Tom Morrison MP: written questions 2025
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Pre-school Education: CCTVDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with Ofsted on the potential merits of the use of CCTV as a safeguarding tool in early years settings.
Answer: The safety of our children is the department’s 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.Currently, the decision to install and u...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: CCTVDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Oral Statement on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life of 7 July 2025, Official Report, column 680-682, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of requiring CC
Answer: The safety of our children is the department’s 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.Currently, the decision to install and u...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Oral Statement on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life of 7 July 2025, Official Report, column 680-682, whether Ofsted will publish updated inspection (a) criteria and (b) frameworks
Answer: Ofsted has delivered important changes to the way it works in response to the Big Listen consultation. This important work is ongoing, and together we are committed to improving the inspection system. Ofsted will publish the response to its recent consult...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66739More
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 government is committed to reforming the current inspection system which includes Ofsted implementing the early years report card from November 2025 following the publication of their consultation response in September 2025. The response will include ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66738More
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, what con
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.As part of this work, last year we held a public consult...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66737More
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, how much
Answer: In the 2022/23 financial year, Ofsted allocated £24 million to early years inspections. In 2023/24, they allocated £21.8 million, and in 2024/25 they allocated £21.3 million. In the current 2025/26 financial year, Ofsted allocated £20.9 million and has al...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66736More
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, if she w
Answer: The safety of our youngest children is our utmost priority, and the department continually monitors and reviews safeguarding requirements for early years settings. Ofsted has delivered important changes to the way it works in response to the Big Listen co...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66735More
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, what ass
Answer: Moving to a four-year inspection cycle as opposed to a six-year inspection cycle is a return to the standard set pre-Covid. We believe by reducing the inspection cycle to align with schools, we should be able to better address safety concerns raised in re...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66734More
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 our youngest children is our utmost priority, and the department continually monitors and reviews safeguarding requirements for early years settings. Ofsted has delivered important changes to the way it works in response to the Big Listen co...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: Finance and StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66733More
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, what fac
Answer: Children’s early years are crucial to their development, health and life chances. That is why the Plan for Change set out our ambition for a record proportion of children starting school ready to learn.Ofsted is in the process of delivering changes to the...
Answered 12 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increased funding for (a) quality assurance and (b) inspector training on the level of (i) serious incidents and (ii) child deaths in early yea
Answer: The safety of our youngest children is our utmost priority, and the department continually monitors and reviews safeguarding requirements for early years settings. Ofsted has delivered important changes to the way it works in response to the Big Listen co...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding announced for early years settings will be allocated to (a) quality assurance and (b) inspector training in (i) cash and (ii) percentage terms.
Answer: The safety of our youngest children is our utmost priority, and the department continually monitors and reviews safeguarding requirements for early years settings. Ofsted has delivered important changes to the way it works in response to the Big Listen co...
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordEyes: ProstheticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that there is a wide range of customisations available to patients at all providers when procuring prosthetic eyes through the National Artificial
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning artificial eye services. The National Artificial Eye Service supplies one artificial eye free of charge. Customised bespoke artificial eyes can be provided to patients at the time of the supply of a...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEyes: ProstheticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that regulatory frameworks at (a) Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and (b) other hospitals do not inhibit patients in obtaining (i) prosthetic eyes and (i
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is responsible for the development and implementation of regulations for medical devices placed on the United Kingdom’s market, irrespective of the specific hospital in which they are used. Al...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Private SectorDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps hi Department has taken to support GP practices who have taking on patients coming from private healthcare backgrounds.
Answer: The National Health Service and general practices (GPs) are free at the point of use, and anyone is entitled to register with an NHS GP regardless of whether they have had private healthcare before.Under the GP Contract, a contractor must not host private...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional support to people on waiting lists for an ADHD diagnosis who show clear symptoms.
Answer: It is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including assessments and support for people suspected or confirmed as having attention deficit ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Greater ManchesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce wait times for (a) assessment and (b) diagnosis of ADHD in Greater Manchester.
Answer: NHS England has established an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) taskforce which is bringing together those with lived experience with experts from the National Health Service, education, charity, and justice sectors to get a better understa...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking with local authorities to support the integration of refugees that have been granted leave to remain.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on 26 June to Question 61436.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) accuracy and (b) speed of her Department's decision-making processes for asylum seekers.
Answer: The Home Office continues to invest in a programme of transformation and business improvement, including innovative methods to speed up asylum decision making and improve the quality and consistency of our work. The latest quarter saw the second highest t...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase social housing supply.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 2 July 2025 (HCWS771).
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousehold Support FundDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of decreases in levels of spending welfare on the capacity of the Household Support Fund.
Answer: Social security spending is forecast to increase. We are providing £742 million in England to extend the Household Support Fund (HSF) by a further year, from 1 April 2025 until 31 March 2026. And we secured the first ever multi-year settlement for the HSF...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Furniture PovertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with social housing providers on the (a) Decent Homes Standard and (b) the provision of furnished tenancies in social housing, in the context of leve
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 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFurniture PovertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department monitors trends in levels of furniture poverty in (a) England and (b) the UK.
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 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Intellectual PropertyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help protect intellectual property rights in the training of AI models.
Answer: The Government recently consulted on the use of copyright material in AI model development.The Government is currently analysing responses to that consultation, to help inform policy development. The Government will continue to engage extensively on this ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCarers' BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to review the financial support available to carers whose role ends due to the death of a disabled adult child; and if she will introduce (a) a bereavement payment or
Answer: Entitlement to Carer's Allowance in England and Wales can continue for up to eight weeks following the death of the disabled person who was being cared for. If the carer is in receipt of Universal Credit, entitlement continues for the next two full monthl...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
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