Luke Murphy MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Electricity Generation: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of independent networks in delivering network investment.
Answer: Independent network operators have an important role to play in delivering electricity network investment and, as such, are an enabler of the Government’s clean energy superpower and economic growth missions. As well as supporting investment in clean ener...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordElectricity Generation: InfrastructureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to respond to the call for evidence entitled Land rights and consents for electricity network infrastructure, which closed on 15 September 2022.
Answer: The Government has made it a priority to review current land rights and consents processes and whether they are fit to facilitate meeting the government’s mission for clean power by 2030. We published our response to the Call for Evidence on 2 December, w...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordElectricity Generation: InfrastructureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made on the creation of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Taskforce; and whether his Department plans to bring forward reforms to landowner compensation for the delivery
Answer: The previous Government established an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Taskforce of experts and representatives from relevant sectors. This government has reconvened the Taskforce and it met on 27 November. The Taskforce will in due course deliver a ...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVettingHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the average processing time for Disclosure and Barring Service checks in (a) Basingstoke constituency, (b) Hampshire, and (c) England in the
Answer: The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent. Standard and Basic checks are not referred by the DBS to police forces. For Enhanced checks, application details may be referred to any police force that holds potentially relevant inf...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVettingHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) standard, (b) enhanced, and (c) basic Disclosure and Barring Service checks in (i) Basingstoke constituency, (ii) Hampshire, and (iii) England have taken over 100 days to complete in each
Answer: The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent. Standard and Basic checks are not referred by the DBS to police forces. For Enhanced checks, application details may be referred to any police force that holds potentially relevant inf...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVettingHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) standard, (b) enhanced, and (c) basic Disclosure and Barring Service checks in (i) Basingstoke constituency, (ii) Hampshire, and (iii) England have exceeded the police's target response t
Answer: The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent. Standard and Basic checks are not referred by the DBS to police forces. For Enhanced checks, application details may be referred to any police force that holds potentially relevant inf...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil in mainstream schools was in (a) Basingstoke constituency, (b) Hampshire, and (c) England in each year since 2010.
Answer: The department cannot provide comparable funding back to 2010 due to the changes in the funding system since that time. The scope of the per pupil funding before and after the 2018/19 financial year are not directly comparable. In particular, funding for ...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSecondary Education: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average staff-to-student ratio was in secondary schools (a) nationally and (b) in Basingstoke constituency in each year since 2010.
Answer: Information on the school workforce, including the pupil-to-adult and pupil-to-teacher ratios at national, regional, local authority and individual school level, is published in the 'School workforce in England' statistical publication, which is available...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordShoplifting: HampshireHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) reports of, (b) charges for and (c) convictions for shoplifting there were in (i) Basingstoke constituency and (ii) Hampshire in each year since 2010.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of shoplifting offences and their investigative outcomes recorded by the police in England and Wales on a quarterly basis.The proportion of shoplifting offences, broken down by Police Force ...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordADHD: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of waiting times for ADHD in (a) Hampshire and (b) other NHS Trusts in England.
Answer: There is, at present, no single, established dataset that can be used to monitor waiting times for the assessment and diagnosis for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) either nationally, or for individual organisations or geographies in Englan...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordADHD: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to reduce (a) the backlog of ADHD diagnosis and (b) improve waiting times for assessments.
Answer: The Department is currently considering next steps to improve access to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments. It is the responsibility of integrated care boards to make appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of thei...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordKidney Diseases: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease for (a) younger patients and (b) broadly.
Answer: NHS England is working to detect people at risk of kidney disease through the NHS Health Check Programme. The programme, which is available for everyone between the ages of 40 and 74 years old, who is not already on a chronic disease register, assesses pe...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordKidney Diseases: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease.
Answer: NHS England is working to detect people at risk of kidney disease through the NHS Health Check Programme. The programme, which is available for everyone between the ages of 40 and 74 years old, who is not already on a chronic disease register, assesses pe...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: HampshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the Hampshire Hospitals scheme received to the end of the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 29 October 2024 to Question 10950.
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: HampshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) business case status and (b) RIBA stage is for the Hampshire Hospitals scheme as part of the New Hospital Programme.
Answer: The standard process confirming the total funding amount for major infrastructure projects involves the review and approval of a Full Business Case. All trusts in the programme have previously received indicative funding allocations to support planning, h...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: HampshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding had been allocated to the Hampshire Hospitals scheme via the New Hospital Programme as of 2 July 2024.
Answer: The standard process confirming the total funding amount for major infrastructure projects involves the review and approval of a Full Business Case. All trusts in the programme have previously received indicative funding allocations to support planning, h...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: HampshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of the Hampshire Hospitals scheme.
Answer: The standard process confirming the total funding amount for major infrastructure projects involves the review and approval of a Full Business Case. All trusts in the programme have previously received indicative funding allocations to support planning, h...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Property Management CompaniesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take in relation to the regulation of management agents of leasehold properties.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that those living in the rented and leasehold sectors are protected from abuse and poor service at the hands of unscrupulous property agents. The Government will set out its position on the regulation of letting, ma...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGreat British EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 900554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to establish Great British Energy.
Answer: We have already made good progress on setting up Great British Energy, our publicly owned energy company overwhelmingly backed by the British people at the election. We have published legislation, now making its passage through this House, announced forme...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
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