Luke Murphy MP: written questions
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Written questions
Extended ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a (a) cross-industry and (b) cross-departmental taskforce to review long-term strategy for the wraparound childcare sector.
Answer: The department’s vision is for a modern childcare system for parents of school age children that is high quality, affordable, accessible and inclusive for all families from the day children start primary school, no matter where they live in the country or...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordExtended Services: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of sustained funding for school-aged wraparound childcare.
Answer: The department’s vision is for a modern childcare system for parents of school age children that is high quality, affordable, accessible and inclusive for all families from the day children start primary school, no matter where they live in the country or...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordExtended Services and Holiday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to renew the (a) Wraparound Childcare Programme and (b) Holiday Activities and Food Programme in 2026.
Answer: The department’s vision is for a modern childcare system for parents of school age children that is high quality, affordable, accessible and inclusive for all families from the day children start primary school, no matter where they live in the country or...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordExtended ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to produce a strategy on widening the availability of wraparound childcare.
Answer: The department’s vision is for a modern childcare system for parents of school age children that is high quality, affordable, accessible and inclusive for all families from the day children start primary school, no matter where they live in the country or...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMortgages: Change of UseTreasuryTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69463More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure mortgage availability for people wishing to purchase residential properties that were converted from office space.
Answer: The availability and pricing of mortgages is a commercial decision for firms in which the Government does not intervene. However, the UK benefits from a competitive mortgage market; prospective buyers are encouraged to shop around and speak to a mortgage ...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Signal Blocking DevicesMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her department is taking to increase the use of phone blocking (a) techniques and (b) technologies in prisons.
Answer: His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) is committed to tackling the threat to prison security posed by illicit mobile telephones. We have a wide-ranging programme in place to prevent them from entering prisons; to detect and disrupt their us...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: AuditDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the (a) accessibility and (b) affordability of audit requirements for small and mid-sized quoted companies.
Answer: Audit standards for UK companies are adopted and set by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), with reference to internationally-agreed standards. The Government is aware of concerns about the cost and availability of high-quality audit for smaller quoted...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLondon Stock ExchangeTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61381More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent companies de-listing in London.
Answer: We have already delivered an ambitious set of reforms to boost the competitiveness of UK markets including overhauling the Listing Rules, providing more flexibility to firms and founders raising capital. To create a stable regulatory environment, and comp...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall BusinessesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of small and mid-sized quoted companies to the Government's growth mission.
Answer: SMEs, including quoted companies, are an integral part of the Government’s growth mission in creating vibrant and prosperous local communities and being critical to supply chains for key industries. They are a diverse group operating in every sector, regi...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Business BankDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a quoted portfolio in the British Business Bank.
Answer: The British Business Bank does have some quoted holdings, largely as a result of post-investment corporate activity. The focus of the Bank is on strengthening private markets. Any expansion of the Bank’s mandate into public markets would need a comprehens...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: InvestmentTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61378More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to incentivise investment in small and mid-sized companies.
Answer: This Government believes that small businesses are vital to the UK’s high streets and communities, and essential to the success of the government’s growth mission. To support small businesses, the Government announced generous tax reforms at Autumn Budget...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Economic SituationTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61377More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to recognise the economic contributions of small and mid-sized quoted companies.
Answer: We have already delivered an ambitious set of reforms to boost the competitiveness of UK markets, including for small and mid-sized quoted companies. This includes overhauling the Listing Rules, reforming the Prospectus regime to provide more flexibility ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: RegulationTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61376More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to implement regulation that increases risk appetite among investors.
Answer: We have already delivered an ambitious set of reforms to boost the competitiveness of UK markets, including for small and mid-sized quoted companies. This includes overhauling the Listing Rules, reforming the Prospectus regime to provide more flexibility ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: FinanceTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61375More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to increase liquidity for small and mid-sized companies.
Answer: This Government believes that small businesses are vital to the UK’s high streets and communities, and essential to the success of the government’s growth mission. To support small businesses, the Government announced generous tax reforms at Autumn Budget...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall BusinessesTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61374More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to increase public and investor confidence in small and mid-sized quoted companies listed in the UK.
Answer: We have already delivered an ambitious set of reforms to boost the competitiveness of UK markets, including for small and mid-sized quoted companies. This includes overhauling the Listing Rules, reforming the Prospectus regime to provide more flexibility ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat BatteriesTreasuryTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60674More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the consultation entitled Boiler Upgrade Scheme and certification requirements for clean heat schemes, published on 30 April 2025, whether her Department plans to update the list of Energy Saving M
Answer: This Government is committed to improving the quality and sustainability of our housing stock. This will be vital to making the UK more energy resilient and meeting our 2050 Net Zero commitment. Between 30 April and 11 June 2025, the Department for Energy...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat Batteries: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the potential role of heat batteries in homes that are unsuitable for a heat pump.
Answer: Though heat batteries can utilise time-of-use tariffs, do not require outside space and can be cheaper to install, they are less efficient than heat pumps. If heat batteries do not have sufficient storage capacity, they could draw electricity at peak time...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Guardianship OrdersDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve coordination between public services and local authorities in cases involving safeguarding concerns for children under Special Guardianship Orders.
Answer: The multi-agency statutory guidance ‘Working together to safeguard children’ outlines how sharing of information between organisations and agencies within a multi-agency system is essential to improve outcomes for children and their families, including th...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Guardianship Orders: Kinship CareDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) implications for her policies of the (i) financial and (ii) housing pressures experienced by kinship carers and (b) impact of those pressures on the sustainabil
Answer: The government recognises the significant financial, and wider, pressures faced by kinship carers and their impact on the sustainability of special guardianship placements.That is why the government announced £40 million investment in a Kinship Allowance ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Guardianship Orders: Kinship CareDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of local authority compliance with the requirement to provide support plans to kinship carers under Special Guardianship Orders.
Answer: There is a general duty on local authorities to arrange for the provision of special guardianship support services in their local areas.Children who were previously looked after by a local authority, and their special guardians, have an automatic right to...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: WaterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to support water, sanitation and hygiene programmes through Overseas Development Assistance.
Answer: Our portfolio includes the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Systems for Health programme, which supports governments in eight countries to strengthen the systems needed to provide climate-resilient and inclusive WASH services. To help governments and ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Property ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the adequacy of his Department’s oversight of NHS Property Services.
Answer: NHS Property Services is a company with all of the share capital owned by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. As a limited company regulated by the Companies Act, it is governed by a board consisting of a majority of non-...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Property ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) performance and (b) level of accountability of NHS Property Services.
Answer: NHS Property Services is a company with all of the share capital owned by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. As a limited company regulated by the Companies Act, it is governed by a board consisting of a majority of non-...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Associations: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support housing associations with increases in costs for (a) materials, (b) staffing and (c) regulatory compliance.
Answer: The government recognises that Registered Providers need support to build their capacity and make a greater contribution to affordable housing supply. Between 30 October 2024 and 23 December 2024, the government consulted on a new 5-year social housing re...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Associations: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to review the long-term financial sustainability of housing associations as part of the (a) Spending Review and (b) long-term housing strategy.
Answer: The government recognises that Registered Providers need support to build their capacity and make a greater contribution to affordable housing supply. Between 30 October 2024 and 23 December 2024, the government consulted on a new 5-year social housing re...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
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