Tom Morrison MP: written questions 2025
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AdlingtonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the New Towns Taskforce on the potential impact of a new town at Adlington, Cheshire East on (a) Stockport Council and (b) other neighbouring loc
Answer: On 28 September 2025, the government published the independent New Towns Taskforce report as well as its initial response to that report. Both can be found on gov.uk here. As set out in the initial government response, we warmly welcome all 12 of the loca...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAdlingtonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to consult residents in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester on the proposed new town at Adlington, Cheshire East.
Answer: On 28 September 2025, the government published the independent New Towns Taskforce report as well as its initial response to that report. Both can be found on gov.uk here. As set out in the initial government response, we warmly welcome all 12 of the loca...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAdlingtonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria his Department will use to decide whether Adlington, Cheshire East will be a new town.
Answer: On 28 September 2025, the government published the independent New Towns Taskforce report as well as its initial response to that report. Both can be found on gov.uk here. As set out in the initial government response, we warmly welcome all 12 of the loca...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to produce educational videos to aid early years staff in (a) reading and (b) learning the Early years foundation stage statutory framework.
Answer: The department is committed to supporting early years practitioners and teachers to deliver the early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework well for the benefit of all children, and already provides a range of educational video content.Our onl...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that early years staff in all settings read (a) the relevant Early years foundation stage statutory framework, last updated on 1 September 2025, in full and (b) NHS guidance on
Answer: Early years providers are legally required to adhere to the requirements with the early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework, which can be read in full here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: AccidentsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 67189 on Pre-school Education: Accidents and Death, whether official communication channel exists to communicate early years foundation stage updates to every
Answer: When changes are made to the early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework, the department ensures there is a comprehensive programme of communications and engagement with the sector to support understanding of the changes. The framework can be ...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 66737 on Pre-school Education: Inspections, how much funding his Department plans on allocating to Ofsted to increase the frequency and quality of Early Years
Answer: Further funding is expected to be provided across the next three financial years by the department to Ofsted to increase the frequency and quality of Early Years Register inspections. This is to be agreed between the department and Ofsted.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of directing Ofsted to ensure that one third of inspections are carried out without notice.
Answer: Ofsted typically gives a short period of notice of its inspections, to support the effective conduct of the inspection visit. It retains the ability to inspect without notice where it has concerns about a provider. For example, in early years inspections,...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAntisemitismHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to provide frontline police officers with training to (a) recognise and (b) address antisemitism.
Answer: The Government is determined to tackle all forms of hate crime, including antisemitic hate crime. The College of Policing is responsible for setting the national training standards and operational guidance (known as authorised professional practice) in En...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure transparency for consumers in the use of AI-generated music on streaming platforms; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of AI-generated mus
Answer: AI presents both significant opportunities and challenges for the creative industries, including music. We recognise concerns regarding AI-generated content on streaming platforms and are engaging with relevant music industry stakeholders to better unders...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with representatives of the music industry on the potential impact of trends in the level of AI-generated music available through streaming platforms on the music
Answer: AI presents both significant opportunities and challenges for the creative industries, including music. We recognise concerns regarding AI-generated content on streaming platforms and are engaging with relevant music industry stakeholders to better unders...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOfsted: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that Ofsted inspections are (a) standardised and (b) include safe sleep practice.
Answer: Ofsted will receive additional funding as part of the Best Start in Life Strategy to enhance the quality and consistency of early years inspections, and we will fund Ofsted to move towards inspecting all providers at least once every four years, in parity...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: SafetyDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the absence of a formal central email channel for early years foundation stage updates for early years settings on the safety of children in those s
Answer: When changes are made to the early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework, the department ensures that there is a programme of communications and engagement with the sector to ensure they understand the changes being made. This includes emails ...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: AccidentsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 67189Pre-school Education: Accidents and Death, what steps she is taking to ensure that early years foundation stage safeguarding requirements are (a) implemen
Answer: The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the standards and requirements all early years providers must legally follow to ensure that children have the best start in life and are kept healthy and safe. The framework is available her...
Answered 7 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Security TrustHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support the Community Security Trust in safeguarding (a) synagogues, (b) Jewish schools and (c) other Jewish community locations.
Answer: There is no excuse for violence or abuse driven by antisemitic hatred and discrimination, and we support the police in taking strong action against those who carry out these crimes.This Government is committed to supporting the protection of Jewish commun...
Answered 1 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support artists in adapting to the growing presence of AI-generated music in the music industry.
Answer: This government is committed to supporting UK artists, including emerging talent, to succeed and reach their full potential. As part of this Government’s Industrial Strategy, the Creative Industries Sector Plan published in June set out our ambition to un...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Food AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Israel on ensuring that food aid reaches people in Gaza.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement made to the House by the former Foreign Secretary on 1 September, and the joint statement on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza made alongside 31 overseas partners on 12 August: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: FamineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification of 29 July 2025 which states that Gaza has entered Phase 5 (Catastrophic/Famine conditions);
Answer: The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification's (IPC) confirmation of famine in Gaza City and the surrounding neighbourhood on 22 August is utterly horrifying. The former Foreign Secretary issued a statement on 22 August stating that the Israeli gover...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: Public LavatoriesWomen and EqualitiesTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72112More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing legislation that would ensure that all accessible toilets in public places have RADAR key locks on disabled people.
Answer: No assessment has been made; the RADAR key scheme is not government-led and there are no plans for legislation to make it statutory.The functional element in Part M of the Building Regulations requires new building works to make reasonable provision for p...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Department is taking to intervene when a multi-academy trust does not investigate serious safeguarding complaints adequately.
Answer: Academy trusts must comply with their statutory safeguarding responsibilities set out in the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014. The regulations require trusts to have regard to the ‘Keeping children safe in education’ and ‘Working ...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPupil Exclusions: Primary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department collects data on (a) internal and (b) fixed-term exclusions in primary schools, broken down by race.
Answer: The department does not collect data on circumstances where schools remove a pupil from the classroom, for serious disciplinary reasons, and where they are required to spend a limited time out of the classroom. Some schools call this internal suspension.T...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Racial DiscriminationDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures are in place to ensure that allegations of racial bias in (a) schools and (b) academy trusts are adequately (i) investigated and (ii) monitored.
Answer: All public bodies, including maintained schools and academies, are subject to the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), which requires them to take steps to eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation, to advance equality of opportunity and foster g...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: SecurityDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of levels of consistency of safeguarding protocols in multi-academy trusts in relation to unauthorised adult access to school premises.
Answer: The safety and wellbeing of children in our schools is the department’s highest priority. We recognise the importance of robust safeguarding measures and take concerns about unauthorised adult access to school premises very seriously. The produced non-sta...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic CommerceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing measures to ensure that (a) the (i) location and (ii) identity of online sellers can be effectively verified and (b)
Answer: The increase in e-commerce has provided greater choice and convenience, giving consumers access to global markets. However, this has brought significant regulatory challenges.The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 requires ‘material infor...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Commerce: Hallmarking and VATDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that online sellers meet their obligations in relation to (a) the Hallmarking Act 1973 and (b) the payment of VAT.
Answer: (a)Anyone selling precious metals items must comply with the Hallmarking Act 1973. British Hallmarking Council guidance is available at: ”Selling articles of precious metal on the internet - GOV.UK”. In January 2025, I met some of the major online marketp...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
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