Luke Murphy MP: written questions
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Written questions
Suicide: Bereavement CounsellingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing funding to community-led suicide bereavement services.
Answer: We recognise the important role that community-led organisations can play in suicide prevention and suicide bereavement services. While there is no specific national funding allocated for suicide bereavement services, integrated care boards are responsibl...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: ApplicationsDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring a unique provisional driving licence number to book a driving test to help tackle the (a) bulk buying of driving tests by bot accounts and (b) r
Answer: When booking a driving test every customer must provide their unique UK driving licence number. A driving licence number can be assigned to only one car practical driving test within the booking system at a time. DVSA encourages learner drivers to only us...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPovertyChurch CommissionersTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 905737More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to help tackle poverty.
Answer: Church of England churches are involved in over 30,000 social action projects, hosting food banks, breakfast clubs, and much more besides. The Lords Spiritual continue to use their place in the House of Lords to raise concerns about poverty, and have long...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBereavement LeaveDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will bring forward legislative proposals for statutory paid bereavement leave (a) for people grieving the loss of a loved one to suicide and (b) in general.
Answer: The loss of a loved one is one of the hardest things a person can experience. This is why we have introduced a new right to bereavement leave in the Employment Rights Bill which will be available to those grieving the loss of a loved one, including to sui...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSuicideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that families bereaved by suicide have access to local, specialist postvention support.
Answer: Commissioning responsibility for local suicide bereavement services, sits with integrated care boards (ICBs) and it is for them to commission appropriate services for their local population while considering their overall financial position. The NHS Long ...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSuicideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate funding for grassroots organisations delivering peer support to people bereaved by suicide.
Answer: Commissioning responsibility for local suicide bereavement services, sits with integrated care boards (ICBs) and it is for them to commission appropriate services for their local population while considering their overall financial position. The NHS Long ...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to develop a cross-government strategy for the future of school-aged childcare funding after 2026.
Answer: The department’s vision is for a modern childcare system for parents of school age children that is high quality, affordable, accessible and inclusive for all families from the day children start primary school, no matter where they live in the country or...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordExtended ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a (a) cross-industry and (b) cross-departmental taskforce to review long-term strategy for the wraparound childcare sector.
Answer: The department’s vision is for a modern childcare system for parents of school age children that is high quality, affordable, accessible and inclusive for all families from the day children start primary school, no matter where they live in the country or...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordExtended Services: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of sustained funding for school-aged wraparound childcare.
Answer: The department’s vision is for a modern childcare system for parents of school age children that is high quality, affordable, accessible and inclusive for all families from the day children start primary school, no matter where they live in the country or...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordExtended Services and Holiday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to renew the (a) Wraparound Childcare Programme and (b) Holiday Activities and Food Programme in 2026.
Answer: The department’s vision is for a modern childcare system for parents of school age children that is high quality, affordable, accessible and inclusive for all families from the day children start primary school, no matter where they live in the country or...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordExtended ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to produce a strategy on widening the availability of wraparound childcare.
Answer: The department’s vision is for a modern childcare system for parents of school age children that is high quality, affordable, accessible and inclusive for all families from the day children start primary school, no matter where they live in the country or...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMortgages: Change of UseTreasuryTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69463More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure mortgage availability for people wishing to purchase residential properties that were converted from office space.
Answer: The availability and pricing of mortgages is a commercial decision for firms in which the Government does not intervene. However, the UK benefits from a competitive mortgage market; prospective buyers are encouraged to shop around and speak to a mortgage ...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Signal Blocking DevicesMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her department is taking to increase the use of phone blocking (a) techniques and (b) technologies in prisons.
Answer: His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) is committed to tackling the threat to prison security posed by illicit mobile telephones. We have a wide-ranging programme in place to prevent them from entering prisons; to detect and disrupt their us...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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