Helen Morgan MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
UK 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
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of delaying the release of the 2024-25 funding allocation of the Accelerating Reform Fund on unpaid carers.
Answer: The Government recognises that innovation is vital to support adult social care to adjust to the changing needs of the population. We want to support local authorities to adopt new approaches to delivering care, improving outcomes of people who draw on ca...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the 2024-25 funding allocations of the Accelerating Reform Fund will be released.
Answer: The Government recognises that innovation is vital to support adult social care to adjust to the changing needs of the population. We want to support local authorities to adopt new approaches to delivering care, improving outcomes of people who draw on ca...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: Cross Border CooperationDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the governments of (a) Wales and (b) Scotland on growing cross-border rail patronage through open-access passenger rail operations.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not had any discussions specifically on growing cross-border rail patronage through open access with either the government of Wales or Scotland.
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure the timely determination of track access applications on changes to the national passenger rail timetable for (a) May 2025 and (b) December 2025.
Answer: The Secretary of State supports and encourages Department for Transport contracted operators to make timely application to the industry Track Access process. Track Access decisions are the responsibility of the Office of Rail and Road as independent rail ...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long it took her Department to consider each application for a change to the national passenger rail timetable for December 2024; and what the average time was for her Department to determine the outcome of
Answer: Operators need to agree their train service level plans and funding in advance of operation allowing enough time for consideration by the Department before they engage with Network Rail's timetable production process. Typically, this is done through an an...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many track access applications concerning changes to the national passenger rail timetable were received for (a) December 2024, (b) May 2025 and (c) December 2025.
Answer: The Department for Transport does not hold this information. Train operators must submit track access applications to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). The ORR is responsible for making decisions in relation to these applications and its decisions are pu...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made to deliver (a) new and (b) refurbished military accommodation for 40,000 service men and women.
Answer: Service Family Accommodation (SFA): The Ministry of Defence (MOD) manages c47,000 SFA properties in the UK. In financial year (FY) 2024-25, the Department has purchased 351 new homes at a cost of £157 million, in areas where there is a shortage of SFA. £4...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve recruitment in adult social care.
Answer: Whilst much of the responsibility for recruitment rests with adult social care employers, the Department recognises the scale of reforms needed to support sustainable workforce growth. These reforms include: the Adult Social Care Learning and Development ...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPerinatal MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure all NHS Trusts meet the Government’s target to reduce the number of stillbirths nationally to 0.23%.
Answer: The current rate of stillbirths per 1,000 births is 3.9.The Government continues to work with the National Health Service as it delivers its three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services. As part of the plan, an updated version of the Savin...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
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