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1728090

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the amount of revenue that removal of the personal allowance from additional rate taxpayers would raise.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	4626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>Additional rate taxpayers do not currently benefit from the personal allowance as it is tapered away when a person has income over £100,000 and is fully removed for those paying the additional rate. Therefore this would have no exchequer impact.</p><p> </p><p>In 2024-2025, the income limit for personal allowance is £100,000. For every £2 of additional income above the limit, the personal allowance decreases by £1, and reaches £0 at an income level of £125,140. The additional rate of income tax is paid on income over £125,140. All income tax rates and allowances are provided in the following publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowances-income-tax/income-tax-rates-and-allowances-current-and-past" target="_blank">Income Tax rates and allowances for current and previous tax years - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 12/09/2024 14:12:21 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1726778

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cancer: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer patients have had access to minimally invasive cancer therapies in the last year by integrated care board.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	3694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>Data on the number of cancer patients that have had access to minimally invasive cancer therapies in the last year by integrated care board (ICB), is not collected. The adoption of new treatments, including increasing the number and availability of minimally invasive cancer treatments, into the National Health Service in England is generally the result of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance and commissioner decisions. Both NHS England and the ICBs are required to put access in place for any treatment that carries a positive recommendation from the Technology Appraisal programme, operated by the NICE.</p><p>Where treatments are approved by the NICE through the Technology Appraisals programme, the NHS is required to make them available within agreed timescales, which vary by technology. Implementation of any NICE approvals will be supported by the service readiness assessment, and the development of additional capacity where necessary.</p><p>During 2024/25, NHS England will continue to support all ICBs in integrating the planning and commissioning of suitable specialised services with their wider population-level commissioning responsibilities, in line with their individual timeline for delegation. All systems are asked to make progress in transforming pathways of care in their priority areas.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 3695 3697 question first answered 09/09/2024 09:31:05 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth previous answer version 3751 answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1726779

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cancer: Medical Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of non-invasive cancer treatment technologies in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	3695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>Data on the number of cancer patients that have had access to minimally invasive cancer therapies in the last year by integrated care board (ICB), is not collected. The adoption of new treatments, including increasing the number and availability of minimally invasive cancer treatments, into the National Health Service in England is generally the result of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance and commissioner decisions. Both NHS England and the ICBs are required to put access in place for any treatment that carries a positive recommendation from the Technology Appraisal programme, operated by the NICE.</p><p>Where treatments are approved by the NICE through the Technology Appraisals programme, the NHS is required to make them available within agreed timescales, which vary by technology. Implementation of any NICE approvals will be supported by the service readiness assessment, and the development of additional capacity where necessary.</p><p>During 2024/25, NHS England will continue to support all ICBs in integrating the planning and commissioning of suitable specialised services with their wider population-level commissioning responsibilities, in line with their individual timeline for delegation. All systems are asked to make progress in transforming pathways of care in their priority areas.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 3694 3697 question first answered 09/09/2024 09:31:05 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth previous answer version 3750 answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1724296

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Sports: Injuries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to provide funding for education on brain (a) health and (b) safeguarding in sport.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	2260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>The safety and wellbeing of everyone taking part in sport is absolutely paramount. National Governing Bodies are responsible for the regulation of their sports and for ensuring that appropriate measures are in place to protect participants from harm.</p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) worked with relevant stakeholders to develop the first ever set of shared concussion guidelines for grassroots sport across the UK, which were published in April 2023, marking a significant step forward for safety in sport.</p><p>DCMS also provides funding to Sport England, its Arm's-Length Body for grassroots sport. Sport England provides support to the sport and physical activity sector around safeguarding, including funding the Ann Craft Trust and the NSPCC’s Child Protection in Sport Unit. This totalled £330,917 and £527,525 respectively in 2024/25.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Barnsley South answering member printed Stephanie Peacock question first answered 04/09/2024 10:35:50 answering member 4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1725525

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Migration Advisory Committee's planned timetable is for completing its review of the financial requirements in the family immigration rules.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	2835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Secretary announced that she would commission the Migration Advisory Committee to review the financial immigration requirements on the Family Immigration Rules. We expect the review to take approximately 9 months which will include a call for evidence to ensure sufficient stakeholder engagement.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 04/09/2024 14:34:17 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1725599

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to reform the surplus sharing arrangements for the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	2836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>There is no surplus sharing arrangement within the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme. Work is already underway to initiate our manifesto commitment regarding the Mineworker’s Pension Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Croydon West answering member printed Sarah Jones question first answered 04/09/2024 06:25:55 answering member 4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1724179

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps is she taking to increase the number of (a) wholetime and (b) retained firefighters.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	2057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring fire and rescue services have the resources they need to do their important work. Overall, fire and rescue authorities will receive around £2.87 billion in 2024/25. Standalone FRAs will see an increase in core spending power of £95.4m in 2024/25. This is an increase of 5.6 per cent in cash terms compared to 2023/24.</p><p>Decisions on how fire and rescue services are run, and how their resources and crewing number, are for the local Chief Fire Officers and their democratically elected fire and rescue authority. They are responsible for ensuring the needs and demands of their local community are met and are able to direct their resources where they are needed most.</p><p>All Fire and Rescue Authorities have a statutory duty to produce a Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) in which they set out the key challenges and risks facing their communities and how they intend to meet and reduce them. This is in line with the Fire and Rescue National Framework, which is the document by which the Home Office sets strategic requirements for the fire and rescue service.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 03/09/2024 10:24:44 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1723233

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cancer: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) access to radiotherapy cancer treatment and (b) overall cancer treatment waiting times are within the scope of the independent investigation of NHS performance led by Professor Lord Darzi.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	1483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Professor Lord Darzi of Denham to conduct an immediate and independent investigation of the National Health Service. Professor Lord Darzi will be considering data and intelligence across a broad range of measures, assessing patient access to healthcare, the quality of healthcare being provided, and the overall performance of the health system. Full Terms of Reference for the review can be found on GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 31/07/2024 09:06:55 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne previous answer version 1356 answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1723235

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radiotherapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the National Equipment Tracking and Inventory System highlights radiotherapy cancer treatment machines that are over 10 years old; and if he will ensure that sufficient capital funding is available to replace those machines.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	1484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The Department can confirm that the National Equipment Tracking and Inventory System highlights radiotherapy cancer treatment machines within the National Health Service, as well as their associated ages.</p><p>Since April 2022 the responsibility for investing in new radiotherapy machines sits with local systems. This is supported by the 2021 Spending Review, which set aside £12 billion in operational capital for the NHS for 2022 to 2025, and the latest Capital Planning Guidance.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 30/07/2024 08:12:49 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1723522

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Network Rail's (a) board and (b) wider governance arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	1658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>a) In line with corporate governance best practice Network Rail (NR) appoints an independent company to undertake regular reviews of the effectiveness of the Board. A review is currently in progress. The Secretary of State and Rail Minister will meet regularly with the Acting Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Network Rail to discuss the performance of the company.</p><p> </p><p>b) DfT and Network Rail have a Framework Agreement in place setting out how the Department and Network Rail interact in terms of corporate governance and financial management. DfT and Network Rail will be reviewing the Framework Agreement to ensure that the governance arrangements will be fit for purpose as the rail industry is reformed.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 30/07/2024 09:57:42 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris