Joe Morris MP: written questions
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Mental Health Services: VeteransDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure veterans in Hexham constituency have access to mental health services.
Answer: NHS England commissions Op COURAGE, the integrated mental health and wellbeing service, which allows veterans to make self-referrals. The Op COURAGE North service, run by the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, covers the Hexham a...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Waiting ListsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people are on the waiting list for social housing in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle, (d) the North East and (e) England.
Answer: The number of households on social housing registers (waiting lists) in (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle, (d) the North East and (e) England is available in live table 600 on gov.uk here.The department does not collect this information by parliamentary c...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: North EastDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school children are eligible for free school meals in (a) the North East and (b) Hexham constituency.
Answer: The department publishes the number of pupils in primary schools who are eligible for free school meals (FSM). The most recent figures, including regional level data, can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/s...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFootball IndexDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has received representations on the collapse of Football Index.
Answer: The Secretary of State has received letters and emails from members of the public and Members of Parliament on the collapse of BetIndex Ltd, the operator of the novel gambling product Football Index. The collapse had a significant impact on former custome...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMoney Lenders: VictimsTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23532More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the number of adults who are victims of illegal money lending each year.
Answer: Illegal money lenders — more commonly known as loan sharks — are dangerous criminals capable of inflicting terrible harm on their victims. To combat this, the Government funds specialist Illegal Money Lending Teams (IMLTs) operating across the UK. These t...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: DisadvantagedTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23531More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of which regions are most impacted by financial exclusion.
Answer: On 5 December, the Government convened a Financial Inclusion Committee which has been established to tackle the problems of financial exclusion. Through this committee, I will work with consumer groups and industry on the development of a Financial Inclus...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFood Supply: BiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the National Food Strategy will account for the role of biodiversity in underpinning the food system.
Answer: Our ambitious food strategy will set and deliver clear long-term outcomes that create a healthier, fairer, and more resilient food system, and in doing so will consider elements of the food system that can contribute towards those outcomes.
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Victim Support SchemesMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department plans to take through the Victims, Courts and Public Protection Bill to support victims of domestic abuse.
Answer: This Government was elected with a landmark mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the next decade. We will use every tool within our power to target perpetrators and address the root causes of abuse and violence, including domestic a...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of biodiversity net gain in delivering for biodiversity as intended.
Answer: Mandatory biodiversity net gain is an important means of ensuring development makes a net positive contribution to nature. It is in the early stages of implementation. The policy has been designed to achieve long-term benefits for biodiversity, with major...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFood Supply: BiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the National Food Strategy will include the role of biodiversity in the food supply.
Answer: Our ambitious food strategy will set and deliver clear long-term outcomes that create a healthier, fairer, and more resilient food system, and in doing so will consider elements of the food system that can contribute towards those outcomes.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFood: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that at least half of all food purchased by the public sector is locally-produced and sustainable.
Answer: The Government continues to have an ambition for half of all food supplied into the public sector to be sourced locally or certified to higher environmental standards, whilst being in line with WTO and domestic procurement obligations. Defra continues to ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: WeatherDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the financial resilience of farms in the wake of increasing extreme weather.
Answer: The Government’s commitment to British farmers, including family farms, remains steadfast. We will always champion British farming to boost rural economic growth, strengthen food security and improve the environment. Defra’s farming budget will be £2.4 bi...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFarms: BiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the resilience of farm businesses by improving biodiversity.
Answer: The Government’s commitment to British farmers, including family farms, remains steadfast. We will always champion British farming to boost rural economic growth, strengthen food security and improve the environment. Defra’s farming budget will be £2.4 bi...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions: OffshoringDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on preventing large organisations from offshoring emissions.
Answer: The Government is working cohesively to address carbon leakage risk across international and domestic actions. The UK’s current main measure to address carbon leakage is free allocation under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which is under review by...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPlastics: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of restrictions on the use of single-use plastic.
Answer: Defra officials are in the process of conducting a Post Implementation Review of the Environmental Regulations 2020, which includes the bans and restrictions on plastic straws, stirrers, and plastic-stemmed cotton buds. This is due to be published in Octo...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to conduct an audit of the effectiveness of carbon sequestration by all land use categories.
Answer: The Government publishes estimates of the sequestration of carbon in the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry sector for a range of sector categories as part of its annual UK territorial greenhouse gas emissions statistics.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPlastics: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the use of single-use plastic.
Answer: This Government is committed to moving to a circular economy for plastics - a future where we keep our resources in use for longer; waste is reduced; we accelerate the path to net zero, we see investment in critical infrastructure and green jobs; our econ...
Answered 3 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: VehiclesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring manufacturers of agricultural vehicles to fit fire suppression kits.
Answer: The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 set out the essential requirements that must be met before a machinery product is placed on the UK market, in order to protect users of that machinery from any undue harm. This includes agricultural vehicl...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: FarmsHome OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that fire and rescue services are equipped to manage large-scale farm fires effectively.
Answer: It is the responsibility of Fire and Rescue Authorities to set local priorities based on their Community Risk Management Plans to ensure that Fire and Rescue Services have the appropriate equipment and training needed to safely respond to the wide range o...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHill Farming: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current payment schemes for upland farmers.
Answer: Upland farmers have a key role to play in the future for delivering sustainable food production and our environmental targets. The Government has committed to support farmers through a farming budget of £5 billion over two years, including £2.4 billion in...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: NorthumberlandDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children requiring SEND support did not attend school in each council ward in Northumberland in each of the last five academic years.
Answer: The requested information is not held centrally.The department collects information on children who are electively home educated (EHE) from local authorities on a voluntary basis. The latest figures can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics....
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the most recent data her Department holds on the number of road accidents classified as accidental deaths in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Northumberland by ward and (d) Hexham consti
Answer: Data on road injury collisions are reported by police using the STATS19 system. The number of personal injury road collisions in each of the areas requested in 2023 are shown in the table below. AreaAll collisionsEngland96,771North East England3,078Nort...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents there were in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Northumberland by ward and (d) Hexham constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: Data on road injury collisions are reported by police using the STATS19 system. The number of personal injury road collisions in each of the areas requested in 2023 are shown in the table below. AreaAll collisionsEngland96,771North East England3,078Nort...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Rural AreasDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support small businesses in (a) rural and (b) semi-rural areas.
Answer: Small businesses are the beating heart of our high streets, our communities, and essential to our economic success. This Government will hardwire the voice of small business into everything we do. Businesses can access support through their local Growth H...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity Ownership FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the status is of applications submitted to the Community Ownership Fund Round 4 Window 1.
Answer: This government is committed to the communities sector and community ownership through empowering communities to own and run those local assets which mean the most to them. The English Devolution Bill will empower communities with a strong new ‘right to b...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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