Edward Morello MP: written questions 2025
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Speed Limits: Rural AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support her Department provides to local councils for reducing speed limits in villages.
Answer: Decisions on making local speed limits on roads in England rest with traffic authorities who have responsibility for roads in local areas. The Department for Transport issues best practice guidance to assist authorities setting local speed limits, designe...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeed Limits: West DorsetDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending 20mph zones in rural villages in West Dorset constituency.
Answer: Decisions on making local speed limits on roads in England rest with traffic authorities who have responsibility for roads in local areas. The Department for Transport issues best practice guidance to assist authorities setting local speed limits, designe...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeed Limits: Rural AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria her Department uses to determine speed limits in villages.
Answer: Decisions on making local speed limits on roads in England rest with traffic authorities who have responsibility for roads in local areas. The Department for Transport issues best practice guidance to assist authorities setting local speed limits, designe...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving: CannabisDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department provides to drivers prescribed medicinal cannabis on (a) driving safety and (b) legal responsibilities.
Answer: There is a requirement on drivers to notify DVLA of a medical condition that affects their ability to drive safely. The DVLA will make an assessment on their fitness to drive. Information can be found on GOV.UK www.gov.uk/health-conditions-and-drivingThe ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Mobile PhonesDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has conducted public awareness campaigns on the dangers of mobile phone use while driving.
Answer: THINK! is the Government’s flagship road safety campaign, which aims to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on our roads by addressing a range of issues, including mobile phone distraction. In 2022, the Government ran a THINK! Campaign...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Mobile PhonesDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce stricter penalties for mobile phone use while driving.
Answer: Government keeps motoring offences under review, and is considering possible interventions.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of mobile phone usage while driving on the number of road accidents in the past five years.
Answer: Statistics on road collisions are available based on data reported to the Department by police forces via the STATS19 data collection system. Within STATS19, reporting officers can record up to 6 factors which they consider may have contributed to the col...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Instruction: Operating CostsDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of supporting driving instructors with operational costs.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency does not employ driving instructors and so has no power or control over what they charge for their services, including lessons. Fees charged by Approved Driving Instructors (ADI) for driving lessons anywhere in the ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Instruction: Rural AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to help reduce the cost of driving lessons for learners in rural areas.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency does not employ driving instructors and so has no power or control over what they charge for their services, including lessons. Fees charged by Approved Driving Instructors (ADI) for driving lessons anywhere in the ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Policing: Speed LimitsDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Community Speed Watch programmes in reducing speeding in West Dorset constituency.
Answer: Community Speedwatch schemes are initiatives coordinated by the police working with local volunteers to target speeders, and decisions on whether to operate local schemes are operational matters for the police. The Department for Transport agrees that th...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous Driving: Rural AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support Community Speed Watch schemes and (b) deter (i) antisocial driving and (ii) street racing in rural areas.
Answer: Community Speedwatch schemes are initiatives coordinated by the police working with local volunteers to target speeders, and decisions on whether to operate local schemes are operational matters for the police. The Department for Transport agrees that th...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Horse RidingDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve road safety for horse riders in West Dorset constituency.
Answer: In my answer of 28 April 2025 to WPQ-45414, WPQ-45415 and WPQ-45416 on horse rider safety, I stated that The Highway Code was updated in 2022 to improve the safety of all road users, particularly the most vulnerable. Key changes included the introduction ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock WorryingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help provide (a) support and (b) resources to farmers to protect their livestock from dog attacks.
Answer: This government recognises the distress livestock worrying can cause animals and their keepers. This Government is supporting a Private Members’ Bill which will amend and update the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953. The Bill will modernise definiti...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that GPs continue to receive (a) funding and (b) support following the dissolution of NHS England.
Answer: We inherited a broken National Health Service which penalises hard working staff by hampering them with layers of bureaucracy, unclear lines of accountability, and a fragmented, duplicative system. It is a bad use of taxpayers’ money to have two national ...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) service delivery and (b) patient care standards are maintained in community pharmacies following the dissolution of NHS England.
Answer: The Government recognises that pharmacies are an integral part of the fabric of our communities, as an easily accessible ‘front door’ to the NHS, staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare professionals.All services delivered within a community phar...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) service delivery and (b) patient care standards in dental practices are maintained following the dissolution of NHS England.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new executive team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to lead the formation of a new joint centre. As we work to bring the two organisations together, we will ensure that we conti...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNational LandscapesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to review funding for the (a) conservation and (b) management of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty to increase their (i) environmental and (ii) recreati
Answer: National Landscape teams are powerful delivery partners, bringing together outcomes for nature, climate and communities. We understand resourcing remains a challenge and recognise that the Defra core grant is an essential foundation for National Landscape...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: National LandscapesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase protection for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty from development.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 21471 on 21 January 2025.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to evaluate feedback from adoptive families on the effectiveness of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund; and what steps she is taking to implement improvements to
Answer: The effectiveness of the therapies available within the adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF) is currently being assessed from multiple angles, including through feedback from adoptive families. The department started to collect data from...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAbirateroneDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland on equitable access to abiraterone acetate for high-risk, non-metastatic prostate cancer pat
Answer: Decisions on the availability of medicines in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are a matter for the devolved administrations.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAbirateroneDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has had discussions with its counterparts in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, and (c) Northern Ireland on recommending abiraterone acetate for
Answer: Decisions on the availability of medicines in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are a matter for the devolved administrations.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEarwax: West DorsetDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the provision of NHS ear wax removal services in West Dorset constituency.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) have a statutory responsibility to commission cost-effective healthcare to meet the needs of their local populations. This includes the arrangement of services for ear wax removal. When ICBs exercise their functions, includin...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEarwax: West DorsetDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to general practitioners on the provision of ear wax removal services to patients in West Dorset constituency.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) have a statutory responsibility to commission cost-effective healthcare to meet the needs of their local populations. This includes the arrangement of services for ear wax removal. When ICBs exercise their functions, includin...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArms TradeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the legislation enabling domestic firearms companies to sell firearms to Europe.
Answer: Exports of firearms are controlled by the Export Control Order 2008 and Regulation (EU) No 258/2012. Only once an export licence has been issued can the export proceed.We rigorously assess every application on a case-by-case basis against strict assessmen...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWeapons: Manufacturing IndustriesMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the merits of potential locations for the establishment of new domestic weapons manufacturing facilities.
Answer: The strategic aim of this Government’s Defence Industrial Strategy is to make sure the imperatives of national security and a high-growth economy are aligned. The Defence Industrial Strategy will signal to industry the areas we want to grow our onshore pr...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
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