Helen Morgan MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Community Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme will be continuing beyond March 2026.
Answer: Both integrated care boards (ICBs) and local health systems will design Neighbourhood Health Services that reflect the needs of their local populations as part of their wider responsibilities within their funding allocations. Nationally, we are developing...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what dedicated funding he is providing to (a) primary care networks and (b) integrated care boards for the development of integrated neighbourhood teams.
Answer: Both integrated care boards (ICBs) and local health systems will design Neighbourhood Health Services that reflect the needs of their local populations as part of their wider responsibilities within their funding allocations. Nationally, we are developing...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: British Nationals AbroadForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will have discussions with her Spanish counterpart on expediting the processing of visa applications for British nationals at the Consulate of Spain in Manchester.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer she was provided on 27 November in response to Question 91476.
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPark Homes: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the impact of the commission charge on the sale of park homes on park home owners.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 97962 on 15 December 2025.
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPark Homes: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the report from Liverpool and Sheffield Hallam Universities on the impact of a change in the maxi
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 97962 on 15 December 2025.
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLivestock Industry: Migrant WorkersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conversations she has had with the British wool industry about the impact of the Home Office's withdrawal of the visa concession for temporary employment as sheep shearers on the
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the response given on 3 March 2026 to the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe on to PQ UIN 114322.
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSheep: Livestock IndustryDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conversations she has had with the British wool industry about addressing challenges in sourcing sufficient numbers of trained shearers each year.
Answer: With a national flock of around 30m sheep, Defra recognises the importance that shearing sheep plays in managing the health and welfare of the UK flock. We acknowledge that industry faces continued challenges each year in sourcing sufficient numbers of tr...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSheep: Livestock IndustryDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to Questions 112298 and 112296, what steps her Department is taking with the British sheep industry to help address workforce availability of sheep shearers.
Answer: With a national flock of around 30m sheep, Defra recognises the importance that shearing sheep plays in managing the health and welfare of the UK flock. We acknowledge that industry faces continued challenges each year in sourcing sufficient numbers of tr...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOrthopaedics: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on delays to the supply of Heraeus bone cement.
Answer: The Department is working closely with NHS England, professional bodies and industry partners and have implemented a range of measures to resolve the shortage of bone cement.The National Health Service has secured stock of an alternative bone cement produ...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOrthopaedics: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish data relating to the number of surgeries affected by delays to the supply of Heraeus bone cement.
Answer: Joined up working between the Department and the National Health Service has successfully secured an alternative bone cement product for the coming weeks following the issues with Heraeus Medical’s production process. During this period, NHS providers wer...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOrthopaedics: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) minimise disruption caused by delays to the supply of bone cement and (b) ensure the availability of adequate supplies of bone cement in the future.
Answer: The Department is working closely with NHS England, professional bodies and industry partners and have implemented a range of measures to resolve the shortage of bone cement.The National Health Service has secured stock of an alternative bone cement produ...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022Department for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress has been made on the implementation of the remaining provisions of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act.
Answer: Government remains committed to implementing the remaining provisions of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 as soon as possible. On 15 December 2025, we published the response to the technical consultation on regulations c...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the number of critical incidents declared at hospitals between November and January for each of the last 10 financial years.
Answer: NHS England does not centrally record all actions taken by acute trusts or integrated care boards that exceed the Operational Pressures Escalation Levels (OPEL) 4 threshold, the highest level of pressure, where demand and capacity issues are critically af...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPalantir: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he has received advice that the cost-benefit analysis of the contract with Palantir for the NHS Federated Data Platform should be reviewed and (b) whether this analysis has been updated
Answer: The National Health Service ran an independent procurement exercise to secure a Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) via a rigorous, competitive process in line with Government procurement legislation. The selection was made by multiple assessors against cle...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has conducted an investigation into the reasons for the delayed adoption of the Federated Data Platform within the NHS.
Answer: The National Health Service ran an independent procurement exercise to secure a Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) via a rigorous, competitive process in line with Government procurement legislation. The selection was made by multiple assessors against cle...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPalantir: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he received advice about the continued viability of the contract with Palantir for the NHS Federated Data Platform.
Answer: The National Health Service ran an independent procurement exercise to secure a Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) via a rigorous, competitive process in line with Government procurement legislation. The selection was made by multiple assessors against cle...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPalantir: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice he has received from officials on the value for money of the contract with Palantir for the NHS Federated Data Platform.
Answer: The National Health Service ran an independent procurement exercise to secure a Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) via a rigorous, competitive process in line with Government procurement legislation. The selection was made by multiple assessors against cle...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department and NHS hospital trusts are collecting data on the numbers of patients receiving corridor care in NHS hospitals.
Answer: On 3 March 2026, NHS England wrote to National Health Service organisations, including trusts and integrated care boards (ICBs), setting out a clear definition of corridor care and the additional actions required to eliminate it. On 4 March 2026, this def...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish data on the numbers of patients receiving corridor care in NHS hospitals before the end of the financial year.
Answer: On 3 March 2026, NHS England wrote to National Health Service organisations, including trusts and integrated care boards (ICBs), setting out a clear definition of corridor care and the additional actions required to eliminate it. On 4 March 2026, this def...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has shared a definition of corridor care to (a) NHS trusts and (b) ICBs.
Answer: On 3 March 2026, NHS England wrote to National Health Service organisations, including trusts and integrated care boards (ICBs), setting out a clear definition of corridor care and the additional actions required to eliminate it. On 4 March 2026, this def...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of covid vaccinations were administered by community pharmacies in the winter 2025-26 programme.
Answer: NHS England collected, but does not currently publish, data on the proportion of COVID-19 vaccinations that were administered by community pharmacies in the autumn 2025 vaccination programme. This unpublished data indicates that during the autumn campaign...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of foundation pharmacists beginning their training in 2025 had been assigned a Designated Prescribing Practitioner.
Answer: Foundation trainee pharmacists who have graduated against the 2021 standards for the initial education and training of pharmacists are required to have a Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP), a healthcare professional with independent prescribing rig...
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided to community pharmacies through the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework in real terms in each year since 2016.
Answer: The following table shows the nominal and real terms funding provided through the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework each year since 2015/16: Nominal value (£m)Gross domestic product deflator at December 2025Real terms value 2025/26 prices (£m)2015/...
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will be providing guidance to local authorities on the floods funding criteria that will be in place for the 2026-27 financial year.
Answer: As part of the Environment Agency's wider programme of improvements to implement the new Defra flood funding policy, the Environment Agency will publish updated project funding guidance for practitioners before 1st April 2026.
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her letter to the Environmental Audit Committee dated 30 January 2026, what steps she is taking to increase funding for flood risk management in local authority areas
Answer: Delivering on the Plan for Change, this Government is investing at least £10.5 billion until 2036 to construct new flood schemes and repair existing defences. In October 2025 the Government announced major changes to its flood and coastal erosion funding ...
Answered 24 Feb 2026
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