Helen Morgan MP: written questions
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Written questions
General Practitioners: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the proportion of requests for specialist care which will be refused due to the requirement for GPs to use the Advice and Guidance system from 1 April
Answer: The purpose of Advice and Guidance (A&G) is not to refuse care but to ensure patients are seen in the right place, first time.Where the outcome of A&G is that care management in primary or community settings is in the patient’s best interests, it ...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Products: Origin MarkingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that imported food products do not use British branding.
Answer: All food sold on the UK market, including that which is imported, must comply with UK food labelling rules. The fundamental principle of the UK’s food labelling rules is that information provided to the consumer must not mislead and must enable the safe u...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Products: Origin MarkingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to accept the recommendation of the Farming Profitability Review to introduce a requirement that the use of British branding on country-of-original labelli
Answer: The Government knows that many consumers value the opportunity to buy British and support their local food economy The Farming Profitability Review points to areas where additional assurance schemes and refreshed voluntary principles could add value. The ...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpinal Injuries: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether future NHS planning guidance will require ICBs to provide specialist rehabilitation and care for patients with spinal cord injury.
Answer: Spinal cord injury services in England are commissioned against the national service specification, which is published by NHS England, and is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/service-spec-spinal-cord-in...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpinal Injuries: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department will ensure that low-volume, high-cost services such as spinal cord injury are not deprioritised by individual ICBs facing competing local financial pressures.
Answer: Plans to delegate suitable specialised services were first set out in the Roadmap for Integrating Specialised Services within Integrated Care Systems and have been developed in close collaboration with NHS England’s regional teams, integrated care boards ...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpinal Injuries: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to address regional disparities in accessing spinal cord injury services.
Answer: People with spinal cord injuries in North Shropshire receive specialist care through the Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries (MCSI) at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, one of 11 nationally designated spinal injury centres providing lif...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpinal Injuries: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential clinical impact of (a) current waiting times and (b) levels of coordination in spinal cord injury care.
Answer: People with spinal cord injuries in North Shropshire receive specialist care through the Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries (MCSI) at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, one of 11 nationally designated spinal injury centres providing lif...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpinal Injuries: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of support available to people with spinal cord injury in a) North Shropshire and b) England.
Answer: People with spinal cord injuries in North Shropshire receive specialist care through the Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries (MCSI) at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, one of 11 nationally designated spinal injury centres providing lif...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120655More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure that members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme with outstanding cases are informed of the latest developments regarding the management of the scheme.
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in receiving their pension ...
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120654More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what financial penalties have been applied to (a) MyCSP and (b) Capita on the management of the Civil Service Pension Scheme to date.
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government.The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in receiving their pension q...
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Questions 113872, 113873, 113874 and 113875 of 13 February 2026.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 29 April 2026 to Question 113872.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Questions 113248, 113249 and 113250, tabled on 12 February 2026.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 March 2026 to Question 113248.
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120651More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 109849 of 29 January 2026.
Answer: A response has been issued here.
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: Global Navigation Satellite SystemsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of satellite navigation systems used in ambulances in England.
Answer: Ambulance vehicles have satellite navigation systems that assist crews to identify the location of the emergency. These are updated regularly to ensure the information within them remains current, and in response to feedback from operational crews and man...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFuels: PricesTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120073More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support small haulage companies with fuel costs.
Answer: The Government is taking action to ensure that fuel at the pump remains affordable. At Budget 2025, the Government extended the 5p-per-litre cut for a further five months, until the end of August this year. The Government has also cancelled the increase i...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAstrophysics: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to maintain and support astrophysics research projects at centres such as the research institute at Jodrell Bank Observatory.
Answer: The Government is investing a record £86 billion in R&D between 2026/27 and 2029/30, with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) delivering £38.6 billion across the UK. UKRI’s “applicant-led” budgets will increase from £737 million this year to £815 millio...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAstronomy and Physics: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of UK Research and Innovation provision on the future of UK research in particle physics, astronomy and nuclear physics.
Answer: The Government is investing a record £86 billion in R&D between 2026/27 and 2029/30, with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) delivering £38.6 billion across the UK. UKRI’s “applicant-led” budgets will increase from £737 million this year to £815 millio...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAstronomy and Physics: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of UK Research and Innovation research grant cuts on early career researchers in particle physics, astronomy and nuclear physics.
Answer: The Government is investing a record £86 billion in R&D between 2026/27 and 2029/30, with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) delivering £38.6 billion across the UK. UKRI’s “applicant-led” budgets will increase from £737 million this year to £815 millio...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure complex ophthalmology care is provided in a timely fashion.
Answer: We have committed to ensuring that 92% of all patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from Referral to Treatment (RTT) by March 2029. Since the Government came into office, the waiting list for routine appointments, operations, and procedures in England has...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMacular Degeneration: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NICE Guidance to prevent irreversible sight loss is being met for patients with wet age-related macular degeneration.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued technology appraisal guidance recommending several medicines for use in the treatment of wet age-related macular generation. The National Health Service in England is legally required...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: ReorganisationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on external consultants for the ongoing reorganisation of the NHS since 2024.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS England: RedundancyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the NHS England voluntary redundancy scheme on its ability to deliver its functions.
Answer: The NHS England voluntary redundancy scheme was launched in December 2025, with staff able to submit applications. Following closure of the window for applications, there has been a considered and risk-based approvals process to determine whether applicat...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any of NHS England's responsibilities or functions have been fully transferred to the Department of Health and Social Care since the announcement of NHS England abolition in March 2025.
Answer: The Government intends to abolish NHS England by April 2027. NHS England responsibilities and functions will not be transferred into the restructured Department until the passage of the legislation is complete, subject to the will of Parliament. Work is p...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: Crimes of ViolenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many assaults on staff in NHS A&E departments have been recorded each year since 2019.
Answer: The 2025 NHS staff survey showed that 14.47% of staff experienced at least one incidence of violence in the last 12 months from patients and/or service users, their relatives, or other members of the public, compared to 14.38% in 2024, 13.88% in 2023, 14....
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS England: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS England employees there (a) are and (b) were on 13 March 2025; and what estimate he has made of the number of NHS England employees there will be following the first round of the volun
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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