Helen Morgan MP: written questions 2025
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Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: North ShropshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) awareness and (b) treatment of postural tachycardia syndrome in North Shropshire constituency.
Answer: In North Shropshire, the planning and commissioning of services for postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) is led by the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (ICB). It is this local ICB’s responsibility to work with clinicians, service users...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBroadband: CybersecurityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure broadband providers have robust governance and independent assurance arrangements in place, including internal audit, to support cyber resi
Answer: The Government keeps the financial health of the market under close review and Ofcom have powers to request financial information from providers. The Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021, and its associated Regulations and Code of Practice introduced a ...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Risk ManagementDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of independent assurance arrangements in place by broadband providers, including internal audit, to support the identification, management a
Answer: The Government keeps the financial health of the market under close review and Ofcom have powers to request financial information from providers. The Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021, and its associated Regulations and Code of Practice introduced a ...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Education: SanitationDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of toilet provision at primary schools in North Shropshire constituency.
Answer: Under the School Premises Regulations 2012 or The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, for maintained schools and academies respectively, each school’s responsible body must ensure that schools are maintained so that pupils’ health, ...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Education: SanitationDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of primary schools without indoor toilets.
Answer: Under the School Premises Regulations 2012 or The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, for maintained schools and academies respectively, each school’s responsible body must ensure that schools are maintained so that pupils’ health, ...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPostal Services: North ShropshireDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help improve postal delivery times in North Shropshire constituency.
Answer: I have discussed Royal Mail’s performance with the chief executive of Royal Mail and its parent company, and they recognise the need to do more to meet service delivery targets.In October, Ofcom, the independent regulator of postal services, fined Royal M...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Hubs: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of not extending Start for Life funding to new Best Start for Life Family Hub areas on the delivery of integrated early-years services by local
Answer: Delivering integrated, joined-up health, education, and family support is at the heart of our ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever.Healthy Babies, formerly Start for Life, funding is helping families during the critical 1,001 days,...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 90413 on Maternity Services: Inquiries and Question 95963 on Prostate Cancer: Screening.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11 December 2025 to Question 90413, as well as to the answer my hon. Friend, the Minister for Public Health and Prevention, gave on 10 December 2025 to Question 95963.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Written QuestionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Questions 97049 and 97052 on Armed Forces: Housing.
Answer: I responded to the hon. Member’s Questions on 15 December 2025.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 97048, how many Single Living Accommodation units in the United Kingdom have recorded Legionella, in each year since 2018.
Answer: It will take my Department a considerable time to compile the requested information across the UK broken down in year and region. I will write to the hon. Member with a full response and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Postal ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS providers are making use of the Royal Mail barcode for NHS mail.
Answer: Data on how many National Health Service providers are making use of Royal Mail barcodes for NHS mail is not held centrally by the Department.
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) online and (b) written Blue Badge application process.
Answer: The Department for Transport provides an online application through the Blue Badge Digital Service on GOV.UK and works closely with its supplier to identify any possible improvements to the online application and renewal process as part of its continuous ...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure that temporary conditions are properly considered under the Blue Badge application process.
Answer: Local authorities (LAs), in their capacity as the traffic authority for their area, are already free to consider setting up locally determined temporary parking concessions that could assist the recovery of residents who have recently undergone major surg...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeed Limits: FinesTreasuryTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97937More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money from speeding fines has been paid into the Consolidated Fund in each of the past 10 years.
Answer: Individual public bodies are responsible for detailed record-keeping of any funds surrendered to the Consolidated Fund and are not required to share this data with HM Treasury.
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceTreasuryTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97936More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money from the Consolidated Fund was spent on (a) road maintenance and (b) road policing in each of the past 10 years.
Answer: The Consolidated Fund is a central funding account and does not track spending by individual service area. Spending by departments is managed and recorded through departmental budgets (using set budgeting rules) and published in Annual Reports and Account...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeed LimitsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase compliance with 30mph speed limits.
Answer: Enforcement of the speed limit is a matter for the police. Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners are operationally independent and policing of our roads and how available resources are deployed is the responsibility of individual chief offic...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Signs and Markings: Speed LimitsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2025 to question 95755, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of lamp columns as speed limit repeaters.
Answer: The Department has made no recent assessment of the adequacy of lamp columns as speed limit repeaters. The presence of street lighting in a 30 mph limit acts as the speed limit repeater, this has been law for over 70 years and all drivers are required to ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Signs and Markings: Speed LimitsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to question 95755 of 1 December on 30mph speed limits, what assessment she has made of changes in the levels of adherence to 30mph speed limits over the past 70 years.
Answer: The Department for Transport produces an annual publication on speed compliance here: Vehicle speed compliance statistics for Great Britain: 2024 - GOV.UK based on speeds recorded at Automated Traffic Counter sites.
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHospital Wards: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many bed clerks are employed in (a) England and (b) A&E departments.
Answer: Department does not hold information on the number of ward clerks or bed clerks employed in the National Health Service in England, or the number in accident and emergency departments.
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHospital Wards: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ward clerks are employed (a) in England and (b) in A&E departments.
Answer: Department does not hold information on the number of ward clerks or bed clerks employed in the National Health Service in England, or the number in accident and emergency departments.
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: PharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS hospitals have 24 hours pharmacy dispensing for patients being discharged.
Answer: The Department and NHS England do not hold this information. NHS England’s guidance and toolkits embed medicines planning within discharge processes and emphasise arranging discharge prescriptions and take-home medicines in advance, so they can be suppli...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWhitchurch Station: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 86345 on Whitchurch Station: Access, if she will announce the timeline for completion of Access for All construction at Whitchurch Railway Station.
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 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 86345 on Whitchurch Station: Access, when she plans to announce her Department’s decision regarding the stations selected for Access for All funding.
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 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVoice over Internet ProtocolDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the number of vulnerable customers impacted by ongoing PSTN switchover programmes.
Answer: There are an estimated 2 million telecare users in the UK, and many customers may be identified as vulnerable for other reasons, such as landline-dependency. The government does not hold data on the specific number affected by the industry led PSTN migrat...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVirgin Media: Voice over Internet ProtocolDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Virgin Media’s PSTN switchover on the safety of vulnerable and telecare-reliant customers.
Answer: Virgin Media has been fined £23.8m following the conclusion of Ofcom’s investigation started in 2023 into Virgin Media’s breach of their General Conditions.We take people’s safety during this switchover very seriously. In November 2024, the Government sec...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
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