Wendy Morton MP: written questions
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Sudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48426 on Sudan: Humanitarian Aid, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK aid is reaching the people that need it in Sudan.
Answer: The UK is playing a leading role in response to the crisis in Sudan, including efforts to facilitate more consistent humanitarian access into and within Sudan. We will continue to use all levers at our disposal to address Sudan's brutal conflict and to im...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international partners to help tackle sexual violence in conflict in Sudan; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of conflict i
Answer: The UK remains committed to tackling gender-based violence in Sudan. On 8 May 2025, the Minister for Development visited the Sudan-Chad border to raise awareness of the conflict and speak directly with Sudanese refugees, including survivors of sexual viol...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: EducationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to ringfence education funding in Sudan following the planned reductions in UK ODA spending.
Answer: The UK is a major humanitarian donor to Sudan with £226.5 million provided in financial year (FY) 2024/25 and a further £120 million in support this current FY which the Foreign Secretary announced at the London Sudan Conference on 15 April. Since the sta...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian SituationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with Humanitarian Action on the situation in Sudan.
Answer: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Ministers and officials are in frequent contact with Humanitarian Action for Sudan (HAS) as part of UK efforts to address Sudan's brutal conflict. Officials recently attended the HAS launch event and u...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking following the London-Sudan Conference on 15 April 2025 to help secure UN Security Council consensus on Sudan.
Answer: The UK continues to use its position as penholder on Sudan at the United Nations Security Council to take action to improve humanitarian access, to promote the protection of civilians and to secure an end to the fighting. We will work constructively with ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what further multilateral steps he plans to take following the London-Sudan Conference on 15 April 2025 to support a political solution in Sudan.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary will continue to use all levers at his disposal to address Sudan's brutal conflict. As part of these efforts, the Foreign Secretary will engage with a range of multilateral partners to improve humanitarian access, to promote the prot...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of adequacy of levels of access granted to UN agencies to Sudan for the provision of humanitarian support.
Answer: Impediments to aid delivery imposed by the warring parties in Sudan are having a devastating impact on civilians. Our Ministers and diplomats are doing all they can to improve humanitarian access. During last month's London Sudan Conference, chaired by th...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Peace NegotiationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what role the UK plans to play in building on Treaty of Jeddah processes.
Answer: The UK has consistently condemned abuses and atrocities committed by the warring parties to the conflict in Sudan. We will continue to use all levers at our disposal to promote the protection of civilians in accordance with the Jeddah Declaration. The co-...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2025 to Question 47226 on Sudan: Food Aid, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK-funded humanitarian assistance in Sudan directly reaches
Answer: The conflict in Sudan is having a devastating impact on civilians throughout the country, particularly women and girls. At the recent London Sudan Conference, the Foreign Secretary announced a package of support budgeted at £120 million which will deliver...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHumanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2025 to Question 47686 on Humanitarian Aid, how much of the allocation has been (a) spent and (b) allocated.
Answer: The Humanitarian Crisis Reserve (HCR) value is £100 million for financial year 2025/26.At the time of asking, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has so far provided £15 million from the HCR this financial year to support the humanitarian r...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 49372 on Development Aid, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on achieving planne
Answer: The Home Secretary is committed to ensuring that asylum costs fall and has already acted. The government has taken measures to reduce the asylum backlog and reform the asylum accommodation system to end the use of expensive accommodation in the next Spend...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnzhalika MelnikavaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 47676 on Anzhalika Melnikava, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Europe and (b) elsewhere on reports of
Answer: As I have previously noted, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office officials continue to follow the case of the disappearance of Angelika Melnikova. Our understanding is that her daughters are currently in Belarus with their father. I have not raise...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what budget his Department has allocated to the HAVEN programme for 2025-2026; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the budget for the rest of the Parliament.
Answer: By the end of the last financial year, the UK had provided over £477 million in humanitarian support to Ukraine and the region since the start of the full-scale invasion. This support included funding for the Humanitarian Action through Volunteers, Enable...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMyanmar: EarthquakesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the recent earthquake in Myanmar on the balance his Department is striking between working with localised grassroots or
Answer: The UK has announced up to £25 million in life-saving support for people affected by the recent earthquake in Myanmar. The UK diversifies aid delivery through multilateral agencies, and local organisations, with almost 65 per cent of the UK's funding dire...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Aid WorkersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure (a) the International Committee of the Red Cross and (b) other agencies can operate safely in Gaza.
Answer: The UK reaffirms our support for the International Red Cross/Crescent Movement (ICRC) as the only humanitarian actor with the experience, capability, independence and mandate to carry out their important responsibilities in Gaza. Last year, we provided £5...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Aid WorkersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect humanitarian workers in Sudan.
Answer: Sudan remains an extremely perilous context for humanitarian personnel. Nearly 100 humanitarian aid workers have been killed since the conflict started in April 2023. To protect civilians including aid workers, the UK continues to advocate that parties to...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of aid blocking by the warring parties in Sudan.
Answer: Impediments to aid delivery imposed by the warring parties in Sudan are having a devastating impact on civilians. UK Ministers and diplomats are doing all they can to improve access. During last month's London Sudan Conference, chaired by the Foreign Secr...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordConflict PreventionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the (a) science, (b) technology, and (c) research sectors on using his Department's expertise on conflict prevention abroad.
Answer: Working closely with the science, technology and research sectors is an integral part of our approach to conflict prevention. Since 2022, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has partnered with open-source investigation (OSINT) organisa...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund on lives saved from (a) malaria, (b) tuberculosis and (c) HIV/AIDS.
Answer: The Global Fund is a high performing partnership that has saved 65 million lives and reduced combined deaths across HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria by 63 per cent since 2002. The UK is a founding member and committed partner of the Global Fund, invest...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Aid WorkersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of security arrangements for humanitarian workers in Sudan.
Answer: Sudan remains an extremely perilous context for humanitarian personnel. Nearly 100 humanitarian aid workers have been killed since the conflict started in April 2023. To protect civilians including aid workers, the UK continues to advocate that parties to...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support civilians in (a) Zamzam IDP camp and (b) El Fasher in Sudan to reach safety.
Answer: The UK is appalled by the continued violence in and around El Fasher and the Zamzam Internally Displaced Person camp. On 24 April, the Foreign Secretary issued a statement highlighting the unacceptable levels of civilian harm and called on the warring par...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the warring parties in Sudan implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 2736.
Answer: The UK continues to use all diplomatic levers at its disposal to press all parties in Sudan to comply with UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2736. Despite the disgraceful Russian veto in November 2024 of a UK-Sierra Leone led resolution to build on U...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnzhalika MelnikavaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 47234 on Anzhelika Melnikava, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on the reported di
Answer: As previously stated, I am concerned by reports of Angelika Melnikova's disappearance. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office officials continue to follow the case closely. Our understanding is that her daughters are currently in Belarus with their ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make an assessment of the impact of Official Development Assistance reductions on women and girls before decisions on reductions are made.
Answer: Decisions on how the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget will be used are being worked through as part of the ongoing Spending Review, based on various factors including impact assessments. Equality Impact Assessments - which consider impacts on ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what consultation his Department has conducted with women's rights or women-led organisations on the decision to reduce Official Development Assistance.
Answer: At this time of profound change, with conflicts overseas undermining security and prosperity at home, the Prime Minister has taken the decision to increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product from 2027, funded by reducing Official D...
Answered 19 May 2025
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