Tom Morrison MP: written questions
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Eyes: ProstheticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that there is a wide range of customisations available to patients at all providers when procuring prosthetic eyes through the National Artificial
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning artificial eye services. The National Artificial Eye Service supplies one artificial eye free of charge. Customised bespoke artificial eyes can be provided to patients at the time of the supply of a...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEyes: ProstheticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that regulatory frameworks at (a) Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and (b) other hospitals do not inhibit patients in obtaining (i) prosthetic eyes and (i
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is responsible for the development and implementation of regulations for medical devices placed on the United Kingdom’s market, irrespective of the specific hospital in which they are used. Al...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Private SectorDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps hi Department has taken to support GP practices who have taking on patients coming from private healthcare backgrounds.
Answer: The National Health Service and general practices (GPs) are free at the point of use, and anyone is entitled to register with an NHS GP regardless of whether they have had private healthcare before.Under the GP Contract, a contractor must not host private...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional support to people on waiting lists for an ADHD diagnosis who show clear symptoms.
Answer: It is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including assessments and support for people suspected or confirmed as having attention deficit ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Greater ManchesterDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce wait times for (a) assessment and (b) diagnosis of ADHD in Greater Manchester.
Answer: NHS England has established an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) taskforce which is bringing together those with lived experience with experts from the National Health Service, education, charity, and justice sectors to get a better understa...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking with local authorities to support the integration of refugees that have been granted leave to remain.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on 26 June to Question 61436.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) accuracy and (b) speed of her Department's decision-making processes for asylum seekers.
Answer: The Home Office continues to invest in a programme of transformation and business improvement, including innovative methods to speed up asylum decision making and improve the quality and consistency of our work. The latest quarter saw the second highest t...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase social housing supply.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 2 July 2025 (HCWS771).
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousehold Support FundDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of decreases in levels of spending welfare on the capacity of the Household Support Fund.
Answer: Social security spending is forecast to increase. We are providing £742 million in England to extend the Household Support Fund (HSF) by a further year, from 1 April 2025 until 31 March 2026. And we secured the first ever multi-year settlement for the HSF...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Furniture PovertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with social housing providers on the (a) Decent Homes Standard and (b) the provision of furnished tenancies in social housing, in the context of leve
Answer: My Department engages actively with registered providers of social housing on all issues facing social housing tenants and with a range of stakeholders on issues facing residents and has engaged with groups such as End Furniture Poverty to understand thei...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFurniture PovertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department monitors trends in levels of furniture poverty in (a) England and (b) the UK.
Answer: My Department engages actively with registered providers of social housing on all issues facing social housing tenants and with a range of stakeholders on issues facing residents and has engaged with groups such as End Furniture Poverty to understand thei...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Intellectual PropertyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help protect intellectual property rights in the training of AI models.
Answer: The Government recently consulted on the use of copyright material in AI model development.The Government is currently analysing responses to that consultation, to help inform policy development. The Government will continue to engage extensively on this ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCarers' BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to review the financial support available to carers whose role ends due to the death of a disabled adult child; and if she will introduce (a) a bereavement payment or
Answer: Entitlement to Carer's Allowance in England and Wales can continue for up to eight weeks following the death of the disabled person who was being cared for. If the carer is in receipt of Universal Credit, entitlement continues for the next two full monthl...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHamas: Hostage TakingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Israel on hostages in Gaza.
Answer: Since day one, this Government has been clear that we need to see an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages cruelly detained by Hamas, better protection of civilians, significantly more aid consistently entering Gaza, and a path to long-term pea...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air Systems: IsraelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what permits his Department has issued to UAV Tactical Systems Ltd for the export of (a) hardware, (b) software and (c) technical support to Israel since October 2023.
Answer: From 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2024, the latest date covered by our most official statistics release, UAV Tactical Systems LTD have been issued 2 export licences covering exports to Israel.Each licence has been assessed to ensure that the items were ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ValuationTreasuryTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56711More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Council Tax banding appeals process conducted by the Valuation Office Agency.
Answer: The Council Tax banding appeals process is governed by the statutory requirements set out in the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and secondary legislation. In England, primarily the Council Tax (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) (England) Regulations 200...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: CheadleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department considered including Cheadle Practice as being a high priority for estate improvements when determining allocations for the Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund in
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 have made sure that every single region across the country recei...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Agencies: Construction and Health ServicesTreasuryTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56709More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had on the potential impact of its forthcoming legislation on umbrella companies which engage temporary staff with the (a) NHS, (b) construction sector and (c) healthcare sector.
Answer: The government is introducing legislation to close the tax gap by making recruitment agencies that use umbrella companies legally responsible for accounting for PAYE on workers’ pay. This measure is expected to protect around £2.8 billion of tax revenue f...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions to USAID on humanitarian aid in Sudan.
Answer: The UK notes the US' decision to disband United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and cancel certain USAID programmes. This is a matter for the US. We are currently working to assess the implications of the US funding pause across all hu...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: CeasefiresForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that civilian (a) support and (b) protection is being considered as part of work towards a ceasefire in Sudan.
Answer: As penholder on Sudan at the UN Security Council (UNSC), the UK is committed to advocating for the protection of civilians amidst this brutal conflict. In November 2024, during our UN Security Council Presidency, the Minister for Africa chaired a Council ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his UN counterparts on (a)ICE detention centres, (b) total abortion bans, (c) incarceration labour, (d) racism and (e) US human rights abuses
Answer: The Foreign Secretary does not have a single United Nations counterpart. Among other meetings with senior UN representatives, he has recently met with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on 17 March where these issues were not discussed.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurodiversity: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) experienced and (b) new teachers in mainstream schools receive adequate training for teaching neurodivergent children.
Answer: The department provides continuing professional development to the school and further education (FE) workforce through the Universal Services programme, led by the National Association for Special Educational Needs (nasen). This programme helps the school...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many education, health and care plans have been withdrawn for children in (a) mainstream and (b) SEN schools in each of the last five years.
Answer: There were 3,317 education, health and care (EHC) plans for children and young people aged 0-25 which ceased during 2023 because the child or young person’s needs were being met without an EHC plan. This was out of a total number of 517,048 EHC plans acti...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average time taken was to get an Education, Health and Care Plan in place for a child in each of the last five years; and what steps she is taking to reduce this time.
Answer: Information for each of the last 5 years on the number and percentage of education, health and care (EHC) plans issued within the statutory 20-week deadline, with and without statutory exceptions to that deadline applying, is published as part of the stat...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWatchkeeper WK450Ministry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has provided any funding for the UAV Tactical Systems joint venture between Thales UK and Elbit.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence has not provided any funding direct to UAV Tactical Systems Limited - it is a sub-contractor to Thales.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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