Helen Morgan MP: written questions 2026
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Placenta Accreta SpectrumDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the gap between diagnosed and actual incidence of placenta accreta spectrum disorder.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPlacenta Accreta Spectrum: PathologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds guidance on histopathological examination of retained placenta to identify undiagnosed placenta accreta spectrum disorder.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPlacenta Accreta Spectrum: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the referral network map for specialist centres for placenta accreta spectrum disorder.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPlacenta Accreta Spectrum: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) what criteria a hospital must meet to be designated as an accredited specialist centre for placenta accreta spectrum disorder and (b) what assessment process is used to verify compliance with t
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordBatteries: StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the role of battery storage in reducing the UK's reliance on international energy markets.
Answer: Batteries help balance the electricity system at lower cost and maximise the output from intermittent renewable generation, which helps reduce our reliance on gas and thus international energy markets.As of March 2027, there is 7.2GW of grid-scale battery...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordInsects: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider reclassifying insects from the farmed livestock classification under Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, Article 3(6), to enable insect bioconversion for waste treatment
Answer: There are no plans to review Article 3(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 that defines insects as farmed animals and therefore restricts their use in insect bioconversion for waste treatment. This is because catering waste cannot be fed to farmed animals....
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money she has committed to the (a) Safety National Programme and (b) Small Schemes National Programme elements RIS3.
Answer: RIS3 included for the first time a set of four National Programmes, which are a new way for National Highways to deliver defined outputs that support RIS3 objectives, where these are not funded in other programmes. Details of the funding for each National...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will publish the legal text for the UK-US pharmaceuticals deal.
Answer: The full text of the UK-US pharmaceutical agreement is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-us-arrangement-on-pharmaceutical-trade-and-pricing/arrangement-between-the-united-states-of-america-and-the-united-kingdom...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAir Force: CadetsMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 25 March 2026 to question 121915, which sites have been affected by temporary suspension of cadet activity; and when the closures of those sites began.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for an application for a controlled drug licence to be decided.
Answer: The Home Office Drug and Firearms Licensing Unit (DFLU) considers applications for premises and company specific controlled drug licences. All applications are considered individually and on their merits, after undertaking a physical site visit- if one is...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmology: Community Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with local optometrists to support eye care services within neighbourhood health systems.
Answer: The Neighbourhood Health Framework outlines the national minimum aims and objectives of Neighbourhood Health Services. It is important that reforms are locally led, as integrated care boards and local authorities are best placed to design services that ma...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria were used to determine which providers were included in the Neighbourhood Health Framework.
Answer: The Neighbourhood Health Framework is designed to provide clarity and consistency to integrated care boards (ICBs), local authorities, and their partners, in developing and scaling neighbourhood health.The framework outlines the national minimum aims and ...
Answered 15 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmology: Community Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with local optometrists to ensure that neighbourhood-level eye care services are supported.
Answer: The Neighbourhood Health Framework outlines the national minimum aims and objectives of Neighbourhood Health Services. It is important that reforms are locally led, as integrated care boards and local authorities are best placed to design services that ma...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmology: Community Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of optometrists on neighbourhood-level health planning; and whether he considered including optometrists as a listed provider in the
Answer: The Neighbourhood Health Framework outlines the national minimum aims and objectives of Neighbourhood Health Services. It is important that reforms are locally led, as integrated care boards and local authorities are best placed to design services that ma...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of hospital handover delays on the budgets of ambulance trusts.
Answer: No specific assessment has been made. The Medium-Term Planning Framework, published in October 2025, recognises handover delays as a system wide responsibility and effective collaboration between ambulance services, acute trusts, integrated care boards, a...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the level of volatility in the prices of petrol and diesel on the budgets of hospital trusts and ambulance trusts.
Answer: We will be carefully monitoring the impact of the current volatility in fuel prices on the National Health Service, with a view to managing it as part of usual in-year financial management of risk. The impact on fuel prices will be felt by all organisatio...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the referral to treatment clock start date is where a GP resubmits a referral following a Single Point of Access triage outcome with which they disagree; and what guidance NHS England has issu
Answer: We're setting the Advice and Guidance (A&G) clock start so it's the same as outpatient referrals, ensuring no patient will have to wait longer for an appointment as a result of A&G As set out in the Medium Term Planning Framework, the National Hea...
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has engaged formally with the General Medical Council about the interaction between mandatory pre-referral Advice and Guidance requirements and the professional duty of GPs unde
Answer: In early 2026, we concluded the consultation on the changes to the GP Contract for 2026/27. As part of this process, we expanded the consultation to engage with a wider set of primary care stakeholders, these were the British Medical Association’s General...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPatient Choice SchemesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what arrangements NHS England has made to ensure that patients retain the statutory right to choose a provider where a mandatory Single Point of Access triage process operates; and what guidance ha
Answer: The policy intention for Advice and Guidance (A&G) and the Elective Single Point of Access (SPoA) model is fully compatible with NHS England’s Patient Choice Guidance, published December 2023. Patients must continue to be offered a choice of provider ...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what quality assurance arrangements NHS England has put in place for mandatory Single Point of Access triage decisions from 1 April 2026; what monitoring will be conducted of triage outcomes by spe
Answer: We're setting the Advice and Guidance (A&G) clock start so it's the same as outpatient referrals, ensuring no patient will have to wait longer for an appointment as a result of A&G As set out in the Medium Term Planning Framework, the National Hea...
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122776More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of mandatory pre-referral Advice and Guidance requirements from 1 April 2026 on workload transferred to GP practices, including the w
Answer: Advice and Guidance (A&G) is designed to support quicker, clearer clinical decision making, by enabling general practitioners (GPs) and specialists to discuss and agree on the most appropriate next steps for a patient. The 2026/27 GP Contract does not...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the consistency of the mandatory Single Point of Access triage process with NHS England's Jess's Rule guidance; and what safeguards are in place to
Answer: The Single Point of Access (SPoA) triage process is consistent with Jess’s Rule.Jess’s Rule is an NHS England patient safety initiative for primary care. It is designed for general practitioners (GPs) and supports them to reconsider a patient’s presentati...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS England: Sick LeaveDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many days were taken by NHS England staff as sick leave in total in each of the last ten years; and what the average number was.
Answer: NHS England publishes monthly information on the sickness absence of staff employed by NHS bodies, including NHS England. This is available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-sickness-absence-rat...
Answered 7 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS England: Sick LeaveDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many days were taken by NHS England staff as sick leave in total in each month since January 2024; and what the average number was.
Answer: NHS England publishes monthly information on the sickness absence of staff employed by NHS bodies, including NHS England. This is available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-sickness-absence-rat...
Answered 7 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Time LimitsTreasuryTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122587More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that SMEs not party to (a) NFU Mutual and (b) Bath Racecourse litigation are not permanently deprived of the right to an indemnity due to the expiration of limitation pe
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as the independent regulator for financial services, sets the conduct standards required of insurance firms. This includes rules requiring insurers to handle claims fairly and promptly. The Supreme Court published it...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
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