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1721296

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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	Mineworkers' Pension 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, when he plans to bring forward proposals relating to the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme to (a) reform the surplus sharing arrangements and (b) transfer the Investment Reserve Fund to scheme members.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	47
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>Work has already started across Government to deliver on our manifesto commitments. I will be meeting the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme Trustees shortly to discuss the best way to deliver our commitments.</p> answering member constituency Croydon West answering member printed Sarah Jones question first answered 22/07/2024 11:59:53 answering member 4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1721297

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carers: Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing a financial allowance to kinship carers equal to that received by foster carers.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	48
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>The department is committed to working in partnership with local government to support children in care, whether they are being looked after by their community of wider kinship care, foster carers and adoptive parents, or being cared for in children’s homes, if this is the best place for them to be. The department recognises many challenges kinship cares experience, including the financial challenges that many kinship carers face. The government is considering how to most effectively transform the children’s social care system so that it can deliver better support and outcomes for children and families. This will include considering how best to support kinship carers and children in kinship care.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 49 question first answered 22/07/2024 16:21:37 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1721298

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carers: Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on the potential merits of trialling a kinship care allowance.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	49
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>The department is committed to working in partnership with local government to support children in care, whether they are being looked after by their community of wider kinship care, foster carers and adoptive parents, or being cared for in children’s homes, if this is the best place for them to be. The department recognises many challenges kinship cares experience, including the financial challenges that many kinship carers face. The government is considering how to most effectively transform the children’s social care system so that it can deliver better support and outcomes for children and families. This will include considering how best to support kinship carers and children in kinship care.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 48 question first answered 22/07/2024 16:21:37 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1721299

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Seaham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of expediting the application by Grand Central Rail for four daily calls at Seaham train station on Grand Central's North East services.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	50
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>Access to the rail network is ultimately a decision for the ORR in its role as regulator for the rail industry. We will continue to work with ORR through the consultation process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 22/07/2024 13:33:04 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1721301

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the the minimum income requirement for spousal visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	51
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>We keep all policies under review. Any changes will be announced to Parliament in the normal way.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 22/07/2024 16:06:41 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1719587

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Network Rail requires its contractors and suppliers to limit the use of zero hours contracts.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	27330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Network Rail has Key Performance Indicators in its key labour contracts which measure the use of zero-hour contracts and encourages their reduction.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 23/05/2024 14:55:17 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1718837

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
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, how much revenue the Exchequer has received from the British Coal Staff Superannuation Fund since 1994.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	26672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has received £3.1bn for its role as Guarantor from the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/05/2024 09:04:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1718838

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
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, how many former employees were recipients of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme in (a) Easington constituency and (b) the UK in May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	26673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The total number of BCSSS members in Easington was 732 as at June 2023. The number of former employees in BCSSS in the UK in May 2024 was 28,437. The breakdown of scheme members (i.e. former employees and dependants) by constituency is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/05/2024 05:24:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1718840

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2023 to Question 1095 on Mineworkers' Pension Scheme, if she will take steps to calculate how many of the 23,974 spouse/dependant pensioners in the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme reside in (a) Easington constituency and (b) the North East.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	26674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The breakdown of dependant members by constituency is not available. It would be for the Trustees to take steps to calculate this figure. As at June 2023, the total number of MPS members in Easington was 3563 and in the North East was 15,917.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/05/2024 05:24:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1718332

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will require integrated care boards to collect data on the availability of NHS dental care services in their locality.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	26403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>From 1 April 2023, responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. ICBs are responsible for undertaking oral health needs assessments, including any data collection, to identify areas of oral health need, inform local commissioning intentions, and determine the local priorities for investment. It is a contractual responsibility for all National Health Service dental practices to update their NHS.UK profiles at least once every 90 days. The Find a Dentist website gives details of the dental practices in an area, and whether they are accepting new patients, with further information available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist</a></p><p>ICB-level data on the number of Units of Dental Activity and courses of treatment delivered, as well as the numbers of adults and children seen, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/05/2024 16:21:49 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris