Tom Morrison MP: written questions
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Written questions
Department 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
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: StandardsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47906More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in levels of (a) customer service and (b) phone call response times across Government departments on people seeking to engage with
Answer: Departmental contact lines are not managed or run centrally. Therefore, each department is responsible for their own contact line, as well as customer service and response times.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat Networks: StockportDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 903859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Stockport District Heat Network on energy costs for households in fuel poverty.
Answer: Stockport Council have applied for support from our Green Heat Networks Fund for their district heating network. To be eligible for support from the scheme, applicants must demonstrate that their networks will cause no detriment to domestic customers. Thi...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ValuationTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46221More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how often the Valuation Office Agency compared different types of properties in order to assess a request from a resident to change a council tax banding in each of the last five years; and on how many occasions the
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency does not centrally aggregate and record the data in the form requested. When assessing a home for Council Tax banding purposes, the VOA will refer to relevant sales of comparable properties, look at the bands of other comparabl...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFlats: Council TaxTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46220More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the Valuation Office Agency has refused a request to change the council tax banding of a flat where the resident has compared their home to a lower council tax banded house of greater value, in each o
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency does not centrally aggregate and record the data in the form requested. When assessing a home for Council Tax banding purposes, the VOA will refer to relevant sales of comparable properties, look at the bands of other comparabl...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFootballDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing funding for and (b) taking steps to help increase the profile of futsal.
Answer: The Football Association is the recognised National Governing Body for futsal. As they are independent of Government, it is ultimately their responsibility to address issues related to the funding and profile of the game.To date, this Government has not h...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFootballDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Football Association on increasing funding for Futsal to pre-pandemic levels.
Answer: The Football Association is the recognised National Governing Body for futsal. As they are independent of Government, it is ultimately their responsibility to address issues related to the funding and profile of the game.To date, this Government has not h...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Unpaid WorkDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of closing the Internships Work project on (a) local authorities, (b) employment agencies and (c) young people.
Answer: In 2022, the department invested £18 million to improve the quality of supported internships and increase the quantity to 4,500 internships per year by March 2025. The Internships Work consortium has led this investment.Owing to the commitment of everyone...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Unpaid WorkDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will (a) re-establish and (b) extend funding for the Internships Work project.
Answer: In 2022, the department invested £18 million to improve the quality of supported internships and increase the quantity to 4,500 internships per year by March 2025. The Internships Work consortium has led this investment.Owing to the commitment of everyone...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSanitary Products: Health HazardsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46215More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting public education campaigns to raise awareness of (a) the presence of toxic substances in period products and (b) safer alternativ
Answer: Period products are regulated by the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, which requires all products to be safe and for consumers to be provided with information on the potential risks of a product. Through the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill, ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSanitary Products: Health HazardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of funding further research into the long-term health impacts of chemicals in period products.
Answer: We work across Government, with stakeholders and with UKRI to identify the most pressing research priorities to understand the potential harms from chemicals, and opportunities to take action on them. Potential further research into the long-term health i...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSanitary Products: LabellingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation that mandates full ingredient disclosure for all menstrual products.
Answer: Period products are regulated by the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, which requires all products to be safe and for consumers to be provided with information on the potential risks of a product. Through the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill, ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health Services: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure a (a) consistent and (b) sustainable funding framework for community equipment provision across local authorities and NHS bodies.
Answer: At the 2024 Autumn Budget, the Government announced a £22.6 billion increase in day-to-day health spending and a £3.1 billion increase in the capital budget over 2024/2025 and 2025/2026. Departmental budgets beyond 2025/26 will be set through phase two of...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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