Helen Morgan MP: written questions 2025
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Hospitality 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
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Dental patients to benefit from 700,000 extra urgent appointments, published on 21 February 2025, what assessment he has made of the potent
Answer: National Health Service planning guidance has now been published for 2025/26 and sets out the funding available to integrated care boards (ICBs). Planning guidance also confirms that improving access to urgent dental appointments is a key national priorit...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press notice entitled Dental patients to benefit from 700,000 extra urgent appointments, published on 21 February 2025, if he will list the number of additional urgent dental
Answer: We will deliver 700,000 extra urgent dental appointments per year, and have already requested that integrated care boards (ICBs) start making extra appointments available from April 2025. NHS England issued a letter to the ICBs to start the rollout of the...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled Dental patients to benefit from 700,000 extra urgent appointments, published on 21 February 2025, if he will instruct NHS England to make further change
Answer: To rebuild dentistry in the long term, we will reform the dental contract, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of National Health Service dentists.There are no perfect payment models and careful consideration needs to be given to any pot...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase (a) the number of people seeing an NHS dentist and (b) access to NHS dentistry beyond the 700,000 additional urgent dental appointments.
Answer: We are determined to rebuild National Health Service dentistry, but it will take time and there are no quick fixes. We will deliver 700,000 extra urgent dental appointments per year, with integrated care boards (ICBs) asked to start making extra appointme...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled Dental patients to benefit from 700,000 extra urgent appointments, published on 21 February 2025, what methodology his Department used for determining t
Answer: We will deliver 700,000 extra urgent dental appointments per year, and have asked that integrated care boards (ICBs) start making extra appointments available from April 2025. Appointments will be available across the country. Patients will be able to acc...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHorizon Shortfall SchemeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the claims process under the Horizon Shortfall Scheme for sub-post masters whose period of tenure includes years prior to 2004 where records have not been
Answer: The Government recognises that due to the absence of records and the amount of time that has passed since losses were incurred, postmasters may face challenges in evidencing their claim under the Horizon Shortfall Scheme. The scheme was designed so that a...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGrazing Land: Carbon Capture and StorageDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using grass pasture for carbon storage.
Answer: Defra is informed by work in its advisory bodies on this topic. Natural England produced an assessment of carbon storage by different habitats in 2021 and found that old species-rich grasslands with minimal inputs can store significant amounts of carbon. ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he had made of the number of GP appointments performed by each of the Spine Directory Service roles in 2024.
Answer: In 2024, across the general practices (GPs) and primary care networks in England, over 165.8 million appointments were delivered by GPs, 77.3 million were delivered by nurses, 95 million were delivered by other direct patient care staff, and 40.1 million ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: ShropshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Shropshire.
Answer: The Department monitors and manages medicine supply at a national level so that stocks remain available to meet regional and local demand. Information on stock levels within local areas is not held centrally.The Department is continuing to engage with all...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 2025-26 NHS Payment scheme consultation notice, whether there will be a deterioration in waiting times as a result of payment limits for elective services; and whether there w
Answer: As set out in the Elective Reform Plan, integrated care boards (ICBs) will be allocated funding needed to deliver improvements to the 18-week referral-to-treatment performance standard for consultant-led care. The 2025-26 NHS Payment Scheme consultation p...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on carrying out an independent economic analysis of pharmacy funding.
Answer: NHS England commissioned Frontier Economics to undertake an independent economic analysis of National Health Service pharmacy funding in 2024. This work is nearing completion and will be published at the earliest opportunity.
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Health: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he is having with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on improving the coordination of (a) the Local Government Finance Settlement and (b) Public H
Answer: Following the upcoming Spending Review, we will aim to issue multi-year public health allocations to local authorities from 2026/27, to support local planning.The Department of Health and Social Care will continue to work with the Ministry of Housing, Com...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Health: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that future announcements on provisional local government finance settlements and public health grants to local authorities are published within a week of each other
Answer: Following the upcoming Spending Review, we will aim to issue multi-year public health allocations to local authorities from 2026/27, to support local planning.The Department of Health and Social Care will continue to work with the Ministry of Housing, Com...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Health: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the 2025-26 Public Health Grant allocations will be published.
Answer: The Government published the 2025/26 Public Health Grant allocations to local authorities on 7 February 2025. These are available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-grants-to-local-authorities-2025-to-2026
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Written QuestionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to respond to Question 24712, tabled on 17 January 2025.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 24712 on 12 February.
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written QuestionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to Question 24518 on Farming Recovery Fund, tabled on 16 January 2025 by the hon. Member for North Shropshire.
Answer: A response to Question 24518 is being prepared and will be provided as soon as possible. I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member.
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support community farms.
Answer: We welcome community farms in England as they give local communities a chance to get involved in the countryside. Community farms, like any other farm, may be eligible for a variety of grants. Depending on the setup of the community farm, projects may be ...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2025 to Question 26911 on Dental Services: Contracts, how many NHS dental providers have had to return their contracts in each month since January 2020.
Answer: The following table shows the total number of general dental practice contracts that were terminated by contractors each financial quarter since the first financial quarter of 2020, to September 2021:QuarterNumber of contractor terminationsApril to June 2...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: VacanciesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nursing shifts went unfilled at acute NHS trusts in each month since January 2020.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested. The Government is committed to ensuring that the National Health Service has the right people, in the right places, with the right skills to deliver the care patients need when they need it.In summer...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Agency WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the prevalence in the use of off-framework agency staff by NHS providers; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of using these staff on NHS financ
Answer: The National Health Service is now operating at the lowest levels of off-framework on record, since a peak in month four of 2022/23, with the highest compliance on capped rates since the introduction of the Agency Rules in 2016.The Government is committed...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Health: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether public health monies under section 7A of the National Health Service Act 2006 will be ringfenced in 2025.
Answer: Currently, there is no ring-fence funding for public health functions delegated by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to NHS England, known as section 7A services. Funding for section 7A services is allocated as part of N...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Health: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual (a) budget and (b) spend was for public health monies under section 7A of the National Health Service Act 2006 in each year since 2022.
Answer: Funding for public health functions delegated by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to NHS England, known as section 7A services, is allocated as part of NHS England’s mandate funding total. The following table shows the ...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
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