Tom Morrison MP: written questions
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has evidence of human rights violations by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Answer: In March 2024, the UN International Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, which is mandated to collect and preserve evidence of human rights violations, said that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, amongst other state security forces, "partic...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIslamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in cyber operations targeting UK infrastructure or citizens.
Answer: The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) assess that Iran-based threat actors remain aggressive in cyberspace and continue to achieve their objectives through less sophisticated cyber techniques (including prolific use of spear-phishing), but also target...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIslamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for his polices of levels of (a) presence and activities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the UK and (b) potential threats to Iran
Answer: We do not routinely comment on the detail of operational matters or specific threats. The UK Government continually assesses potential threats to the UK and its residents and will continue to take the protection of individuals’ rights, freedoms and safety...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEstradiol: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the serious shortage protocols introduced for Estradot patches are (a) communicated clearly to (i) pharmacies and (ii) prescribers and (b) impleme
Answer: There are over 70 hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products, and the vast majority are in good supply. Previously there have been issues with the supply of a limited number of these products, primarily driven by very sharp increases in demand. Following ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEstradiolDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has provided to (a) GPs and (b) pharmacists to support patients unable to access Estradot patches.
Answer: There are over 70 hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products, and the vast majority are in good supply. Previously there have been issues with the supply of a limited number of these products, primarily driven by very sharp increases in demand. Following ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEstradiol: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to resolve the shortage of Estradot hormone replacement therapy patches; and when supply is expected to return to normal levels.
Answer: There are over 70 hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products, and the vast majority are in good supply. Previously there have been issues with the supply of a limited number of these products, primarily driven by very sharp increases in demand. Following ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOff-payroll Working: Conditions of EmploymentTreasuryTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48636More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that umbrella companies operating in the UK temporary labour market are adequately transparent about (a) workers' pay, (b) wage deductions and (c) statutory entitle
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Cheadle to the answer of 1 May 2025 to Questions 47914 and 47915.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOff-payroll Working: Income Tax and National InsuranceTreasuryTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48635More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that umbrella companies correctly (a) deduct and (b) remit (i) Income Tax and (ii) National Insurance contributions on behalf of temporary workers.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Cheadle to the answer of 1 May 2025 to Questions 47914 and 47915.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: EmbassiesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to reopen the British Embassy in Damascus.
Answer: We are keeping the re-establishment of a permanent presence in Damascus under review. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office staff, including our UK Special Representative for Syria, undertake visits to Damascus, most recently in April.
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on ensuring that members of the previous Syrian Government are held accountable for (a) the use of chemical we
Answer: We support the UN and civil society accountability efforts, including developing a credible evidence base to record atrocities committed by the former regime and others. We are also working with international partners to support the Organisation for the P...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: Civil SocietyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding he plans to provide for civil society organisations in Syria in the 2027-28 financial year.
Answer: Budgets for the 2027-28 financial year have not yet been agreed.
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of consulting with Syrian civil society organisations on the steps required to ease sanctions.
Answer: The UK has long supported Syrian civil society, and we continue to do so. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Ministers and senior officials, including the UK Special Representative for Syria, regularly meet civil society actors to discuss a rang...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: MaladministrationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many consolatory payments for gross inconvenience resulting from official error were made in each of the last five years; and what the (a) shortest and (b) average length of time for such a payment
Answer: Although we collect data on the number of consolatory payments authorised, we do not systematically hold the information on the type of error (such as official error) and it would be too costly to review all these records. We do not keep a record of times...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has she made of the number of vehicles with a SORN certificate that are still being driven on the public highway.
Answer: The Department for Transport last carried out a roadside survey in 2023 which estimated the rate of vehicle excise duty evasion among vehicles seen on UK roads. The survey results were published on 7 December 2023 and can be found at https://www.gov.uk/go...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of vehicle accidents resulting in death or serious injury involved a vehicle without valid vehicle excise duty; and how many and what proportion of these untaxed vehicles were (a) d
Answer: This information is not held by the Department.
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ProbateMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an exemption for Council Tax on properties that are temporarily unoccupied due to probate.
Answer: When a property has been left empty following the death of its owner or occupant, it is exempt from council tax for as long as it remains unoccupied and until probate is granted. Following a grant of probate (or the signing of letters of administration), ...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTax AvoidanceTreasuryTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47915More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to take steps to help (a) improve transparency within the umbrella company sector and (b) ensure workers are not subject to (i) excessive fees and (ii) improper tax arrangements.
Answer: The Government is committed to closing the tax gap and making the tax system fairer by ensuring temporary workers are protected from large, unexpected tax bills caused by unscrupulous behaviour from non-compliant umbrella companies. That is why the Chance...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTax AvoidanceTreasuryTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47914More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that umbrella companies in the temporary labour market comply with tax legislation on (a) the proper (i) deduction and (ii) reporting of (A) income tax and (B) Nati
Answer: The Government is committed to closing the tax gap and making the tax system fairer by ensuring temporary workers are protected from large, unexpected tax bills caused by unscrupulous behaviour from non-compliant umbrella companies. That is why the Chance...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: ElectionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international partners to ensure that free and fair elections are held in Syria.
Answer: We welcomed the formation of the Syrian Government last month and the commitment of interim President al-Sharaa to hold free and fair elections. We are working closely with the Syrian Government, the UN and international partners to support an inclusive t...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: MediaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the targeting of media workers in Gaza on global (a) press freedom and (b) journalist safety.
Answer: The government continues to monitor the reports of journalists and media workers killed in Gaza. This conflict has already become the deadliest conflict for journalists and media workers ever recorded and we remember all those who have lost their lives in...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Visual ImpairmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to personal independence payments on blind and partially blind people.
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some information was published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCompetition and Markets Authority: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the appointment of the interim chair of the Competition Markets Authority on the regulation of (a) technology and (b) other large corporations.
Answer: The Secretary of State is grateful for the leadership Doug Gurr, the Interim Chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), has shown since his appointment. Businesses of all sizes and types are required to comply with competition law. The CMA ha...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability AidsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a national strategy on the efficiency and effectiveness of community equipment services.
Answer: Individual National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts are responsible and accountable for their own purchasing decisions, which will include community equipment. NHS organisations are independent commercial entities, and it is for an NHS procuri...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding for clinical homecare.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has made no recent assessment of the merits of providing additional funding for clinical homecare. The Department and NHS England recognise the importance of strengthening homecare medic...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for the 10-year Health Plan of the report by the National Clinical Homecare Association entitled Best Kept Secret: The Value Of Clinical
Answer: We have committed to develop a 10-Year Health Plan to deliver a National Health Service fit for the future. As part of these reforms, we are determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and families recei...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
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