Tom Morrison MP: written questions 2025

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Telecommunications: InfrastructureDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to assess the effectiveness of part (a) 11 and (b) 12 of the Electronic Communications Code for ensuring that infrastructure developments for new mob
Answer: Parts 11 and 12 of the Electronic Communications Code provide rights to fly lines over land and set out when and how someone can object to these installations. The aim is to balance the efficient deployment of overhead networks with the interests of those...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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Telecommunications: InfrastructureDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Part 11 of the Electronic Communications Code in providing flexibility to improve the network.
Answer: Parts 11 and 12 of the Electronic Communications Code provide rights to fly lines over land and set out when and how someone can object to these installations. The aim is to balance the efficient deployment of overhead networks with the interests of those...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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Prescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43317 on Prescriptions: Fees and Charges, what other exceptional reasons have resulted in the NHS Business Services Authority cancelling a penalty
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA), which issues Penalty Charge Notices, does not hold or collect data outlining the exceptional circumstances relating to an easement of a prescription pen...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
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Adoption: Learning DisabilityDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide additional support to adoptee children in schools with learning disabilities.
Answer: I refer the hon, Member for Cheadle to the answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62189.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of reducing the individual limit for the Adoption Support Fund for therapy on (a) adoptees and (b) their families.
Answer: The new criteria for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund will enable as many children and families as possible to access the available funding. The department always assesses the impact of changes on vulnerable children and their families. ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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AutismDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing additional support to autistic children with no other learning disabilities in mainstream schools.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed and thrive in their education and as they move into adult life.The Neur...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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Dementia: EqualityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is provided to health professionals to ensure culturally sensitive dementia care.
Answer: We want all relevant staff to have received the appropriate training in order to provide high quality care to people with dementia, whether in hospital or in the community.Individual employers are responsible for ensuring their staff are trained and compe...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
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General Practitioners: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce (a) digital, (b) language and (c) other barriers to South Asian communities accessing GPs for dementia care.
Answer: We understand how vital it is to ensure that all patients with dementia, including those with language barriers or difficulty using digital services, have their communication needs met, so that they can access general practices (GPs) and other National He...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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Dementia: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to provide culturally appropriate dementia services for (a) South Asian and (b) other ethnic minority groups.
Answer: The provision of dementia health care services is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs). We expect ICBs to commission services based on local population needs, taking account of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideli...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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Universal Credit: ME/CFSDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Universal Credit Bill on young people under 22 with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.
Answer: The Universal Credit Bill makes no change to the eligibility of young people under 22 for the Universal Credit Health element. The proposal to restrict access to the element was the subject of a consultation which closed on 30 June. The responses to the c...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
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Pre-school Education: AccountabilityDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve (a) transparency and (b) accountability in early years provision.
Answer: As announced in the recent ‘Best Start in Life’ publication, the department wants to drive higher standards through a strengthened improvement and accountability system. From next April, Ofsted will inspect all new providers on the early years register (E...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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Pre-school Education: Accidents and DeathDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department records and publishes statistics on the (a) number and (b) nature of serious safeguarding incidents and child deaths in early years settings.
Answer: Information on the number and nature of serious incident notification statistics is published annually in the Official Statistics release on serious incident notifications, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
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Pre-school Education: AccidentsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to review lessons learned from child deaths and serious incidents in early years settings.
Answer: The safety of children is our utmost priority and we continually monitor and review the early years foundation stage (EYFS) safeguarding requirements. The full statutory framework is available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/670f8c0f3...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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Pre-school Education: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to ensure that the majority of Ofsted inspections of early years settings are unannounced.
Answer: While Ofsted typically provides notice before an inspection, they can and do conduct inspections without prior notification, particularly when concerns have been raised about a setting or if a previous inspection resulted in a grade of ‘Inadequate’. Betwe...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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Pre-school Education: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted plans to update its guidance to inspectors on (a) identifying and (b) responding to (i) serious and (ii) repeated safeguarding breaches in early years settings.
Answer: The department works closely with Ofsted in our work monitoring and reviewing the safeguarding requirements within the early years foundation stage statutory framework to ensure children are kept as safe as possible.As announced in the recent Best Start i...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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Pre-school Education: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing unannounced inspections in early years settings on levels of continuous safety compliance.
Answer: While Ofsted typically provides notice before an inspection, they can and do conduct inspections without prior notification, particularly when concerns have been raised about a setting or if a previous inspection resulted in a grade of ‘Inadequate’. Betwe...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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Pre-school Education: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce routine unannounced inspections in early years settings as part of Ofsted’s updated inspection schedule.
Answer: While Ofsted typically provides notice before an inspection, they can and do conduct inspections without prior notification, particularly when concerns have been raised about a setting or if a previous inspection resulted in a grade of ‘Inadequate’. Betwe...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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Pre-school Education: CCTVDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Twickenham during the Oral Statement of 7 July 2025 on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life, Official Report, column 687, whether
Answer: The safety of children is our utmost priority and we continually monitor and review the early years foundation stage (EYFS) safeguarding requirements to ensure children are kept as safe as possible. The EYFS statutory framework can be found at: https://ww...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
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Pre-school Education: CCTVDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Twickenham during the Oral Statement of 7 July 2025 on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life, Official Report, column 687, whether
Answer: The safety of children is our utmost priority and we continually monitor and review the early years foundation stage (EYFS) safeguarding requirements to ensure children are kept as safe as possible. The EYFS statutory framework can be found at: https://ww...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
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Pre-school Education: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of Ofsted inspections of early years settings have been unannounced in each of the last five years.
Answer: Ofsted paused routine inspections in mid-March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Full Early Years Register inspections restarted in May 2021, including a number of unannounced inspections detailed below.Between 1 April 2021 - 31 March 2022 there were 1,2...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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Pre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether safe sleep practices are included in early years qualifications; and whether her Department plans to make this training mandatory.
Answer: The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the standards and requirements all early years providers must meet to ensure that children have the best start in life and are kept healthy and safe: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
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Pre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will work with (a) health authorities and (b) expert charities to co-produce national safe sleep standards for use in early years settings.
Answer: The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the standards and requirements all early years providers must meet to ensure that children have the best start in life and are kept healthy and safe: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
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Pre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the level of awareness among early years staff of current safe sleep best practice.
Answer: The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the standards and requirements all early years providers must meet to ensure that children have the best start in life and are kept healthy and safe: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
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Pre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that early years staff are trained in nationally recognised safe sleep practices.
Answer: The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the standards and requirements all early years providers must meet to ensure that children have the best start in life and are kept healthy and safe: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
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Pre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to introduce statutory safe sleep guidance for registered early years settings.
Answer: The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the standards and requirements all early years providers must meet to ensure that children have the best start in life and are kept healthy and safe: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
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