Helen Morgan MP: written questions
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Military Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation payments have been made by his Department for health issues relating to Armed Forces helicopters since 23 April 2023; and what was the total value of those payments.
Answer: Common law claims alleging adverse impact from helicopter fuel and exhaust fumes were first received in 2019. Without any admission of liability, since 23 April 2023 the Ministry of Defence has made five compensation payments, totalling £3,578,566 in rela...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department first became aware of the potential link between long exposure to exhaust fumes from helicopters used by the Armed Forces and the risk of cancer.
Answer: Common law claims alleging adverse impact from helicopter fuel and exhaust fumes were first received in 2019. Without any admission of liability, since 23 April 2023 the Ministry of Defence has made five compensation payments, totalling £3,578,566 in rela...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many legal claims made against his Department in relation to the impact of aircrew’s exposure to helicopter fuel and exhaust fumes were outstanding on 14 November 2024.
Answer: Common law claims alleging adverse impact from helicopter fuel and exhaust fumes were first received in 2019. Without any admission of liability, since 23 April 2023 the Ministry of Defence has made five compensation payments, totalling £3,578,566 in rela...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of exposure to (a) Sea King (b) Westland Wessex (c) Puma and (d) CH-47 Chinook helicopter (i) fuel and (ii) exhaust fumes on aircrew’s (A) health and (B) risk o
Answer: Common law claims alleging adverse impact from helicopter fuel and exhaust fumes were first received in 2019. Without any admission of liability, since 23 April 2023 the Ministry of Defence has made five compensation payments, totalling £3,578,566 in rela...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: ShropshireDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the number of (a) deaths and (b) serious accidents on roads in Shropshire.
Answer: This Government takes road safety seriously, and we are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads. My Department is developing our road safety strategy and will set out more details in due course. Local government is the m...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help promote UK vaccine development.
Answer: Vaccines are critical for preventing infectious diseases, and lessening their impact. Vaccine development ensures that the United Kingdom remains on the cutting edge of technological advancements, and is able to respond to new and emerging disease risks. ...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth: CharitiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with health charities on the potential impact of increases in levels of employers' national insurance contributions on those charities.
Answer: Ministers and officials meet regularly with health and care charities to discuss a variety of issues.To repair public finances and help raise the revenue required to increase funding for public services, the Government has taken the difficult decision to ...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of an increase in employers national insurance contributions on dental practices' finances.
Answer: No assessments have been made yet on the potential impact of an increase in employers National Insurance Contributions on dental practices’ finances.The employer National Insurance rise will be implemented April 2025, and the Department will set out furth...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Research and Innovation: AgeingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Healthy Ageing Challenge in helping companies scale up projects.
Answer: An independent evaluation of the Healthy Ageing Challenge has been published on UKRI’s website. The evaluation found that the Challenge has:Contributed to firm-level growth, as evidenced by increased turnover, R&D expenditure, and staff numbers among ...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Research and Innovation: FinanceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UKRI funding in helping innovative projects scale-up.
Answer: Criteria assessing the impact and effectiveness of UKRI funding to support scale-up of innovative projects are consistently tracked through the UKRI Commercialisation Monitoring Framework, as well as Innovate UK’s Impact Management Framework.All evaluatio...
Answered 13 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: InnovationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Accelerating Reform Fund in innovating the social care sector.
Answer: The Accelerating Reform Fund (ARF) aims to address barriers to the adoption and scaling of innovation in adult social care and improve support for unpaid carers. Local authorities are supported to take forward locally identified innovative projects, worki...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.72 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, whether the £600 million for social care is in addition to Accelerating Reform Fund money yet to be
Answer: The Budget announced that the Government is providing at least £600 million of new grant funding for social care in 2025/26, as part of the broader estimated real-terms uplift to core local government spending power of approximately 3.2%. To support our u...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of an increase in employers national insurance contributions on GP surgeries' finances.
Answer: Primary care providers, for instance general practices (GPs), dentists, pharmacies, and eye care, are valued independent contractors who provide nearly £20 billion worth of services within the National Health Service. Every year we have discussions with e...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Health: Investment ReturnsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the report entitled Return on investment of public health interventions: a systematic review, published in Mar
Answer: We agree with the overall systematic review findings that local and national preventative public health interventions can be highly cost effective. The systematic review sets out analysis and evidence which has informed the Department’s own analysis.
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve public health services focusing on (a) smoking cessation, (b) drug and alcohol and (c) children's health.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving public health as part of delivering a shift from sickness to prevention. As part of this, the Public Health Grant funds a range of preventative interventions across the country, including local authority-led stop s...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture and Horticulture: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to agree new phytosanitary arrangements with the EU for (a) agricultural and (b) horticultural businesses.
Answer: Following their meeting in Brussels on 2 October, the President of the European Commission and the Prime Minister have agreed to strengthen the relationship between the EU and UK. The UK and EU are like-minded partners with similarly high standards. The G...
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHorticulture: CompensationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending agricultural compensation schemes to horticultural businesses impacted by forestry diseases such as Ash dieback.
Answer: Our policy is not to pay compensation for plant health measures. We believe that resources are best directed at detection of pests and diseases, risk management and proactive assessment of emerging threats. We also invest in research programmes that enhan...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHorticulture: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on steps to ensure horticultural imports are produced to the same environmental standards as domestic
Answer: The UK has high environmental standards that underpin the production of fresh fruit and vegetables. As set out in the manifesto, the Government is committed to using our Trade Strategy to promote the highest standards of food production.
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: ReformDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase innovation in adult social care.
Answer: The Government recognises that innovation is vital in supporting the adult social care sector to adjust to the changing needs of the population. We want to support local authorities and providers to adopt new approaches to delivering care, improving outco...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Sick LeaveCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10531More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 2 February 2024 to Question 11521 on Government Departments: Sick Leave, if he will make an estimate of the number of staff days lost to long term sick absences in each Department
Answer: The table below provides the estimates requested, number of long term sick days lost per department, along with our preferred measure, Average Working Days Lost (AWDL) per staff year which accounts for workforce size and composition. Data is provided for ...
Answered 13 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that upper tier local authorities can meet additional demand for social care services in (a) Shropshire and (b) England in winter 2024
Answer: On 17 September, I wrote to all local authorities, setting out priorities for improving service resilience across social care this winter. The letter emphasises the importance of close partnership working and joint planning between local authorities, the ...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: ShropshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS services can meet additional demand in (a) the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin integrated care board and (b) England in winter 2024-25.
Answer: NHS England has written to integrated care boards (ICBs), trusts, and primary care networks to set out a national approach to 2024/25 winter planning. This builds on the priorities in the National Health Service’s planning guidance, and sets out the key s...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of each upper tier local authority to meet the demand for social care in the next (a) 12 months and (b) five years.
Answer: Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their population, which is why, under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care market to meet the diverse needs of all local people. In perf...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of patients that are fit to be discharged but have remained in hospital due to the unavailability of social care since January 2022.
Answer: Since April 2022, there have been, by monthly average, 12,828 people in hospital daily with no criteria to reside; however, we do not hold data on which or how many of these people have been in hospital for the entirety of this time.In October 2024, 33% o...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLiquefied Petroleum Gas: PaymentsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will have discussions with liquid gas supplier companies on customer payment processes.
Answer: The Secretary of State and I meet regularly with a range of stakeholders. Details of Ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Published declarations include the purpose of the meeting an...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
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