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1715538

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: Audit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2023 to Question 1227 on Local Government Finance: Audit, how many new professionals have qualified to audit local authority accounts from the Chartered Institute of Public Accountancy; and how that figure compares with expectations for 2024.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Local Audit Qualification was launched by the Chartered Institute of Public Accountancy. The department does not hold the requested information.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 08/05/2024 14:17:22 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1715539

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Air Pollution: Pollution Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release of 4 August 2023 entitled £6 million to improve air quality in local communities, what proportion of that funding will be spent in each Parliamentary constituency; and for what purpose.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Minister used his discretion not to fund the Local Air Quality Grant Scheme for the 2023-2024 financial year. He has asked Defra officials to consider the future of the scheme and how it might be redesigned to better deliver positive outcomes for local air quality and public health and therefore enhanced value for money for taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 24/05/2024 12:11:20 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1715540

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Air Quality Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided through the Air Quality Grant in each constituency in (a) each of the last three years and (b) the 2024-25 financial year.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The information regarding how much funding has been provided through the Air Quality Grant Scheme over the last three years is available on gov.uk (<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fair-quality-grant-programme&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cfdc4fdf79c4a4b8d50ea08dc6e8bddbc%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638506794214880111%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=So4ceNUTlFCLOg9DFhZThaueZj9r19z3%2Fl6BlbEdOJA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Air quality grant scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>). This includes a breakdown of which local authorities have been successful in being awarded a grant.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions regarding the scheme for the financial year 24/25 have not yet been made.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 24/05/2024 12:05:43 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1715353

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
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	Breast Cancer: Screening
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 women were turned away from mammogram screening tests because they were unable to hold the required position for sufficient time in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>NHS England does not hold this information at a national level. NHS England is committed to improving the accessibility of the screening programmes it commissions and contractually, providers of National Health Service screening services are required to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that their services are accessible for people with disabilities.</p><p>Services make reasonable adjustments within the constraints of mammography equipment, to ensure that people with disabilities are offered the opportunity to have screening; However, there may be situations where this is not possible.</p><p>Local providers will have a better understanding of any accessibility issues for individual patients and will deal with these on a case by case basis. Providers will offer an alternative approach as necessary. For example, for women who are unable to have a mammogram, may be offered a referral to a symptomatic breast clinic for a physical check.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/05/2024 08:25:46 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1715354

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dairy Products: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an impact assessment of changes to labelling costs for dairy businesses after 1 October 2024.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>A public consultation on not for EU labelling requirements was held earlier this year and closed on 15 March. The evidence is now being analysed, including feedback on potential costs, and we expect to publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 21/05/2024 13:39:16 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1715355

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dairy Products: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to labelling requirements from 1 October 2024 on the financial viability of dairy businesses.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>A public consultation on not for EU labelling requirements was held earlier this year and closed on 15 March. The evidence is now being analysed, including feedback on potential costs, and we expect to publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 21/05/2024 13:40:40 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1715356

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: Audit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many councils had a completed audit on time for the financial year 2023-2024.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The deadline for councils in England to publish audited accounts for financial year 2023/24 has not yet passed.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 07/05/2024 16:02:43 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1715357

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Air Quality Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the end of the air quality grant scheme on pollution levels.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The awards were withdrawn because I had concerns that the Local Air Quality Grant Scheme would not deliver the most positive outcomes for local air quality at this particular time and so I have asked Defra officials to consider redesigning the Scheme in the future, to be able to better deliver those positive outcomes and therefore enhanced value for money for taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory shows that up to the year 2022, the UK met and is compliant with our current domestic and international emission reduction commitments. This Government has delivered significant reductions in emissions since 2010 – with emissions of fine particulate matter falling by 24%, and nitrogen oxides down by 48%.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 24/05/2024 12:14:22 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1714781

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax: Agriculture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of deferring eligibility for Agricultural Property Relief for all environmental land management schemes on the estates of (a) landowners and (b) farmers who will die prior to 6 April 2025.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Spring Budget 2024 announced that the government will introduce legislation to extend the existing scope of agricultural property relief from 6 April 2025 to land managed under an environmental agreement with, or on behalf of, the UK government, Devolved Administrations, public bodies, local authorities, or approved responsible bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The date of implementation is consistent with the normal tax-policy making process and with previous changes to the inheritance tax system.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 02/05/2024 11:39:42 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1714782

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Basis Period Reform on the availability of accounting resources for (a) sole traders and (b) partnerships.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Basis period reform is an important simplification to the tax system. The government introduced this reform in Finance Act 2022 to create a simpler, fairer, and more transparent set of rules for the allocation of self-employment and partnership income to tax years.</p><p> </p><p>The reform simplifies tax computations for businesses, making it easier to complete self assessment tax returns and reducing administrative burdens. Basis period reform has no effect on the availability of accounting resources for the self-employed or partnerships.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 02/05/2024 11:37:39 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan