Tom Morrison MP: written questions 2025
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Hamas: Hostage TakingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58097More
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 hostages in Gaza.
Answer: Since day one, this Government has been clear that we need to see an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages cruelly detained by Hamas, better protection of civilians, significantly more aid consistently entering Gaza, and a path to long-term pea...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air Systems: IsraelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what permits his Department has issued to UAV Tactical Systems Ltd for the export of (a) hardware, (b) software and (c) technical support to Israel since October 2023.
Answer: From 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2024, the latest date covered by our most official statistics release, UAV Tactical Systems LTD have been issued 2 export licences covering exports to Israel.Each licence has been assessed to ensure that the items were ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ValuationTreasuryTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56711More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Council Tax banding appeals process conducted by the Valuation Office Agency.
Answer: The Council Tax banding appeals process is governed by the statutory requirements set out in the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and secondary legislation. In England, primarily the Council Tax (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) (England) Regulations 200...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: CheadleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department considered including Cheadle Practice as being a high priority for estate improvements when determining allocations for the Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund in
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering a National Health Service that is fit for the future and recognises the importance of strategic, value for money investments in capital projects. We have made sure that every single region across the country recei...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Agencies: Construction and Health ServicesTreasuryTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56709More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had on the potential impact of its forthcoming legislation on umbrella companies which engage temporary staff with the (a) NHS, (b) construction sector and (c) healthcare sector.
Answer: The government is introducing legislation to close the tax gap by making recruitment agencies that use umbrella companies legally responsible for accounting for PAYE on workers’ pay. This measure is expected to protect around £2.8 billion of tax revenue f...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions to USAID on humanitarian aid in Sudan.
Answer: The UK notes the US' decision to disband United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and cancel certain USAID programmes. This is a matter for the US. We are currently working to assess the implications of the US funding pause across all hu...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: CeasefiresForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that civilian (a) support and (b) protection is being considered as part of work towards a ceasefire in Sudan.
Answer: As penholder on Sudan at the UN Security Council (UNSC), the UK is committed to advocating for the protection of civilians amidst this brutal conflict. In November 2024, during our UN Security Council Presidency, the Minister for Africa chaired a Council ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his UN counterparts on (a)ICE detention centres, (b) total abortion bans, (c) incarceration labour, (d) racism and (e) US human rights abuses
Answer: The Foreign Secretary does not have a single United Nations counterpart. Among other meetings with senior UN representatives, he has recently met with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on 17 March where these issues were not discussed.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurodiversity: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) experienced and (b) new teachers in mainstream schools receive adequate training for teaching neurodivergent children.
Answer: The department provides continuing professional development to the school and further education (FE) workforce through the Universal Services programme, led by the National Association for Special Educational Needs (nasen). This programme helps the school...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many education, health and care plans have been withdrawn for children in (a) mainstream and (b) SEN schools in each of the last five years.
Answer: There were 3,317 education, health and care (EHC) plans for children and young people aged 0-25 which ceased during 2023 because the child or young person’s needs were being met without an EHC plan. This was out of a total number of 517,048 EHC plans acti...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average time taken was to get an Education, Health and Care Plan in place for a child in each of the last five years; and what steps she is taking to reduce this time.
Answer: Information for each of the last 5 years on the number and percentage of education, health and care (EHC) plans issued within the statutory 20-week deadline, with and without statutory exceptions to that deadline applying, is published as part of the stat...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWatchkeeper WK450Ministry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has provided any funding for the UAV Tactical Systems joint venture between Thales UK and Elbit.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence has not provided any funding direct to UAV Tactical Systems Limited - it is a sub-contractor to Thales.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: ExportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of halting arms licences for export to foreign governments for which there is a demonstrable risk of complicity in international law violations.
Answer: All export licence applications are reviewed against the UK’s Strategic Export Licensing Criteria (SELC). These state that the Government will not issue export licences if there is a clear risk that the items might be used to commit or facilitate serious ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air Systems: IsraelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on how exports made by UAV Tactical Systems Ltd to Israel since October 2023 have been used.
Answer: Two export licences have been issued to this company since October 2023, but each licence has been assessed to ensure that the items were not for use by the Israeli military in military operations in Gaza.This is pursuant to the decision on 2 September 2...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: FinanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was contributed to the running of the Child Maintenance Service from (a) Government funding and (b) the (i) 4% contribution from parents receiving and (ii) 20% contribution from parents paying
Answer: The summary table below shows the response to the PQ ask. In the first line, the amount funded by the government over the last 5 years, which equates to the amount of gross expenditure incurred in support of CMS Operations excluding Digital, Estates and o...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the Child Maintenance Service has (a) taken criminal action against and (b) successfully prosecuted a parent who has knowingly provided false information to reduce their financial
Answer: The primary goal of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is to ensure that children receive the financial support they are entitled to. To achieve this, the CMS collaborates with HMRC and Benefit systems to accurately calculate maintenance payments. This c...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents who made a request to move from a deduction from earnings order to direct debit subsequently defaulted on their child maintenance payments in each of the last 5 years.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) will do everything it can to address the nonpayment of child maintenance. Where payments have defaulted, we use our enforcement powers fairly and quickly to get cases back into payment. The Department publishes quarterl...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Child Maintenance Service allowed a parent paying child maintenance with a (a) payment history of less than six months and (b) record of missed payments or arrears to move from a Coll
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) will do everything it can to address the nonpayment of child maintenance. Where payments have defaulted, we use our enforcement powers fairly and quickly to get cases back into payment. The Department publishes quarterl...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: CompensationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many compensation payments the Child Maintenance Service has made to parents following complaints from (a) parents and (b) MPs in relation to the service received by those parents in each of the las
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsiderations of an initial child maintenance calculation have resulted in no change to the assessment in each of the last five years; and what the average time taken was for those
Answer: A Mandatory Reconsideration is where a parent has asked the Child Maintenance Service to reconsider a decision. It is a process that must be completed before the right to appeal to an independent tribunal with His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service. A...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for a mandatory reconsideration have been made by parents who have been instructed to pay child maintenance following an initial maintenance calculation in each of the last 5 years.
Answer: A Mandatory Reconsideration is where a parent has asked the Child Maintenance Service to reconsider a decision. It is a process that must be completed before the right to appeal to an independent tribunal with His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service. A...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests by parents to move their cases to collect and pay following the failure of the other parent to make a child maintenance payment in each of the last 5 years.
Answer: A principle of The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is to increase levels of cooperation between separated parents and encourage parents to meet their responsibilities to provide their children with financial support.The CMS has two service types: Direct P...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationals Abroad: DetaineesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of British citizens who have been detained abroad when entering another country due to mistaken identity based on their na
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office publishes data on the assistance services provided to British nationals on gov.uk. It is not possible to differentiate data on whether mistaken identity was a factor in detentions.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: Greater ManchesterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for fire and rescue services in Greater Manchester.
Answer: On 3 February, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published the 2025/26 Local Government Finance Settlement which sets out funding allocations for all local authorities including fire and rescue.These allocations, which include the ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 47907 on Community Health Services, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of clinical homecare to moving healthcare out of ho
Answer: The Department remains committed to moving more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and families receive the care they need when and where they need it. The 10-Year Health Plan will see more tests and scans and service...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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