Tom Morrison MP: written questions
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Community Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 47908 on Community Health Services: Finance, what options to improve homecare services are under consideration; and what his planned timetable is fo
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
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: Public ConsultationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help ensure that local (a) planning committees and (b) communities are consulted as part of the planning process.
Answer: The Planning and Infrastructure Bill does not change the consultation rules on local planning applications.Representations can be made by interested parties, and these are considered by the relevant decision maker – whether that be a local planning office...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help ensure that all new housing developments have adequate access to infrastructure.
Answer: I refer the hon. Members to the answer given to Question UIN 26106 on 5 February 2025.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Development: Greater ManchesterDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what fiscal support she is providing to local authorities to help support (a) community sports clubs, (b) swimming pools and (c) grassroot facilities in Greater Manchester.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities.The ongoing responsibility of providing acc...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund is being used for (a) digitisation projects and (b) physical improvements to GP premises.
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 recently announced schemes which will benefit from the £102 mill...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: Greater ManchesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund has been allocated to practices in Greater Manchester.
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 recently announced schemes which will benefit from the £102 mill...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: Capital InvestmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Integrated Care Boards are able to support the revenue consequences of primary care estate expansions enabled by capital investment.
Answer: We recently announced schemes which will benefit from the £102 million Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund (PCUMF) to deliver upgrades this financial year to more than a thousand general practice (GP) surgeries across England.These schemes wil...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that GP practices with (a) poor building quality, (b) insufficient capacity and (c) other significant estate issues are allocated funding through future rounds of th
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering a National Health Service that is fit for the future and that recognises the importance of strategic, value for money investments in capital projects, such as new facilities, significant upgrades, or other targete...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) integrated care boards and (b) local GP federations will be able to reprioritise bids for funding under the Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund.
Answer: We recently announced schemes which will benefit from the £102 million Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund (PCUMF) to deliver upgrades this financial year to more than a thousand general practice (GP) surgeries across England.These schemes wil...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: Greater ManchesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England held discussions with (a) NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board and (b) Place Leads in Stockport before finalising the list of GP practices funded through the Primary Car
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 recently announced schemes which will benefit from the £102 mill...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria were used to determine which GP surgeries received funding under the Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund in the 2025-26 financial year; and what role integrated care board
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 recently announced schemes which will benefit from the £102 mill...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: Recognition of StatesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to recognise the state of Palestine.
Answer: The UK commitment to a two-state solution is unwavering. We are committed to recognising a Palestinian state at a time that has the most impact in achieving this reality and is most conducive to long-term prospects for peace. We are clear that does not n...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on lifting the aid blockade of Gaza.
Answer: We call on the Government of Israel to abide by its international obligations to ensure full, rapid, safe and unhindered provision of humanitarian assistance to the population in Gaza, now. The Foreign Secretary regularly presses his Israeli counterparts ...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: International Criminal Law and International Humanitarian LawForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make representations to his Israeli counterpart on complying with international (a) humanitarian and (b) criminal law.
Answer: The UK has repeatedly stated that all parties including Israel must observe international law in Gaza. Ministers have regularly pressed their Israeli counterparts to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and meet their obligations under international hu...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Israeli security cabinet’s plan to capture and hold territory within the Gaza strip.
Answer: We have been clear that the UK strongly opposes the expansion of Israel's operations in Gaza. We have repeatedly stated that Palestinian territory must not be reduced in the conduct of this war or subjected to demographic change, and that there must be no...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMidwivesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through the NHS 10 year plan to increase the number of NHS midwives.
Answer: A central part of the 10-Year Health Plan will be our workforce and those who support our workforce, and how we ensure the National Health Service has the right people, in the right places, with the right skills to deliver the care patients need when they...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMidwives: Greater ManchesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the is taking to help increase the number of midwifery staff in hospitals in Greater Manchester.
Answer: Decisions about the recruitment of midwifery staff are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level to ensure they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to delive...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStepping Hill Hospital: MidwivesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of midwives in Stepping Hill hospital.
Answer: Decisions about the recruitment of midwifery staff are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level to ensure they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to delive...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment AgenciesTreasuryTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52380More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with recruitment agencies on compliance with their new responsibilities in relation to umbrella company legislation by April 2026.
Answer: The government is introducing legislation to close the tax gap and make the tax system fairer by making recruitment agencies using umbrella companies legally responsible for accounting for PAYE on workers’ pay. As set out at Autumn Budget 2024, this is ex...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTennisDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with the Lawn Tennis Association on the implementation of the 2024–2029 padel strategy.
Answer: I have regular discussions with national governing bodies of sport, including the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), on a range of issues including padel, and I welcome their strategic ambition to grow padel by making it accessible, welcoming, enjoyable and i...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTelecommunicationsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he has taken to hold operators to account on their progress since the UK Network Operator industry roundtable discussion on 12 September 2024.
Answer: The Electronic Communications Code provides rights and obligations intended to facilitate the installation and maintenance of electronic communications networks, subject to conditions and restrictions set out in the Electronic Communications Code (Conditi...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications: InfrastructureDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness in providing adequate protection for residents from unsuitable apparatus and lines of (a) Part 11 and (b) Part 12 of the Electronic Comm
Answer: The Electronic Communications Code provides rights and obligations intended to facilitate the installation and maintenance of electronic communications networks, subject to conditions and restrictions set out in the Electronic Communications Code (Conditi...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordInheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52376More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to maintain the current residence nil rate inheritance tax band of £175,000.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given to UIN 44920.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Home EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to enable parents who need to withdraw their child from school when SEND support is insufficient to do so.
Answer: Parents have a right to educate a child of compulsory school age otherwise than at school, provided that the education is suitable. Home education can be demanding and so should only ever be an informed and positive choice. If their child is in a mainstre...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications: PlanningDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Cabinet Siting and Pole Siting Code of Practice 2016 on the number of complaints from residents about the proposed site locati
Answer: The Government is aware of public concerns about the deployment of additional broadband infrastructure, despite the guidance provided in the Cabinet Siting and Pole Siting Code of Practice 2016. This is why I asked operators to consider revising the Code ...
Answered 16 May 2025
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