Helen Morgan MP: written questions 2025
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River Perry: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will carry out a risk assessment on the impact of the Environment Agency ceasing maintenance of the River Perry.
Answer: On the River Perry, the EA has not ceased maintenance activities. The EA continues to carry out critical maintenance work, focussing on significant obstructions, like fallen trees blocking the river channel. The EA’s maintenance approach on the River Perr...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: ShropshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release titled Record investment to protect thousands of UK homes and businesses, published on 4 February 2025, how much of the £2.65 billion of funding ann
Answer: a: The Environment Agency is developing the Severn Valley Water Management Scheme. This will provide a strategic holistic approach in the Upper Severn catchment, including the River Perry, to manage flood risk and explore how natural processes can be deli...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: ShropshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release titled Record investment to protect thousands of UK homes and businesses, published on 4 February 2025, how much of the £2.65 billion of funding ann
Answer: Within the current Flood Risk Management investment programme 2021–2026, over £15 million has been invested in Shropshire to reduce flood risk to people and property. Between 2024 and 2026 over £5 million of investment will benefit the North Shropshire co...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: North ShropshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect homes and businesses in North Shropshire from flooding this winter.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) is committed to working with partners and communities to prepare for flooding this winter. The EA responds to incidents and manages flood risk, operates a 24/7 service to warn and inform, continually monitors the weather and ri...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to stocking density regulations on production levels in chicken farms.
Answer: No recent changes have been introduced to on farm poultry stocking density regulations. We are aware that many poultry producers are switching to lower stocking densities in response to a retailer led voluntary initiative as part of the industry’s Better ...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordJuries: AllowancesMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the level of jury service expenses on jury members’ finances.
Answer: Jury service is an important civic duty, and the Government is committed to ensuring jurors feel supported throughout their service. Jurors can claim subsistence and travel expenses, as well as a loss of earnings allowance from the court. The jury summoni...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWhitchurch Station: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2025 to Question 67160 on Whitchurch Station: Access and with reference to the announcement on railway stations awarded Access for All accessibility funding, published on 24 Ma
Answer: We are committed to improving the accessibility of the railway and recognise the social and economic benefits this brings to communities. Since 2006 the Access for All programme has installed accessible, step free routes at over 270 stations plus a range ...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Shared Prosperity Fund: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2025 to Question 84368 on UK Prosperity Fund, what steps he is taking to support rural areas outside of mayoralties with the transition from
Answer: The government will provide long-term local growth funding to support regional growth across all of the UK, completing the transition from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The Pride in Place strategy sets out how this government will support places througho...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordParish and Town Councils: AccountabilityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) transparency and (b) accountability at parish council level.
Answer: Under the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015, parish councils are required to complete and publish an Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) to support transparency in council spending and enable the local electorate to hold them to account. ...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: North ShropshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase levels of employment in North Shropshire constituency.
Answer: From a JCP perspective, North Shropshire forms part of the Marches collective and we have been working with key stakeholders to develop the Marches Get Britain Working plan. This is currently going through final sign off before being presented to the SoS....
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEconomic Growth: North ShropshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage economic growth in market towns in North Shropshire constituency.
Answer: Economic growth and raising living standards is the number one mission of this government. Everywhere has an important role to play in driving growth and this government recognises the contribution that market towns, such as those in North Shropshire, mak...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Shared Prosperity FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that projects funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will continue to receive support when that programme ends.
Answer: The government is providing targeted, long-term local growth funding to support regional growth across the UK, completing the transition from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.This includes establishing a new local growth fund, for specific mayoral city regio...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmpty Property: North ShropshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of unoccupied shop buildings in North Shropshire.
Answer: The Government is fully committed to revitalising our high streets and tackling vacancy, in North Shropshire and across the country. To help reduce the number of unoccupied shop units, the Government is empowering councils through High Street Rental Aucti...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTrading Standards: EnforcementMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support local authorities to ensure the sufficiency of their trading standards enforcement teams.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 80438 on 20 October 2025.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: SmugglingTreasuryTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84365More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to reduce the number of illegal tobacco and vaping products on sale in North Shropshire.
Answer: The Government is committed to reducing the number of illicit tobacco and vaping products on sale nationally. For tobacco, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has a robust strategy to tackle the illicit tobacco trade. HMRC works closely with Trading Standards t...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent National Maternity and Neonatal InvestigationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to include Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust in the National maternity and neonatal investigation; and whether she plans to include bereaved families in Shropshire in the
Answer: The Chair of the Independent Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, Baroness Amos, has removed the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust from the list of local National Health Service trust investigations for the Independent National Maternity and Neon...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: North ShropshireDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the (a) age and (b) quality of school buildings in North Shropshire constituency.
Answer: Ensuring schools and colleges have the resources and buildings they need is a key part of our mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every young person the best start in life.The department collects consistent data on the condition of the ...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSt Martins School: FiresDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support St Martins School in North Shropshire constituency following the recent fire.
Answer: St Martin’s School is a member of the department’s risk protections arrangement for schools (RPA). Regular stakeholder meetings, involving the RPA, Regions Group, and Education Estates officials, the loss adjuster, school, and trust are taking place. The ...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: ClosuresDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will make an assessment of the level of contingency capacity of (a) schools and (b) colleges in the event of other school settings being forced to close.
Answer: The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places sits with local authorities. The department engages with councils on a regular basis to review their plans for creating additional places and to consider alternatives where necessary. When local autho...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAssessments: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will have discussions with Ofqual on the potential merits of requiring exam boards to give special consideration to students who are absent from school during the academic year due to exceptional ci
Answer: Special consideration is any adjustment given to a student who has temporarily experienced an illness, injury, or other event outside of their control, which significantly affects their ability to either take or demonstrate what they can do in an assessme...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will work with (a) autistic people, (b) their families and (c) experts to ensure that public health messaging on autism is (i) accurate, (ii) accessible and (iii) trustworthy.
Answer: The Department recognises the importance of providing the public with accurate health information and preventing misinformation. We are also committed to working with people with lived experience of autism to ensure that policies are designed to meet the ...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism: ParacetamolDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) autistic people and (b) their families affected by claims that acetaminophen causes autism.
Answer: The Department recognises that recent claims suggesting a link between acetaminophen and autism may have caused concern among some individuals. The Government, my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and I have provided clea...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Education: DisinformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the public in (a) recognising and (b) rejecting health misinformation.
Answer: The Department takes the challenge of health misinformation seriously and recognises its potential impact on public health outcomes. We focus on delivering consistent, clinically assured messaging that builds public trust and confidence, positioning the D...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: North ShropshireDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if her Department take steps to deliver full fibre to 12,000 premises in North Shropshire following the integration of Building Digital UK into her Department.
Answer: In North Shropshire, Building Digital UK (BDUK) is seeking to agree the extent to which Openreach may be able to extend its network to reach premises that require support from Project Gigabit.This work will not be impacted by BDUK’s integration into the D...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDefibrillators: North ShropshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase defibrillator training in schools in North Shropshire constituency.
Answer: The Department for Education has published guidance on automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for schools, including on maintenance and registration with The Circuit. This guidance is available at the following link:https://assets.publishing.service.gov...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
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