Edward Morello MP: written questions 2025
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Ports: DorsetDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the status is of the revised Harbour Revision Order relating to the Harbour managed by Dorset Council; and when she expects it to be approved.
Answer: The department does not manage the process of Harbour orders, as this process is led by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The MMO is unusually busy with Harbour orders at present but is working continuously to process all harbour orders. For an ac...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to request funds for (a) cycling and (b) walking as part of the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review.
Answer: Future government funding for cycling and walking is being considered alongside all other transport priorities as part of the Spending Review. On 28 March, I informed Parliament of my intention to publish a third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy fo...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordActive TravelDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will allocate 10% of the transport budget to active travel to increase cycling levels.
Answer: Decisions on future Government funding for active travel will be a matter for the Spending Review, which is considering all transport expenditure in the round. Investment in active travel supports the Government’s economic growth, health and net zero miss...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: DorsetDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department plans to provide to Dorset Council for (a) cycling and (b) walking infrastructure in each of the next three financial years.
Answer: On 12 February, the Department announced the funding allocations for the Combined Active Travel Fund (CATF), the dedicated revenue and capital funding round for 2025/26. Dorset Council was awarded £774,233 and it will be for the authority to decide on inf...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential return on investment of increasing funding for (a) cycling and (b) walking.
Answer: Investment in active travel supports the Government’s economic growth, health and net zero missions, and generally has a very positive benefit-to-cost ratio. Walking and cycling are among the cheapest and most accessible forms of physical activity and som...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat Western Railway: West DorsetDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with Great Western Railway on improving seat availability on services in West Dorset constituency.
Answer: Department officials have regular discussions with Great Western Railway (GWR) about the provision of capacity across its network, including in the West Dorset constituency. Additional capacity was added in May 2023 to ensure trains run consistently once ...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat Western RailwayDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with Great Western Railway on improving customer satisfaction of services in (a) West Dorset constituency and (b) other areas.
Answer: Department officials have regular discussions with Great Western Railway (GWR) on matters related to customer satisfaction on its services, including those that run through West Dorset. The operator is held to account for its performance both at stations ...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat Western RailwayDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing additional diesel multiple units to the Great Western Railway fleet on the environment; and whether she plans to take steps t
Answer: Great Western Railway (GWR) is introducing additional diesel units from the end of this year. This will enable older diesel units to be retired and provide more resilience across the network. The Department continues to work with the industry to develop p...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat Western RailwayDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to help support Great Western Railway to procure additional rolling stock.
Answer: Great Western Railway and Network Rail have been working together to develop plans to replace ageing rolling stock with trains that will better meet the needs of passengers in the future. Any specific proposals are subject to both business case approval a...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: West DorsetDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to Dorset Council for road resurfacing projects in West Dorset for the fiscal years (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25; and how this compares to the last five years for which inform
Answer: The main criteria used to determine the allocation of highway maintenance funding to local highway authorities are road length and road classification, along with the number of bridges and street lighting columns that each local authority is responsible f...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are used to determine the allocation of funding for road resurfacing to local councils; and how these criteria have been applied to Dorset Council.
Answer: The main criteria used to determine the allocation of highway maintenance funding to local highway authorities are road length and road classification, along with the number of bridges and street lighting columns that each local authority is responsible f...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: Cayman IslandsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that British citizens from the Cayman Islands with a right of abode in the UK are not mistakenly denied access to home fee status due to administrative misinterpret
Answer: Since 2007, persons who have settled status in the UK, and who come to the UK from specified British Overseas Territories, have been eligible for home fee status if they meet the requirement of three years’ ordinary residence in the UK, Channel Islands, I...
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) training and (b) qualifications of higher education administrative staff involved in determining eligibility for home fee status under th
Answer: Since 2007, persons who have settled status in the UK, and who come to the UK from specified British Overseas Territories, have been eligible for home fee status if they meet the requirement of three years’ ordinary residence in the UK, Channel Islands, I...
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: Cayman IslandsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of incorrectly assessing people as ineligible for home fee status on students from the Cayman Islands.
Answer: Since 2007, persons who have settled status in the UK, and who come to the UK from specified British Overseas Territories, have been eligible for home fee status if they meet the requirement of three years’ ordinary residence in the UK, Channel Islands, I...
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: Cayman IslandsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Cayman Islands Government Office in the UK on improving access to home fees for students from the Cayman Islands.
Answer: Since 2007, persons who have settled status in the UK, and who come to the UK from specified British Overseas Territories, have been eligible for home fee status if they meet the requirement of three years’ ordinary residence in the UK, Channel Islands, I...
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: Cayman IslandsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the consistency of decisions made by higher education providers on the eligibility of students from the Cayman Islands for home fee status.
Answer: Since 2007, persons who have settled status in the UK, and who come to the UK from specified British Overseas Territories, have been eligible for home fee status if they meet the requirement of three years’ ordinary residence in the UK, Channel Islands, I...
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: Cayman IslandsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to issue formal guidance to higher education providers on assessing the eligibility of students from the Cayman Islands for home fee status under the Education (Fees and Awards) (En
Answer: Since 2007, persons who have settled status in the UK, and who come to the UK from specified British Overseas Territories, have been eligible for home fee status if they meet the requirement of three years’ ordinary residence in the UK, Channel Islands, I...
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEarwax: West DorsetDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) availability and (b) accessibility 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 population. This includes the arrangement of services for ear wax removal.Across the West Dorset area, the NHS Dorset IC...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment: RecyclingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of working with local authorities to facilitate the (a) collection and (b) redistribution of (i) Zimmer frames, (ii) walking st
Answer: As set out in the Delivering a Net Zero National Health Service report, published in October 2020, the NHS is committed to reducing its environmental impact, including by improving resilience and increasing the reuse, remanufacture, and recycling of medic...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment: RecyclingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential (a) environmental and (b) financial merits of implementing nationwide recycling programmes for durable medical equipment.
Answer: As set out in the Delivering a Net Zero National Health Service report, published in October 2020, the NHS is committed to reducing its environmental impact, including by improving resilience and increasing the reuse, remanufacture, and recycling of medic...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment: RecyclingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help promote the (a) recycling and (b) reuse of (i) Zimmer frames, (ii) walking sticks and (iii) other medical equipment within the NHS.
Answer: As set out in the Delivering a Net Zero National Health Service report, published in October 2020, the NHS is committed to reducing its environmental impact, including by improving resilience and increasing the reuse, remanufacture, and recycling of medic...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help improve the (a) transparency and (b) public accessibility of water quality data for (i) rivers and (ii) lakes.
Answer: The Environment Agency’s Water Hub is a dedicated, easily accessible space bringing together publicly available guidance, data and news relating to water. The Environment Agency processes and publishes vast amounts of data, including bathing water data, s...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMicroplastics: West DorsetDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) help reduce microplastic pollution in West Dorset constituency.
Answer: The Environment Agency is collaborating with the water industry on a suite of investigations into microplastics. This began in 2020 as part of the Chemical Investigations Programme and is continuing into the next phase of the Water Industry National Envir...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: HeatingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to incentivise the adoption of low-carbon heating solutions in residential properties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in West Dorset constituency.
Answer: Under the Warm Homes Plan, officials are exploring the role of incentives and private finance for households to support homeowners with the upfront costs of energy efficiency improvements and low carbon heating. The Government has launched the ‘Warm and F...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the development and implementation of carbon removal and storage technologies to achieve the UK's net-zero targets.
Answer: Greenhouse Gas Removal technologies will be important for reaching net zero. The Government has been developing Business Models to incentivise private investment into large-scale removal projects, commissioned the British Standards Institution to develop ...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
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