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1697600

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
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: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that healthcare providers inform the carers of children and young people with cancer of the financial support available to them.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	19747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning and ensuring the healthcare needs of local communities in England are met. This includes taking steps to ensure that healthcare providers inform all patients and carers, including the carers of children and young people with cancer, of the financial support available to them.</p><p>The National Health Service in England runs schemes to provide financial assistance for travel to a hospital or other NHS premises, for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostics tests, when referred by a doctor or other primary healthcare professional.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 25/03/2024 13:42:44 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1695506

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A483: Shropshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve safety on the A483 in Shropshire.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	18326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>As referenced in PMQs on October 25 2023, National Highways is conducting extensive study work to understand how the safety performance of the A483 in Shropshire can be improved through a detailed route optimisation study. These proposals will be considered alongside other potential small-scale future targeted safety enhancements to the route as part of RIS3 (2025-2030). At this stage, a more substantive upgrade of the A483 between Pant and Llanymynech remains in the RIS Pipeline of schemes being considered for possible delivery beyond 2030.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/03/2024 14:19:50 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1695507

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of National Highways’ progress towards its target of reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured on the Strategic Road Network by 50% by the end of 2025.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	18327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>As of 2022, National Highways has achieved a 38% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSIs) on the Strategic Road Network (SRN) compared to a baseline of the 2005 to 2009 average.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/03/2024 13:56:35 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1695508

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many projects that reduce speed limits on parts of the Strategic Road Network have been granted funding as part of the Road Investment Strategy 2.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	18328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/03/2024 08:45:39 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1695509

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure safety improvements are prioritised during decision making about road investments.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	18329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is investing £24 billion on the Strategic Road Network during the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2 - 2020-2025) to fund the operation, maintenance, renewal and enhancement of the network. Safety is a key consideration National Highways takes into account across all its activity and much of this investment aims to improve safety across the network for all road users. A specific Safety and Congestion Fund is in place as part of National Highways’ Designated Funds programme, this delivers safety improvements on specific high-risk roads, accident-cluster locations and potential suicide-cluster areas.</p><p> </p><p>National Highways also has a Key Performance Indicator for RIS2 with a target of reducing those killed or seriously injured on the Strategic Road Network by 50% compared to the 2005-2009 baseline average. The Department for Transport and the Office of Rail and Road, in its capacity of Highways Monitor, hold National Highways to account for delivery against this performance indicator and work collectively to ensure appropriate action plans are in place to maximise safety on the network.</p><p> </p><p>Improving road safety is one of six key objectives in developing the third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3). The level of ambition within the Performance Specification and focus of the Investment Plan are the key levers through which this objective will be supported.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/03/2024 15:08:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 23987 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1695510

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support National Highways in working to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on the Strategic Road Network.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	18330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is investing £24 billion on the Strategic Road Network during the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2 - 2020-2025) to fund the operation, maintenance, renewal and enhancement of the network. Safety is a key consideration National Highways takes into account across all its activity and much of this investment aims to improve safety across the network for all road users. A specific Safety and Congestion Fund, worth £140m in RIS2, is in place as part of National Highways’ Designated Funds programme and aims to deliver over 150 safety improvements on specific high-risk roads, accident-cluster locations and potential suicide-cluster areas, to help reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on the Strategic Road Network.</p><p>The Department for Transport and the Office of Rail and Road, in its capacity of Highways Monitor, hold National Highways to account for delivery against its performance indicators and work collectively to ensure appropriate action plans are in place to maximise safety on the network.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 18331 18332 question first answered 22/03/2024 10:33:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1695511

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help improve safety on the strategic road network.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	18331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is investing £24 billion on the Strategic Road Network during the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2 - 2020-2025) to fund the operation, maintenance, renewal and enhancement of the network. Safety is a key consideration National Highways takes into account across all its activity and much of this investment aims to improve safety across the network for all road users. A specific Safety and Congestion Fund, worth £140m in RIS2, is in place as part of National Highways’ Designated Funds programme and aims to deliver over 150 safety improvements on specific high-risk roads, accident-cluster locations and potential suicide-cluster areas, to help reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on the Strategic Road Network.</p><p>The Department for Transport and the Office of Rail and Road, in its capacity of Highways Monitor, hold National Highways to account for delivery against its performance indicators and work collectively to ensure appropriate action plans are in place to maximise safety on the network.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 18330 18332 question first answered 22/03/2024 10:33:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1695512

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that programmes for improving safety on the strategic road network receive adequate funding.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	18332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is investing £24 billion on the Strategic Road Network during the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2 - 2020-2025) to fund the operation, maintenance, renewal and enhancement of the network. Safety is a key consideration National Highways takes into account across all its activity and much of this investment aims to improve safety across the network for all road users. A specific Safety and Congestion Fund, worth £140m in RIS2, is in place as part of National Highways’ Designated Funds programme and aims to deliver over 150 safety improvements on specific high-risk roads, accident-cluster locations and potential suicide-cluster areas, to help reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on the Strategic Road Network.</p><p>The Department for Transport and the Office of Rail and Road, in its capacity of Highways Monitor, hold National Highways to account for delivery against its performance indicators and work collectively to ensure appropriate action plans are in place to maximise safety on the network.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 18330 18331 question first answered 22/03/2024 10:33:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1695513

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the value attributed to a prevented fatality in business cases for road investment.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	18333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>This assessment is already happening. The Department is part of a cross-government consortium that keeps values for life and health impacts, including the value of a prevented fatality, under review and is developing plans to take forward the recommendations in the 2020 scoping study <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/valuation-of-risks-to-life-and-health-monetary-value-of-a-life-year-voly/a-scoping-study-on-the-valuation-of-risks-to-life-and-health-the-monetary-value-of-a-life-year-voly" target="_blank">Valuation of risks to life and health: Monetary Value of a Life Year</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/03/2024 13:55:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1695514

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the value attributed to a prevented fatality in his Department's Green Book.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	18334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government uses a common value for the Value of a Prevented Fatality (VPF). The monetary valuation of VPF can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tag-data-book.</p><p>It is uprated annually in line with inflation and real income growth. It is reviewed by HM Treasury on an ongoing basis and updated when new evidence becomes available.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 20/03/2024 17:03:01 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan