Helen Morgan MP: written questions
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Health Services: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of elective services changes in the NHS payment scheme on (a) patients and (b) people with (i) ADHD and (ii) other disabilities.
Answer: As required by law, NHS England has assessed the impact of the proposed NHS Payment Scheme. This is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/25-26-NHSPS-Consultation-notice-C-impact-assessment.pdfThis impact as...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written QuestionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 29014 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions, when he plans to respond to Question 24518 on Far
Answer: Question 24518 was answered on 4 March 2025.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: BuildingsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support she is providing to local authorities which own buildings in need of repair due to the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
Answer: The issues with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) are longstanding and well known. All building owners are responsible for managing building safety and performance risks of all kinds in their buildings, including RAAC, in a proportionate, risk...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRegeneration: WhitchurchMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will provide capital funding to support the regeneration of Whitchurch Civic Centre.
Answer: I understand the difficulties constituents are facing due to the closure of the building. The building is owned by Shropshire Council. The Council is responsible for managing their own budgets and delivering on their responsibilities. This includes their ...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWhitchurch Station: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of (a) 24 July 2024 to Question 835 and (b) 25 November 2024 to Question 15073 on Whitchurch (Shropshire) Station: Access, what progress she has made on providing step-free access a
Answer: Network Rail have completed an option selection report for step-free access at Whitchurch railway station. This will be reviewed alongside 49 other stations across Britain to determine which should progress.
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGobowen-Oswestry Railway LineDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with rail companies on reopening of the Oswestry to Gobowen railway line.
Answer: The Chancellor’s statement of 29 July 2024 confirmed that the Restoring Your Railway programme would be brought to a close, which included the proposed scheme to reopen the line between Oswestry and Gobowen. Proposals from the former Restoring Your Railwa...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: Opening HoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of hours pharmacies were open in (a) 2015 and (b) 2024.
Answer: The Department does not hold opening hours data for pharmacies in 2015. Data for opening hours from 2022 is available at the following link:https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/consolidated-pharmaceutical-list
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRural England Prosperity FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the level of funding for the Rural England Prosperity Fund was decided for 2025-26.
Answer: The Department announced on 4th March that it would be providing an additional £33 million for the Rural England Prosperity Fund in financial year 2025-26. This announcement continues funding beyond the lifetime of the original scheme providing new money ...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRural England Prosperity FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the reduction of the Rural England Prosperity Fund in the 2025-26 financial year on rural areas.
Answer: The Department announced on 4th March that it would be providing an additional £33 million for the Rural England Prosperity Fund in financial year 2025-26. This announcement continues funding beyond the lifetime of the original scheme providing new money ...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: RegistrationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of pharmacies that have been registered in each integrated care board area for each year since financial year 2021-22.
Answer: NHS England maintains the lists of National Health Service pharmacies in each Health and Wellbeing Board area. As high volumes of changes take place each month, the consolidated pharmaceutical list is produced and validated on a quarterly basis. Since the...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of increased National Insurance contributions on pharmacies.
Answer: We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at the Autumn Budget, and this enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26.The e...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ClosuresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent pharmacy closures.
Answer: The Government recognises that pharmacies are an integral part of the fabric of our communities, as an easily accessible front door to the National Health Service, staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare professionals.The Government is committed ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand access to the Pharmacy First scheme.
Answer: The Government recognises that pharmacies are an integral part of the fabric of our communities, as an easily accessible front door to the National Health Service, staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare professionals.The Government is committed ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure there will be no deterioration in access to the Pharmacy First scheme in the next financial year.
Answer: The Government recognises that pharmacies are an integral part of the fabric of our communities, as an easily accessible front door to the National Health Service, staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare professionals.The Government is committed ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will guarantee funding for the Pharmacy First scheme beyond 1 April 2025.
Answer: The Government recognises that pharmacies are an integral part of the fabric of our communities, as an easily accessible front door to the National Health Service, staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare professionals.The Government is committed ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost increase of (a) delivering Pharmacy First services, (b) dispensing costs and (c) employment of pharmacy staff between 2023-24 and 2025-26.
Answer: The funding agreed seeks to address inflation and activity increases in the sector. We are now working at pace with Community Pharmacy England to ensure that the funding we have available is used to support community pharmacy in the best way possible. We ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the 2024-25 pharmacy contract.
Answer: The funding agreed seeks to address inflation and activity increases in the sector. We are now working at pace with Community Pharmacy England to ensure that the funding we have available is used to support community pharmacy in the best way possible. We ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ClosuresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pharmacies his Department expect to close in the next financial year if the pharmacy contract remains unchanged.
Answer: Community pharmacies are private businesses, and the Department does not have sight of their individual financial positions. We are now working at pace with Community Pharmacy England to ensure that the funding we have secured for 2024/25 and 2025/26 is u...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35781More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether provisional results have been shared with him from Frontier Economics' independent economic analysis of National Health Service pharmacy funding in 2024.
Answer: Frontier Economics were commissioned to undertake an independent economic analysis of National Health Service pharmacy funding by the previous administration. The interim report has been shared with ministers and has informed the offer that Community Phar...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will respond to Question 32211 on NHS: Finance tabled by the hon. Member for North Shropshire on 21 February 2025.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 32211 on 24 March 2025.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism and Learning Disability: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she expects to publish the Oliver McGowan Code of Practice on statutory learning disability and autism training.
Answer: Under the Health and Care Act 2022, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is required to issue a Code of Practice to guide providers registered with the Care Quality Commission on how to meet their statutory requirement on l...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSewageDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what limits his Department plans to set on effluent released into waste water from commercial food waste extraction and drying systems.
Answer: Trade effluent discharges to the public sewerage network are the responsibility of the discharging party to agree consent to discharge with the local sewerage undertaker. Under s.118 of the Water Industry Act 1991, the occupier of any trade premises in th...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the readiness of businesses in the hospitality industry for the implementation of the mandatory separation of food waste from recycling from 31 March 202
Answer: We are working closely with industry partners such as UK Hospitality, the Hospitality Sector Council, and Food and Drink Federation to raise awareness of the requirements and understand the sector’s readiness, which has included hosting a sector specific ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve the quality of administrative tasks within the NHS and (b) reduce the number of people receiving an invitation to an appointment after the date it
Answer: The Government is putting patients first, making sure they are seen as quickly as possible and have the best possible experience, which includes receiving timely communication and experiencing high quality administration.The Elective Reform Plan, publishe...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce potential disparities between waiting times for mental health services and physical health services and (b) ensure mental health is given equal priority to phy
Answer: We recognise that people with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they need, which is why we will fix the broken system to ensure we give mental health the same attention and focus as physical health. This includes recruiting 8,500 mo...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
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