Wendy Morton MP: written questions
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Railways: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting the West Midlands Rail Hub.
Answer: Midlands Rail Hub would unlock thousands of homes and drive economic growth, with better connections regionally and nationally, and more reliable trains. It will provide up to 300 extra trains a day into Birmingham while improving the performance of servi...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: CerealsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the resilience of Ukraine's export infrastructure to export grain.
Answer: The resilience of Ukraine's grain export infrastructure is demonstrated by the fact that it exported all its surplus harvest from 2023 and is on course to do so again for its 2024 harvest. Ukraine is now exporting over 80 per cent of its grain through its...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: CerealsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the quantity of Ukrainian grain being transported through the Black Sea.
Answer: Over 80 per cent of Ukraine's grain exports are now transported through the Black Sea corridor. In 2024, over 48 million tonnes of grains and oilseeds were exported, and monthly volumes were consistently at the highest levels since the war began. Through ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: ReviewsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Independent Development Review in the context of recent changes to Official Development Assistance.
Answer: The review recommendations are now being considered as part of the Foreign Secretary's wider work to reform the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), including how the FCDO approaches the reduction in the Official Development Assistance b...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNutrition for Growth SummitForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many FCDO staff attended the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris in March 2025; and what was the total budget versus the actual cost of attending.
Answer: At the 2025 Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit in Paris, the UK delegation was led by Baroness Chapman, the Minister for International Development, Latin America, and the Caribbean. In total, five Foreign, Commonwealth, Development Office (FCDO) staff memb...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidTreasuryTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44453More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the percentage of funding that will be released to the Ministry of Defence of a result of the change in Gross National Income spent on Official Development Assistance in 2025-2026.
Answer: As set out in Table 2.1 in the Spring Statement 2025 document, all savings generated from the Official Development Assistance (ODA) reduction in 2025-26 will be spent on defence. The difficult choice to reduce ODA reflects the evolving nature of the threa...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDisease Control: International AssistanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2025 to Question 35682 on Disease Control: International Assistance, how much of the £10 million transferred to the Pandemic Fund has been
Answer: The UK transferred £10 million to the Pandemic Fund in FY 2022/23. Since it was established in September 2022 (and over the period 2022/23 to 2025/26), the Pandemic Fund has announced allocations of $885 million, supporting 47 projects in 75 countries.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2025 to Question 38604 on Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of farmers
Answer: This Government inherited an uncapped scheme aimed at mass participation of farm businesses, despite a finite farming budget. In order to ensure we acted in a financially responsible way we took the decision to stop accepting new Sustainable Farming Incen...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Pension SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March to Question 38609 on Local Government Pension Scheme, what her planned timeline is for the announcement of reforms as part of the Chancellor’s
Answer: The Government consulted on a proposed set of reforms in our “Fit For the Future" Consultation, which closed on 16 January 2025. We are currently analysing responses and will publish a Government response to the consultation in due course.
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Policing: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 38594 on Neighbourhood Policing: Finance, what estimate she has made of funding available to frontline policing in 2025-26.
Answer: The 2025-26 final police funding settlement provides funding of up to £19.6 billion for the policing system in England and Wales. This is an overall increase of up to £1.2 billion when compared to the 2024-25 settlement. Total funding to police forces wil...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall BusinessesCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43071More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of new (a) Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and (b) micro businesses created between 30 October 2024 and 31 March 2025.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 1st April is attached.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: BirminghamDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Birmingham bin strikes on neighbouring constituencies.
Answer: The Government is aware of the disruption caused by the bin strikes and the associated public health risks to the residents of Birmingham. While Birmingham City Council continues to lead the response, cross-Government mechanisms have been activated to ens...
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFly Tipping and LitterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support local government to help tackle flytipping and littering.
Answer: Local councils have wide ranging enforcement powers to help them tackle littering and fly-tipping. These include fixed penalty notices of up to £1000 to fly-tippers and £500 to those who litter, prosecution action and, in the case of fly-tipping, vehicle ...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLitter: Community DevelopmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is he taking to support participation in the Great British Spring Clean initiative.
Answer: I was proud to speak at the launch event of the Great British Spring Clean in parliament in February. It is encouraging to see that there are a growing number of public-spirited individuals and community groups tackling litter all over the country. I also...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLotteries: TaxationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason it is her policy to place a mandatory gambling levy on society lotteries while not requiring the National Lottery to make a mandatory problem gambling contribution.
Answer: Under the terms of the fourth licence, the National Lottery operator, Allwyn, is required to make a £1.6million annual contribution to socially responsible purposes such as research and treatment.Society lotteries will be charged the levy at the lowest ra...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMeans-tested Benefits: PensionersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of pensioners in receipt of means-tested benefits who are experiencing fuel poverty.
Answer: The latest official Fuel Poverty Statistics for England were published in March 2025 on gov.uk here: Fuel poverty statistics - GOV.UK.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single pensioners there are who earn less than £20,000 a year and more than the threshold required for pension credit.
Answer: The income threshold for eligibility for Pension Credit is dependent on personal circumstances, and not all forms of income are taken into account when determining eligibility. Therefore it is not possible to produce a robust estimate of how many single p...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the uptake of Pension Credit among (a) disabled and (b) non-disabled pensioners.
Answer: The latest estimates of Pension Credit take-up cover the financial year 2022/23: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2023 - GOV.UK. The take-up does not provide a break down of rates of take-up amongst disabled and non-dis...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the eligibility criteria for Pension Credit.
Answer: The Government has no current plans to review the eligibility criteria for Pension Credit.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHeating: Older PeopleDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a targeted scheme to support older people with their heating bills.
Answer: The Government knows that more needs to be done to support vulnerable households that are struggling with bills whilst we transition to clean power. The Government’s Warm Home Discount (WHD) scheme provides targeted support to eligible low-income househol...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: PensionersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to winter fuel payment eligibility on pensioners who are (a) disabled, (b) renting and (c) on low to modest incomes.
Answer: The Secretary of State considered the impact of the Winter Fuel Payment changes on pensioners with protected characteristics as part of her duties under the Public Sector Equality Duty. This included the impact on those with disabilities. Details of the E...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ensuring the extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme meets the needs of industry.
Answer: The UK Government has assessed the potential merits of ensuring the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme meets industry needs through a range of measures. The scheme was developed with input from an industry-led advisory steering group which cont...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the relative potential impact of the implementation of the extended producer responsibility scheme on the (a) glass and (b) plastic industries.
Answer: In October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR scheme on packaging producers as a whole. This impact assessment did not split the assessment by sector.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the planned changes to the Listed Places of Worship grant scheme on listed places of worship.
Answer: DCMS Ministers received advice on changes to the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, including consideration of the potential impacts of various options to scale the scheme. The changes announced were necessary given the tight fiscal challenges we inhe...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFood Supply: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Government's net zero policies on food supply from British producers.
Answer: This Government is committed to delivering net zero by 2050 while ensuring that the transition to more climate friendly practices goes hand in hand with food security and farm profitability. Alongside the recently announced Food Strategy, we will deliver ...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
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