Grahame Morris MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Fuels: Retail TradeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will introduce a statutory fuel finder scheme as recommended by the Competition and Markets Authority's Road Fuel Market Study.
Answer: The government welcomes the CMA’s work to investigate fuel prices and we will continue to monitor the situation closely.
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Anti-social Behaviour and CrimeHome OfficeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the challenges of policing (a) criminal and (b) anti-social use of off-road bikes.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission to take back our streets.The Government will give police the powers they need to take illegal, dangerous and antisocial bikes off the streets...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase radiotherapy treatment capacity in the NHS.
Answer: Since April 2022 the responsibility for investing in new radiotherapy machines sits with local systems. This is supported by the 2021 Spending Review, which set aside £12 billion in operational capital for the National Health Service for 2022 to 2025, and...
Answered 24 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will make it his policy to publish a national cancer plan.
Answer: The NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, sets out the National Health Service’s key ambitions on cancer. The plan sets out the NHS ambition to increase the number of cancers diagnosed at stages 1 and 2 to 75% by 2028, and to increase the number ...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordAffordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will (a) review the definition of affordable housing and (b) ensure that definition is linked to average wages by region.
Answer: Affordable housing is defined for planning purposes in the National Planning Policy Framework. The Government will be publishing a consultation on national planning policy before the end of July.We are committed to the biggest increase in social and affor...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncil Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of national house building targets will be for council housing in the next five years.
Answer: The Government is committed to the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and we will work with councils and housing associations to achieve this. More announcements will be made in due course.
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordDurham Coast Line: OvercrowdingDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the impact of overcrowding on the Durham Coast Line during peak periods on the health and safety of passengers.
Answer: Rail North Partnership (RNP), through which the department jointly manages Northern Trains’ contract with Transport for the North, monitors operators’ planned train deployment to ensure this falls within the requirement on them to match capacity to demand...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordDurham Coast Line: OvercrowdingDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help reduce overcrowding on the Durham Coast Line during peak periods.
Answer: Rail North Partnership (RNP), through which the department jointly manages Northern Trains’ contract with Transport for the North, monitors operators’ planned train deployment to ensure this falls within the requirement on them to match capacity to demand...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Health: PupilsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 52More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward proposals to reintroduce school dental screening.
Answer: There are no plans to reintroduce school dental screenings in England. The UK National Screening Committee does not recommend population screening for dental disease in children aged six to nine years old. Further information is available at the following...
Answered 23 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: Married PeopleHome OfficeTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 51More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the the minimum income requirement for spousal visa applications.
Answer: We keep all policies under review. Any changes will be announced to Parliament in the normal way.
Answered 22 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: SeahamDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 50More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of expediting the application by Grand Central Rail for four daily calls at Seaham train station on Grand Central's North East services.
Answer: Access to the rail network is ultimately a decision for the ORR in its role as regulator for the rail industry. We will continue to work with ORR through the consultation process.
Answered 22 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 49More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on the potential merits of trialling a kinship care allowance.
Answer: The department is committed to working in partnership with local government to support children in care, whether they are being looked after by their community of wider kinship care, foster carers and adoptive parents, or being cared for in children’s hom...
Answered 22 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 48More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing a financial allowance to kinship carers equal to that received by foster carers.
Answer: The department is committed to working in partnership with local government to support children in care, whether they are being looked after by their community of wider kinship care, foster carers and adoptive parents, or being cared for in children’s hom...
Answered 22 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordMineworkers' Pension SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 47More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to bring forward proposals relating to the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme to (a) reform the surplus sharing arrangements and (b) transfer the Investment Reserve Fund to scheme memb
Answer: Work has already started across Government to deliver on our manifesto commitments. I will be meeting the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme Trustees shortly to discuss the best way to deliver our commitments.
Answered 22 Jul 2024
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