Tom Morrison MP: written questions 2025
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Government Departments: StandardsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47906More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in levels of (a) customer service and (b) phone call response times across Government departments on people seeking to engage with
Answer: Departmental contact lines are not managed or run centrally. Therefore, each department is responsible for their own contact line, as well as customer service and response times.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat Networks: StockportDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 903859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Stockport District Heat Network on energy costs for households in fuel poverty.
Answer: Stockport Council have applied for support from our Green Heat Networks Fund for their district heating network. To be eligible for support from the scheme, applicants must demonstrate that their networks will cause no detriment to domestic customers. Thi...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ValuationTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46221More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how often the Valuation Office Agency compared different types of properties in order to assess a request from a resident to change a council tax banding in each of the last five years; and on how many occasions the
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency does not centrally aggregate and record the data in the form requested. When assessing a home for Council Tax banding purposes, the VOA will refer to relevant sales of comparable properties, look at the bands of other comparabl...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFlats: Council TaxTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46220More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the Valuation Office Agency has refused a request to change the council tax banding of a flat where the resident has compared their home to a lower council tax banded house of greater value, in each o
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency does not centrally aggregate and record the data in the form requested. When assessing a home for Council Tax banding purposes, the VOA will refer to relevant sales of comparable properties, look at the bands of other comparabl...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFootballDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing funding for and (b) taking steps to help increase the profile of futsal.
Answer: The Football Association is the recognised National Governing Body for futsal. As they are independent of Government, it is ultimately their responsibility to address issues related to the funding and profile of the game.To date, this Government has not h...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFootballDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Football Association on increasing funding for Futsal to pre-pandemic levels.
Answer: The Football Association is the recognised National Governing Body for futsal. As they are independent of Government, it is ultimately their responsibility to address issues related to the funding and profile of the game.To date, this Government has not h...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Unpaid WorkDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of closing the Internships Work project on (a) local authorities, (b) employment agencies and (c) young people.
Answer: In 2022, the department invested £18 million to improve the quality of supported internships and increase the quantity to 4,500 internships per year by March 2025. The Internships Work consortium has led this investment.Owing to the commitment of everyone...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Unpaid WorkDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will (a) re-establish and (b) extend funding for the Internships Work project.
Answer: In 2022, the department invested £18 million to improve the quality of supported internships and increase the quantity to 4,500 internships per year by March 2025. The Internships Work consortium has led this investment.Owing to the commitment of everyone...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSanitary Products: Health HazardsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46215More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting public education campaigns to raise awareness of (a) the presence of toxic substances in period products and (b) safer alternativ
Answer: Period products are regulated by the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, which requires all products to be safe and for consumers to be provided with information on the potential risks of a product. Through the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill, ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSanitary Products: Health HazardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of funding further research into the long-term health impacts of chemicals in period products.
Answer: We work across Government, with stakeholders and with UKRI to identify the most pressing research priorities to understand the potential harms from chemicals, and opportunities to take action on them. Potential further research into the long-term health i...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSanitary Products: LabellingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation that mandates full ingredient disclosure for all menstrual products.
Answer: Period products are regulated by the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, which requires all products to be safe and for consumers to be provided with information on the potential risks of a product. Through the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill, ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health Services: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure a (a) consistent and (b) sustainable funding framework for community equipment provision across local authorities and NHS bodies.
Answer: At the 2024 Autumn Budget, the Government announced a £22.6 billion increase in day-to-day health spending and a £3.1 billion increase in the capital budget over 2024/2025 and 2025/2026. Departmental budgets beyond 2025/26 will be set through phase two of...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support research into the use of digital cognitive assessments to improve early diagnosis of dementia.
Answer: The Department funds dementia research via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR has invested nearly £11 million of funding to develop new digital approaches for the early detection and diagnosis of dementia via the Inventio...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Social ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing funding for early intervention in children’s social care on costs to the public purse.
Answer: Local government spending on children’s social care has risen by £4.4 billion over the last decade whilst spend on non-statutory, preventative services has fallen from £3.9 billion in 2012/13 to £2.7 billion in 2022/23, which is a fall of 31% in real term...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to provide a multi-year funding settlement for early intervention services in local government.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 40059 on 27 March 2025.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to support (a) international legal action and (b) referrals to the International Criminal Court against people responsible for (i) violations of
Answer: The UK is appalled at the recent killings of aid workers and health workers in Gaza. In our diplomatic engagement with the Government of Israel and at the UN Security Council we have called on Israel to conduct thorough investigations into all incidents i...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Aid WorkersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations the Government has made to (a) the UN Security Council and (b) other international partners on the reported targeting of humanitarian workers in Gaza; an
Answer: We are appalled by the recent increase in strikes on aid workers. Gaza remains the most dangerous place for aid workers in the world. In partnership with France, we called a meeting of the Security Council on 28 March to advocate for greater protection fo...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Conflict: Aid WorkersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the protection of humanitarian personnel working in (a) Gaza and (b) other conflict zones; and if he will review the Government's (a) arms e
Answer: Gaza remains the most dangerous place for humanitarians in the world, with over 400 killed since 7 October 2023. Humanitarian personnel must be protected and never targeted. At the UN Security Council meeting on 3 April, we urged Israel to respect deconfl...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: International Humanitarian LawForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the Israeli military’s compliance with international humanitarian law, in the context of reports of targeted killings of humanitari
Answer: We are appalled by the recent increase in strikes on aid workers. Gaza remains the most dangerous place for humanitarians in the world. We have been clear that humanitarian and medical personnel must be protected and never targeted. We have urged Israel t...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Aid WorkersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to (a) his Israeli counterpart and (b) international bodies on the discovery of aid workers handcuffed in a mass grave in Gaza in March 20
Answer: We were outraged at the recent deaths of Palestine Red Crescent medics and other humanitarian workers. At the UN Security Council meeting on 3 April, we called for this incident to be investigated fully, transparently and for those responsible to be held ...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ordering Typhoon jets from UK-based manufacturers.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 4 March 2025 to the hon. Member for Fylde (Andrew Snowden) to Question 34040.
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation and Skills Funding Agency: AcademiesDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the closure of the Education and Skills Funding Agency on (a) academy trusts and (b) their capability to provide effective pastoral support.
Answer: The Education and Skills Funding Agency closed on 31 March 2025 and its functions transferred to the department. The chief executive officer of the Agency, at its closure, issued an accounting officer letter to the sector on 19 March 2025 confirming the t...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIncontinence: MenDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on increasing provision of sanitary bins for men suffering from incontinence.
Answer: I have not discussed increasing provision of sanitary bins for men suffering from incontinence with Cabinet colleagues. In 2024, officials met with campaigners and discussed the provision of sanitary bins in public and workplace toilets with other relevan...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data she plans to collect on the impact of changes to the winter fuel allowance.
Answer: Following the decision to target Winter Fuel Payments at pensioners on the lowest incomes, the Government took immediate action to maximise the take-up of Pension Credit. The latest Pension Credit applications and awards statistics were published on 27 Fe...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAcupunctureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to hold the British Acupuncture Council to account for (a) injuries and (b) illnesses from acupuncture treatment.
Answer: Acupuncturists are not statutorily regulated in the United Kingdom. The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) operates a voluntary registers programme, which provides a proportionate means of assurance for unregulated professio...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
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