Helen Morgan MP: written questions 2026
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Motor Neurone Disease: Disabled Facilities GrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what monitoring arrangements are in place to assess whether local authorities are accelerating Disabled Facilities Grant processes for people living with motor neurone disease.
Answer: In June 2026, the Government wrote to council leaders, asking them to take immediate steps to improve the timeliness and co-ordination of care and support for people with motor neurone disease and to consider how such approaches might also apply to people...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Neurone Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure unpaid carers of people living with motor neurone disease receive timely carers' assessments and support alongside the new MND fast-track care pathway.
Answer: Following the announcement by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on 5 August, the Department is working at pace with local authorities, the National Health Service, voluntary organisations, the Motor Neurone Disease...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Neurone Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the new MND fast-track care pathway's potential to improve outcomes for unpaid carers as well as patients.
Answer: Following the announcement by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on 5 August, the Department is working at pace with local authorities, the National Health Service, voluntary organisations, the Motor Neurone Disease...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Neurone Disease: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the next steps and expected timetable are for the development, testing and implementation of the fast-track care pathway for people living with motor neurone disease, announced on 5 August 202
Answer: Following the announcement by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on 5 August, the Department is working at pace with local authorities, the National Health Service, voluntary organisations, the Motor Neurone Disease...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEggs: School MealsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in relation to the Government's review of the School Food Standards, what assessment the Department has made of the importance of eggs as a source of healthy protein in school meals.
Answer: Eggs are named in the protein food group of both the existing School Food Standards and the updated version proposed in the Department for Education’s recent consultation.
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Climate ChangeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of staff are currently working on climate adaptation in the NHS.
Answer: The requested information is not centrally held by the Department, but this is an increasingly important area of work, as set out by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in her statement on 30 July, which is available at ...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy Performance Certificates: Private Rented HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to protect vulnerable tenants living in residential dwellings legally classified as commercial lets, where the commercial classification of the tenancy exe
Answer: Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) apply to domestic privately rented properties let on assured, regulated, or domestic agricultural tenancies, or standard tenancy in Wales, where an EPC is required. MEES also apply non-domestic properties that ar...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBank ServicesTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22110More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's Access to Banking Services Review, published on 14 May 2026, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of geographical gaps in face-to-face banking provision.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that people who need in-person banking can continue to access essential services. That is why the Government commissioned an independent Review into Access to Banking Services, to assess whether changes to access to...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBank ServicesTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22109More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's Access to Banking Services Review, published on 14 May 2026, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people unable to use digital banking retain reasonable access t
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that people who need in-person banking can continue to access essential services. That is why the Government commissioned an independent Review into Access to Banking Services, to assess whether changes to access to...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDigital TechnologyCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 22108More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of the restructuring of responsibility for the Digital sector from DCMS to DSIT in 2023 and from DSIT into DCMS in 2026.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will outline the expected timeline for incorporating new evidence, including on the Stockholm3 test, into the UK National Screening Committee’s prostate cancer screening model.
Answer: The Prostate Cancer Screening Model, used by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) to make its recommendation, was commissioned from modelling experts at the Sheffield Centre of Health and Related Research (SCHARR). SCHARR has been commissioned and...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in reference to the Department’s written statement on Prostate Cancer Screening on the 2nd June, what specific process the Department will use to update the UK National Screening Committee’s prosta
Answer: The Prostate Cancer Screening Model, used by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) to make its recommendation, was commissioned from modelling experts at the Sheffield Centre of Health and Related Research (SCHARR). SCHARR has been commissioned and...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, hen he plans to respond to Question 4447, 10962 and 15024 tabled by the hon. Member for North Shropshire on 29 May, 17 June and 1 July 2026.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to:the answer my hon. Friend, the former Minister of State for Care, gave on 8 July 2026 to Question 4447;the answer my hon. Friend, the former Parliamentary Under-secretary of State for Health Innovation and Safety, gave on 12 Jul...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSupported Housing: Older PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help improve transparency in developer communications in the retirement housing sector.
Answer: The government is taking no specific steps to improve transparency in developer communications in the retirement housing sector. However, retirement housing providers must comply with relevant consumer legislation. Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, all ...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the consumer protections available to purchasers of new-build homes where a developer rejects a formal complaint about the p
Answer: The Government expects all housebuilders to deliver high-quality homes and to swiftly resolve issues if things go wrong. If the developer is registered with a consumer code they may be able to seek redress through them in the first two years after purch...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: DisabilityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent guidance his Department has issued to help ensure that local planning authority requirements for traditional building aesthetics are not cited by developers as a reas
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 123094 on 31 March 2026. Accessibility standards in new homes, including M4(1), M4(2) and M4(3), are set out in statutory guidance accompanying the Building Regulations (Approved Document M ,Volu...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSheltered Housing: Older PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance exists to help ensure that building managers do not rely on welfare checks, curtain-management or the provision of fans as substitutes for addressing underlying bui
Answer: The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) is used to assess health and safety hazards in homes, including excess heat. The HHSRS evaluates the potential risk of harm to an occupier and rates the seriousness of any hazard identified.My Department...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many domiciliary dental visits were undertaken by the Community Dental Service in England in each year since 2010/11.
Answer: We do not hold data on the wait times for domiciliary care or the number of appointments carried out by Community Dental Services (CDS).Domiciliary dental services are commissioned locally by integrated care boards to support those who are unable to acces...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current a) average and b) maximum wait is for those with domiciliary care needs to access the Community Dental Service in England.
Answer: We do not hold data on the wait times for domiciliary care or the number of appointments carried out by Community Dental Services (CDS).Domiciliary dental services are commissioned locally by integrated care boards to support those who are unable to acces...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what percentage the Community Dental Service Whole Time Equivalent workforce in England has changed in the last 10 years.
Answer: In 2024, NHS England introduced the annual Dental Workforce Survey to improve understanding of the National Health Service dental workforce. NHS England has published this survey, and it is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statis...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the budget for Community Dental Services in England was, net of patient charges, in each year since 2010/11.
Answer: Community Dental Services (CDS) provide specialised dental services to people with additional needs and are available in a variety of places to ensure everyone can have access to dental care.In 2024/25, we invested £3.7 billion in primary and community de...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the NHS Business Services Authority's planned timetable is for publishing the Community Dental Services waiting times data.
Answer: We recognise that certain groups of patients may be particularly vulnerable to oral health problems and may find it difficult to access dental care. Specialised dental services are in place to provide dental treatment and are commissioned by integrated ca...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordInsurance: FraudHome OfficeTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of of insurance ghost broking conducted through social media and messaging platforms; and what steps her Department is taking to tackle that form of
Answer: What assessment she has made of trends in the level of insurance ghost broking conducted through social media and messaging platforms?The Home Office does not hold data on the level of insurance ghost broking conducted through social media and messaging p...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Insurance: Young PeopleDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered including information on insurance ghost broking and identifying legitimate motor insurance providers within Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency communications and educational materia
Answer: Information about insurance is included in the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) learning and educational resources. DVSA’s commercial partner site at https://www.safedrivingforlife.info/blog features advice and blog posts aimed at all drivers ...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccidentsTreasuryTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16105More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of management firms misrepresenting themselves as insurers when contacting consumers following road traffic accidents on consumers; and whether she has
Answer: The Government expects motorists to be treated fairly when making insurance claims. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the independent regulator responsible for regulating insurers and certain claims management activities. The FCA’s rules require fi...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
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