthen Section 157 of the Housing Act 1985 to prevent its circumvention through legal or administrative loopholes.
Answer: In November 2024, the government consulted on further reforms to the Right to Buy.A formal response to that consultation was published on 2 July 2025 and can be found on gov.uk here.As part of that response, the government noted arguments put forward by l...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has produced an impact assessment into the potential impact of (a) removing and (b) reducing levels of safeguard functions provided by integrated care boards.
Answer: Ministers and the Department are working with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to ensure that integrated care boards (ICBs) continue to fulfil their functions effectively within the running costs cap, and we ex...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure ongoing compliance with statutory safeguarding duties if designated safeguarding professionals are removed from Integrated Care Boards.
Answer: Ministers and the Department are working with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to ensure that integrated care boards (ICBs) continue to fulfil their functions effectively within the running costs cap, and we ex...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: ReformDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the (a) nursing and (b) safeguarding workforce on system-wide NHS reforms.
Answer: Ministers and Department officials regularly meet with staff side representatives to discuss the implications of policy changes, including system-wide reforms, for the workforce. The national Social Partnership Forum (SPF) is the primary forum for collect...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to publish a national strategy for rainwater management to promote (a) sustainable and (b) decentralised water use.
Answer: In June this year, the Government introduced new national standards, making clear that sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) should be designed to cope with changing climatic conditions as well as delivering wider water infrastructure benefits in the form o...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her oral contribution of 23 June 2025, Official Report, column 823, what steps her Department is taking to enable face-to-face meetings for PIP appeal hearings more accessible.
Answer: The oral contribution refers to the PIP assessment process and outlines our commitment to audio recording assessments. Appeals are lodged directly with, and administered by, HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). Making appeal hearings more accessible i...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of a national rainwater management strategy.
Answer: We recognise that recycling rainwater plays a key role in balancing water supply and demand. Implementing rainwater management systems is a key part of existing Government strategy to review Building Regulations and water regulation, to meet the statutory...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the integration of rainwater harvesting systems in new housing developments.
Answer: In June this year, the Government introduced new national standards, making clear that sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) should be designed to cope with changing climatic conditions as well as delivering wider water infrastructure benefits in the form o...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSewers and Water: InfrastructureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to promote property-level rainwater harvesting and sustainable drainage systems as part of the Government’s water infrastructure strategy.
Answer: In June this year, the Government introduced new national standards for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS), making clear SuDS should be designed to cope with changing climatic conditions as well as delivering wider water infrastructure benefits. This inc...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of shifting from centralised stormwater solutions to decentralised approaches such as rainwater harvesting on carb
Answer: In June this year, the Government introduced new national standards, making clear that sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) should be designed to cope with changing climatic conditions as well as delivering wider water infrastructure benefits in the form o...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSewers and Water: HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on updating planning guidance to require on-site water reuse and sustainable drain
Answer: In June this year, the Government introduced new national standards for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS), making clear SuDS should be designed to cope with changing climatic conditions as well as delivering wider water infrastructure benefits. This inc...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing incentives for developers to install (a) rainwater capture and (b) other decentralised water systems in new homes.
Answer: In June this year, the Government introduced new national standards, making clear that sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) should be designed to cope with changing climatic conditions as well as delivering wider water infrastructure benefits in the form o...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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