Patrick Hurley MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Company Law: ReformDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending company law to move from shareholder primacy towards a stakeholder-governance model.
Answer: Under Section 172 of the Companies Act 2006, directors have a fiduciary duty to have regard in their decision-making to the interests of employees, customers and suppliers, and to the impact of the company’s operations on the community and the environment...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding Societies: InvestmentTreasuryTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98958More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when her Department plans to bring forward secondary legislation required under the Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Act 2024 to enact provisions around the disapplication of the wholesale funding limit for f
Answer: The government is committed to supporting the growth of building societies in line with the manifesto commitment to double the size of the mutual and co-operative sector. As part of this, the government is committed to ensuring that building societies can...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on ending the use of asylum hotels; and what the savings will be for a) Southport, b) the North West and c) the UK.
Answer: At its peak under the previous government, around 400 hotels were used to accommodate asylum seekers – costing £9 million per day. That figure is now under 200, and the government remains committed to closing every hotel by the end of this Parliament. We ...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTemporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to implement the recommendations set out in the Social Impact Investment Advisory Group’s final report; and what steps he is taking to establish the
Answer: The government is carefully considering the full set of recommendations in the report, including moving swiftly with the launch of the new Office for the Impact Economy.We are committed to considering the best way to sustainably fund good-quality temporar...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for publishing the forthcoming cross-government homelessness strategy.
Answer: The cross-government homelessness strategy will be published shortly.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing FirstMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding Housing First provision across England in the forthcoming cross-government homelessness strategy.
Answer: Our homelessness strategy will put prevention at its core, including setting out that interventions should be tailored to the individual needs of people at risk of homelessness. Councils can use our homelessness funding flexibly to meet those needs, inclu...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMutual SocietiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has made on doubling the size of the mutuals sector.
Answer: As part of the Autumn Budget announcements, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) launched a Call for Evidence on Business Support for Co-operatives and Mutuals. This will be open across Great Britain for 12 weeks. DBT ensured that for Financial Yea...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding SocietiesTreasuryTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93850More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support she is offering for the building societies, in the context of the government's ambition to double the size of the mutuals sector.
Answer: The government is committed to supporting the growth of building societies in line with the manifesto commitment to double the size of the mutual and co-operative sector. HM Treasury has already announced measures to support the sector and is currently pr...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordConspiracy and Disinformation: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of continued professional development on the ability of teachers to tackle misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories in the classroom.
Answer: The initial teacher training and early career framework sets out the foundational core content that defines great teaching. This includes anticipating common misconceptions within particular subjects, which is an important aspect of curricular knowledge. ...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordConspiracy and Disinformation: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of initial teacher training on the ability of teachers to tackle misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories in the classroom.
Answer: The initial teacher training and early career framework sets out the foundational core content that defines great teaching. This includes anticipating common misconceptions within particular subjects, which is an important aspect of curricular knowledge. ...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordConspiracy and Disinformation: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of including (a) misinformation, (b) disinformation and (c) conspiracy theories in the guidance entitled Keeping children safe in education, published on 1
Answer: In response to stakeholder feedback, an amendment was made to paragraph 135 in the statutory guidance ‘Keeping children safe in education’. This came into force on 1 September 2025, and provided further examples of content risks. The department recognis...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLand: OwnershipMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Correspondence entitled HM Land Registry Chair’s letter, published 6 March 2025, what progress the Land Registry has made on (a) opening up existing data an
Answer: HM Land Registry (HMLR) already provides public access to information on individual property titles for a small fee, and it received 27.8 million information service requests in 2024-25. It also provides a mix of free and paid-for data services through it...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Shared Prosperity FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make alternative funding available for community organisations after the UK Shared Prosperity Fund comes to an end in March 2026.
Answer: The Government is taking a new approach to local funding, replacing multiple funding pots with long-term certainty for places. This will be led by sustained and predictable support for local authorities through the Local Government Finance Settlement and ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Shared Prosperity FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that funding for alternative learning and skills provision will be available after UK Shared Prosperity Fund comes to an end in March 2026.
Answer: This Government is establishing a new local growth fund, provided for specific mayoral city regions in the North and Midlands, with the highest productivity catch and agglomeration potential, which can be used to support skills interventions.This sits alo...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85376More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of introducing an exemption from the higher business rates multiplier for (a) cultural and (b) entertainment venues.
Answer: The Government has met with a wide range of stakeholders on business rates reform. As announced at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government will introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure properties with rateable values (RVs) bel...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.
Answer: The Department and NHS England are currently looking at how to improve the access, quality, and sustainability of all-age palliative care and end of life care in line with the 10-Year Health Plan.We are supporting the hospice sector with a £100 million ca...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of funding allocated by his Department for research and innovation for (a) less survivable and (b) other cancers.
Answer: The Department invests over £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), with cancer as one of its largest areas of spend reflecting its high priority.An example of this ...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDefibrillators: RegistrationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require all publicly accessible defibrillators to be registered on the Circuit network.
Answer: According to the British Heart Foundation, there are now over 110,000 registered defibrillators in the United Kingdom, which is an increase of 30,000 since September 2023.The Government does not currently have plans to bring forward such legislative propo...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: North WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates in the North West.
Answer: We recognise that there is more to do to improve cardiac arrest survival rates, including in the North West. The National Health Service 10-Year Health Plan addresses cardiac arrest at a national level through a broad focus on cardiovascular disease detec...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 905867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, ?what steps she is taking to rebuild the school estate.
Answer: Ensuring schools and colleges have the resources and buildings they need is a key part of our mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every young person the best start in life.This government has given a long-term commitment to improve the ...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: SouthportDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the recently announced £400m UK Government funding for grassroots sports facilities will be allocated to facilities in Southport constituency.
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. That’s why the Government is investing £98 million into the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme throughout 2025/26 to build and u...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to take steps to support the LTA’s ambition to develop covered (a) tennis, (b) padel and (c) multi-sport facilities to facilitate year-round, all-weather participatio
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. That is why we have committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the UK following the Spending Review. We a...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a national multi-cancer case-finding initiative to identify people at higher risk of (a) pancreatic and (b) other les
Answer: NHS England is working on case-finding approaches for less survivable cancers, where the evidence suggests this is appropriate. This includes a public-facing Family History Checker, which enables people and their families affected by pancreatic cancer to ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage research into detection (a) tools and (b) tests for the early detection of (i) pancreatic and (ii) other less survivable cancers.
Answer: Research is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department invests £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Cancer is one of the largest areas of spend at ov...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFurniture Poverty: SouthportMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the levels of furniture poverty in Southport; and what steps he is taking to reduce this.
Answer: My Department engages actively with registered providers of social housing on all issues facing social housing tenants and with a range of stakeholders on issues facing residents and has engaged with groups such as End Furniture Poverty to understand thei...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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