Helen Morgan MP: written questions
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Horizon IT System: CompensationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many individuals have (a) been offered and (b) accepted compensation under the Group Litigation Order Scheme.
Answer: As of 30 August, 253 offers had been made to claimants under the GLO scheme; 207 postmasters had accepted their offer. Data on all Horizon redress schemes are published monthly on gov.uk.
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordOrthopaedics: VeteransDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure sustainable long-term funding for the Veterans' Orthopaedic Service at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital.
Answer: The NHS Long Term Plan committed the National Health Service to a series of financial reforms, designed to return the NHS to financial balance. NHS England’s regional finance team have been working directly with The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: Capital InvestmentDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which projects her Department plans to include in the third Road Investment Strategy.
Answer: The Government is considering the content and timing of the third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3) alongside all transport infrastructure spend. We will provide an update in due course.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordA483: ShropshireDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2024 to Question 836 on A483, what progress she has made on the review into improving safety on the A483 in North Shropshire.
Answer: National Highways continues to consider the case for safety improvements to the A483 between Pant and Llanymynech through a route optimisation study. The content and timing of the third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3) will be considered alongside all tran...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRestoring Your Railway FundDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she made an assessment of the adequacy of each business case submitted to the Restoring Your Railway Fund before deciding to withdraw that funding.
Answer: The Chancellor’s statement of 29 July 2024 confirmed that the Restoring Your Railway (RYR) programme will be brought to a close. Aside from RYR projects currently at the delivery stage or in construction, all remaining RYR-originated projects are now bein...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTransport: OswestryDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve transport links in Oswestry.
Answer: This Government is committed to ensuring that people have access to transport and transport infrastructure that enables them to travel to the destinations they want to reach and meets their needs. As my Right Honourable Friend the Chancellor has set out, ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of applying VAT to private school fees on state-funded special educational needs provision.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister has been clear that if a child has an education, health and care plan that requires them to attend a private school because their needs cannot be met in the state sector, they will not feel an impact from this poli...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATTreasuryTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4058More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential impact of applying VAT to private school fees on local sports clubs.
Answer: The Government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity, ensuring every child has access to high-quality education, which is why we have made the tough decision to end tax breaks for private schools. This will raise revenue for essential publ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordShrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS TrustDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure stability of management at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
Answer: The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is in segment four of the NHS Oversight Framework. This means that the trust is in receipt of national mandated support via NHS England’s Recovery Support Programme. The National Recovery Support team i...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSports: Market DraytonDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to expand the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme to include facilities in Market Drayton.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, has access to and benefits from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.The Government provides the majority of funding for grassroots sport through our Arm’s Lengt...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAbnormal LoadsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Schedule 12 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of inconsistent application of those guidelines by police force
Answer: Application of Schedule 12 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, as amended (C&U), is a policing matter. Any concerns on their application should be raised with the responsible local police force(s) in question. My Department d...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAbnormal LoadsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Schedule 12 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, if she will make an assessment of the level of consistency of application of those guidelines by police forces.
Answer: Application of Schedule 12 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, as amended (C&U), is a policing matter. Any concerns on their application should be raised with the responsible local police force(s) in question. My Department d...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of spending by schools on using recruitment agencies to fill teaching vacancies in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: The department does not hold or collect the data to provide the requested estimate.For state-funded schools wishing to recruit teachers on a permanent or fixed term basis, Teaching Vacancies is a free national listing service which removes the cost for sc...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSports: Market DraytonDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to sports facilities in Market Drayton.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, has access to and benefits from quality sport and physical activity opportunities.The Government provides the majority of funding for grassroots sport through our Arm’s Lengt...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFloods: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of ineligibility for the frequently flooded fund on communities which are frequently flooded.
Answer: Protecting communities around the country from flooding and coastal erosion is one of the new Secretary of State’s five core priorities. In July 2022, a ring-fenced £100 million Frequently Flooded Allowance (FFA) was created as part of the Government’s £5...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFloods: Government AssistanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to reform the eligibility criteria for the Flood Recovery Framework to include more (a) households and (b) businesses that have experienced flooding.
Answer: A post activation review of the Flood Recovery Framework is underway and I expect this to report in the Autumn.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her planned timetable is for responding to the recommendations of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report into changes to women's State Pension age, published on 21 March 2024.
Answer: As a newly formed Government we will need time to review and consider the Ombudsman’s report along with the evidence provided during the investigation. Now the election has concluded we need to consider the views that have been expressed on all sides. The...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMarches Growth Hub: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding the Marches Growth Hub received (a) when the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) was in place and (b) after the LEP was removed.
Answer: DBT Funding for the Marches Growth Hub for each FY since it was established is set out in the table below: Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) funded to deliver the Growth Hub Marches Growth Hub delivered by Shropshire LA 2015-162016-172017-1820...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordVettingHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the (a) average and (b) target time taken for a DBS check to be completed in England.
Answer: The Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) target is to issue 85% of Basic checks within 2 days, 85% of Standard checks within 3 days, and 80% of Enhanced checks within 14 days.DBS publishes its performance data every quarter. The most recent data for Apri...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordVettingHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken for DBS checks to be carried out for employers in England.
Answer: The DBS measures its progress using a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) and targets agreed by its Board. The KPIs are grouped into four themes: quality, timeliness, value for money, and people. There is a strong focus on the quality and timeliness ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBus Services: BicyclesDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to encourage the carrying of bicycles on buses to create a more integrated public transport service.
Answer: The government knows that Britain needs a modern transport network to help kickstart economic growth and delivering reliable and affordable public transport services for passengers is one of the government’s top priorities. Good local bus services are an ...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBicycles: ParkingDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing lockable bike storage at rural (a) bus and (b) rail stations.
Answer: The Department has no plans to carry out an assessment on the potential merits of lockable cycle storage in rural travel hubs. Funding for cycle storage has been made available from a range of local transport funds, including the Active Travel Fund and th...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: Rural AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she will take to help make the public transport system more accessible for rural users.
Answer: The Government knows that Britain needs a modern transport network to help kickstart economic growth. Good local bus services are an essential part of prosperous and sustainable communities. As announced in the King’s Speech, the Government will introduce...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordShared Rural Network: FinanceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the overspend of the Shared Rural Network project will be paid from the public purse.
Answer: To deliver the Shared Rural Network, the UK’s four mobile network operators are investing £532m to eliminate the majority of ‘partial not-spots’ – areas which receive coverage from at least one, but not all, operators. The programme has already delivered ...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordShared Rural Network: Cost EffectivenessDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the value for money of the Shared Rural Network.
Answer: To deliver the Shared Rural Network, the UK’s four mobile network operators are investing £532m to eliminate the majority of ‘partial not-spots’ – areas which receive coverage from at least one, but not all, operators. The programme has already delivered ...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
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