Helen Morgan MP: written questions 2025
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Dental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce the unit of dental activity rate for 2025-26; and from what date dentists will receive payments at that rate.
Answer: From 1 April 2024, the Department raised the minimum Unit of Dental Activity (UDA) rate to £28 to support practices with historically low UDA rates. Minimum UDA rates are not uplifted annually by the Department, however overall contract values are uplifte...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle illegal drug (a) use and (b) dealing in market towns.
Answer: The Government recognises the considerable impact of drug use and dealing on individuals, families and communities across the country, and tackling this is a vital part of our missions to deliver safer streets and improve health outcomes.That is why we ar...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dental providers have had to return their contracts in each month since April 2024.
Answer: The following table shows the total number of general dental practice contracts that were terminated by contractors each month from April to December 2024:MonthNumber of contractor terminationsApril4May7June7July6August5September5October4November3December...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: PaymentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of delays to 2024-25 dental payments on NHS dental provision.
Answer: The independent pay review body for doctors and dentists recommended a 6% pay uplift for 2024/25. The Government accepted the recommendation and has uplifted National Health Service primary care dentistry contract values by 4.64%, net of pay and expenses ...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: PaymentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS dentists will receive payment for the 2024-25 unit of dental activity rate increase.
Answer: The independent pay review body for doctors and dentists recommended a 6% pay uplift for 2024/25. The Government accepted the recommendation and has uplifted National Health Service primary care dentistry contract values by 4.64%, net of pay and expenses ...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to introduce a national strategy to deal with the prevalence of illegal drug (a) use and (b) dealing.
Answer: The Government recognises the considerable impact of drug use and dealing on individuals, families and communities across the country, and tackling this is a vital part of our missions to deliver safer streets and improve health outcomes.That is why we ar...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Organised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to introduce a national strategy to reduce the exploitation of children in county lines drug trafficking.
Answer: A crucial part of our Safer Streets mission is tackling the gangs that entice children and young people into crime. That includes those who run county lines through violence and exploitation.An estimated 14,000 children are identified as at risk or involv...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAvian Influenza: InsuranceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help farmers insure against the risk of avian influenza outbreaks.
Answer: The UK poultry sector is highly resilient and adaptable and continues to supply healthy and affordable products in spite of the many challenges it has faced in recent years including the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and avian influenza outbreaks....
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAvian Influenza: CompensationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of compensation protocols for birds culled to control avian influenza.
Answer: Compensation paid for birds culled by HM Government for disease control purposes is designed to promote prompt reporting of suspicion of disease and is only payable for healthy birds as set out in the Animal Health Act 1981. There is no compensation avail...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAvian Influenza: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support businesses impacted by outbreaks of avian influenza.
Answer: The UK poultry sector is highly resilient, adaptable and continues to supply healthy and affordable products in spite of the many challenges it has faced in recent years including the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and Avian Influenza outbreaks. In...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish (a) a year by year forecast of expected investment in the New Hospitals Programme and (b) the projected total budget for that programme.
Answer: As set out in our New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation, the exact profile of funding for the New Hospital Programme will be confirmed in rolling five-year waves at regular Spending Reviews. Further information on the plan for implementation is ...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people employed by his Department have worked on (a) the review into the New Hospital Programme and (b) the New Hospital Programme in each year since 2019.
Answer: The review into the New Hospital Programme (NHP) was led by a Director from the NHP team in the Department of Health and Social Care. They were supported by several officials from within the NHP sponsor team in the Department of Health and Social Care alo...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's (a) capital and (b) non-capital spend is on the New Hospitals Programme.
Answer: As set out in our New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation, the exact profile of funding for the New Hospital Programme will be confirmed in rolling five-year waves at regular Spending Reviews. Further information on the plan for implementation is ...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) capital and (b) non-capital spend on the New Hospital Programme by hospital trusts that are part of waves 2 and 3.
Answer: As set out in our New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation, the exact profile of funding for the New Hospital Programme will be confirmed in rolling five-year waves at regular Spending Reviews. Further information on the plan for implementation is ...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's projected completion dates are for each project delivered by the New Hospital Programme.
Answer: Expected completion dates for schemes in the New Hospital Programme will be confirmed following the approval of a Full Business Case, as set out in HM Treasury’s Green Book, and as is usual for large infrastructure projects.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of Homes England’s investment programmes was spent in rural settlements with a population of 3,000 or fewer in each of the last three years.
Answer: Homes England do not publish a breakdown of rural housing spend or delivery for the Affordable Homes Programme. The Local Authority Housing Statistics [footnote 8] collects the number of new build and acquisitions in populations of less than 3,000. In 202...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of Homes England's Affordable Homes Programme was invested in new affordable homes in rural settlements with a population of 3,000 or fewer in each of the last th
Answer: Homes England publish allocations data for the 2021-2026 Affordable Homes Programme. This can be found on gov.uk here.With regard to their Continuous Market Engagement (CME) activity to the end of March 2023, Homes England made allocations for 1,862 homes...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of completions funded by Homes England's Affordable Homes Programme were in rural settlements with (a) a population of 3,000 or fewer and (b) schemes of 15 dwelli
Answer: Homes England publish allocations data for the 2021-2026 Affordable Homes Programme. This can be found on gov.uk here.With regard to their Continuous Market Engagement (CME) activity to the end of March 2023, Homes England made allocations for 1,862 homes...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of completions funded by Homes England's Affordable Homes Programme were in rural settlements with a population of 3,000 or fewer in each of the last three years.
Answer: Homes England publish allocations data for the 2021-2026 Affordable Homes Programme. This can be found on gov.uk here.With regard to their Continuous Market Engagement (CME) activity to the end of March 2023, Homes England made allocations for 1,862 homes...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to include contractual obligations for organisations receiving public funding for biomedical research and development to ensure (a) equitable and (b) affordable access to thei
Answer: Contracts for researchers funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) have mechanisms to ensure the effective dissemination of research outputs. They also adhere to the NIHR Open Access Policy to ensure academic research is publis...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that councils have adequate resources to enforce planning decisions.
Answer: The government appreciate that planning departments across the country are experiencing challenges with recruitment, retention, and skills gaps and that in many cases these issues are having a negative impact on service delivery.At the Budget, the Chancel...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support she is providing to local authorities to ensure best practice highway maintenance.
Answer: This Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously and is committed to enabling local highway authorities to maintain and renew the local highway network. In addition to the funding that the Department provides to local highway authorities,...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled, Seven million more potholes to be filled next year as public urged to report roads in need of repair, published on 20 December 2024, what criteria her
Answer: The Department will provide more details shortly of the criteria that local authorities will need to meet to unlock the full funding uplift in 2025/26. In short, they are likely to be required to comply with certain reporting requirements; toprovide the D...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the quality of road repairs in Shropshire.
Answer: This Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously and is committed to enabling local highway authorities to maintain and renew their local highway networks. At Budget 2024, the Chancellor announced an extra £500 million for local highway m...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 January 2025 to Question 20325 on Flood Control: Finance, when his Department plans to begin the consultation on a review of the formula that allocates floo
Answer: We will launch a consultation in the coming months which will include a review of the existing flood funding formula to ensure that the challenges facing businesses and rural and coastal communities are adequately taken into account when delivering flood ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
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