Written questions

Tom Morrison

629 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

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.

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase social housing supply.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

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.

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Furniture Poverty

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

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Furniture Poverty

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.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property

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.

10 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carers' Benefits

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

6 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hamas: Hostage Taking

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.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Unmanned Air Systems: Israel

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.

2 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Council Tax: Valuation

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.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries: Cheadle

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

2 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Employment Agencies: Construction and Health Services

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.

2 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

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.

2 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Ceasefires

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.

2 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Human Rights

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

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Neurodiversity: Training

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.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

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.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

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.

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Watchkeeper WK450

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.

30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of halting arms licences for export to foreign governments for which there is a demonstrable risk of complicity in international law violations.

30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Unmanned Air Systems: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on how exports made by UAV Tactical Systems Ltd to Israel since October 2023 have been used.