Helen Morgan MP: written questions
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Dentistry: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the Overseas Registration Exam for dentists.
Answer: The General Dental Council (GDC) is the independent regulator of dentistry in the United Kingdom. Only dentists and dental care professionals registered with the GDC can legally practise dentistry. As an independent regulator, it is for the GDC to determi...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: RegistrationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps with the General Dental Council to improve the registration process for dentists who qualified outside the UK.
Answer: The General Dental Council (GDC) is the independent regulator of dentistry in the United Kingdom. Only dentists and dental care professionals registered with the GDC can legally practise dentistry. As an independent regulator, it is for the GDC to determi...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of mutual recognition schemes on the average time taken to recruit dentists from overseas.
Answer: The General Dental Council (GDC) is the independent regulator of dentistry in the United Kingdom. Only dentists and dental care professionals registered with the GDC can legally practise dentistry. As an independent regulator, it is for the GDC to determi...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: QualificationsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to establish mutual recognition schemes for dental qualifications with other countries.
Answer: The General Dental Council (GDC) is the independent regulator of dentistry in the United Kingdom. Only dentists and dental care professionals registered with the GDC can legally practise dentistry.As an independent regulator, it is for the GDC to determin...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dental positions have been advertised under the NHS Golden Hello Scheme; and how many of those have been accepted, by (a) region and (b) month since February 2024.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) have started to recruit posts through the Golden Hello scheme. This recruitment incentive will see up to 240 dentists receiving payments of £20,000 to work in those areas that need them most for three years.We do not hold mon...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNature ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Local Nature Recovery Strategy mapping on future (a) funding opportunities, (b) land development and (c) land use planning for fa
Answer: Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) are designed to support more strategic decision-making and investment in nature recovery. They do this by agreeing priorities for nature recovery and mapping where habitat creation or improvement could contribute mo...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: RedundancyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June to Question 56902 on Integrated Care Boards: Redundancy, (a) how the costs of restructuring will be met and (b) when when the national redundancy scheme will be la
Answer: Following the Prime Minister’s announcement of the abolition of NHS England, we have been clear on the need for a smaller centre, as well as scaling back integrated care board running costs and National Health Service provider corporate costs reductions, ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: Operating CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May to Question 50600 on Integrated Care Boards: Per Capita Costs and with reference to the NHS England publication entitled, Working together in 2025/26 to lay the fou
Answer: Plans are still in development. NHS England is continuing to work closely with integrated care boards to support them in finalising plans that are deliverable within the reduced running cost envelope.
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding provided for local authority adult social care services in the Spending Review 2025.
Answer: The Government assessed the impact of the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process in 2025. This assessment took account of a range of factors that could aff...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assumptions her Department made of how councils would allocate additional funding raised through (a) council tax and (b) the social care precept when calculating the level o
Answer: The Spending Review allows for an increase of over £4 billion available for adult social care in 2028–29 compared to 2025–26. This includes additional grant funding, growth in other sources of income available to support adult social care, and an increase...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding provided for social care in the Spending Review 2025, in the context of estimated demographic trends in the next three years.
Answer: The Government assessed the impact of the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process in 2025. This assessment took account of a range of factors, including dem...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how her Department is coordinating with the Department for Health and Social Care and the Treasury to ensure councils affected by high needs and social care deficits can plan bef
Answer: This government recognises the pressures local authorities are facing because of their Dedicated School Grant (DSG) deficits. As part of the Fair Funding Review 2.0 consultation published on 20 June, the government announced an extension to the DSG Statut...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when local authorities will receive the first instalment of social care funding announced in the Spending Review 2025: and whether this funding will be subject to (a) accountabil
Answer: The Spending Review allows for an increase of over £4 billion available for adult social care in 2028–29 compared to 2025–26. This includes additional grant funding, growth in other sources of income available to support adult social care, and an increase...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of new funding for (a) adult and (b) children’s social care set out in the Spending Review 2025 will be allocated via (i) existing grant funding stre
Answer: The Spending Review allows for an increase of over £4 billion available for adult social care in 2028–29 compared to 2025–26. This includes additional grant funding, growth in other sources of income available to support adult social care, and an increase...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, when the funding for social care will be allocated to local authorities.
Answer: The Spending Review allows for an increase of over £4 billion available for adult social care in 2028–29 compared to 2025–26. This includes additional grant funding, growth in other sources of income available to support adult social care, and an increase...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2025 to Question 59418 on Business: Imports, whether his Department has made (a) financial and (b) logistical support schemes available to high street businesses facin
Answer: Globalised supply chains and the associated logistics costs remain a critical factor for the success of UK businesses and those on High Street.The Supply Chain Centre will work in tandem with businesses to identify risks to critical supply chains and reco...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments and Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hours each ambulance service has spent on hospital handovers in each of the last five financial years.
Answer: The following table shows the aggregate number of handover hours recorded by each ambulance service by year:TrustTotal handover time in hoursOctober to March 2023/24April to March 2024/25April to 25 May 2025/26East Midlands Ambulance Service153,860305,717...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments and Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the NHS of patient transfers from ambulance to A&E taking longer than 15 minutes in each of the last five financial years.
Answer: No estimate is currently planned. The Government recognises the pressures on the National Health Service and the impact this is having on ambulance response times, including in Shropshire.We are determined to turn things around, and our 10-Year Health Pla...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: ShropshireMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many service family accommodation homes the presence of asbestos has been reported in (a) Shropshire and (b) North Shropshire constituency in each year since 2020.
Answer: The first table details the number of reported instances of Asbestos in Service Family Accommodation (SFA) in the County of Shropshire since the Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) Contract began in April 2022. Data prior to the start of the FDI...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: ShropshireMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was awarded in compensation payments to families living in service family accommodation in (a) Shropshire and (b) North Shropshire constituency in each year since 2020.
Answer: The table below details the number of compensation payments awarded to families living in Service Family Accommodation within the County of Shropshire and North Shropshire constituency since 2022. It also identifies how much was awarded in compensation pa...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: ShropshireMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department holds on the number of compensation payments awarded to families living in service family accommodation in (a) Shropshire and (b) North Shropshire constituency in each year since 2020.
Answer: The table below details the number of compensation payments awarded to families living in Service Family Accommodation within the County of Shropshire and North Shropshire constituency since 2022. It also identifies how much was awarded in compensation pa...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments and Ambulance Services: ShropshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce ambulance handover delays at hospitals in Shropshire.
Answer: The Government recognises the pressures on the National Health Service and the impact this is having on ambulance response times, including in Shropshire.We are determined to turn things around, and our 10-Year Health Plan will be published in the summer,...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: West MidlandsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ambulance handover times on the number of paramedics employed by West Midlands Ambulance Service.
Answer: No specific assessment has been made for West Midlands Ambulance Service Trust. It is for local ambulance trusts and their commissioners to take decisions on staff resourcing to meet local patient demand.However, we recognise the impact that handover dela...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: North ShropshireDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 59153 on High Street Businesses: North Shropshire, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the Post Office network in North Shropshire.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring the long-term sustainability of the Post Office network. This includes protecting the network by setting minimum access criteria (for example, to ensure that 99% of the UK population lives within three miles of a po...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many foundation pharmacist training places have a named designated prescribing practitioner confirmed in the ORIEL recruitment system in 2025.
Answer: All training posts in the National Recruitment Scheme for the 2025/26 training year were required to declare that they would provide access to a Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP) for prescribing supervision as part of their agreement to the Terms ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
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