Wendy Morton MP: written questions
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Aid Workers: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect humanitarian workers from (a) targeted attacks and (b) obstruction of aid in conflict zones.
Answer: The UK uses its seats at key multilateral fora such as the United Nations Security Council, its bilateral relationships, and its partnerships with humanitarian actors on the front line to encourage parties to consent to humanitarian relief operations, fac...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAid Workers: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with international partners to support female humanitarian workers.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is taking steps with international partners to address the specific risks that female humanitarian workers face. We are investing in protective measures that our partners need to safely work, championing ...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAid Workers: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support humanitarian organisations in providing mental health support for workers who experience trauma in conflict zones.
Answer: We recognise the courage and commitment of those who take part in humanitarian operations and take their health and safety, including mental health and psychosocial well-being and safeguarding seriously.The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAid Workers: AbductionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that independent reviews are conducted after (a) kidnappings, (b) attacks and (c) other serious incidents involving aid worke
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office champions the Aid Worker Security Database which independently tracks incidents involving international and national aid workers including kidnapping, death and injury. The UK promotes the review of incid...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: ReviewsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 35684 on Development Aid: Reviews, whether he has considered including hon. Members in additional consultations.
Answer: The review recommendations are now being considered as part of the Foreign Secretary's wider work to reform the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. Parliamentarians will be included as part of any approach to further consultation.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordResettlement: ChagossiansHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 37161 on Resettlement: Chagossians, how much has been spent in the 2024-25 financial year; and how much has been budgeted for the 2025-26 financial
Answer: The Home Office is finalising potential claims for costs incurred in 2024/25 and will announce any updates regarding the funding at these costs in 2025/26 in the normal way in due course.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSerbia: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the resignation of the Government in Serbia on stability in that region.
Answer: Following confirmation by Serbia's Parliament of Prime Minister Vucevic's resignation on 19 March, Serbia's government is operating in technical capacity pending either formation of a new government by 18 April, or potential elections thereafter. We look ...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new Full-Time Equivalent jobs in Ofsted are being created to support the transition to School Report Cards.
Answer: These are matters for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing one-word Ofsted judgements on parental (a) engagement and (b) understanding.
Answer: These are matters for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste and Fly-tipping: Health HazardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) fly-tipping and (b) uncollected rubbish on public health.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has not made an assessment of the potential impact of fly-tipping and uncollected rubbish on public health.During specific incidents, for instance with the Birmingham City Council, the UKHSA has provided standard guid...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Property Management CompaniesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help tackle the potential impact of poor behaviour from managing agents on leaseholders.
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service at the hands of unscrupulous property agents. Property agents must belong to a government-approved redress scheme. This legislation is currently enforced by l...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to strengthen protections for leaseholders in the commonhold tenure.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statements made on 3 March 2025 (HCWS488) and 21 November 2024 (HCWS244).
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCommonhold: MortgagesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is she taking to support mortgage providers in lending to commonhold tenure holders.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statements made on 3 March 2025 (HCWS488) and 21 November 2024 (HCWS244).
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFirst-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal: Personal Independence PaymentMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the current average time to clear Personal Independence Payments appeals at the (a) First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) and (b) Upper Tribunal.
Answer: Information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support), including the average time to clear Personal Independence Payment appeals is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.The information req...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her policy is on the continued payment of Personal Independence Payment while a decision to end the payment is subject to an appeal.
Answer: Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is not an income replacement benefit. It is paid to help with the additional costs that arise from long term health conditions or disability where they impact on the activities set out in legislation. Claimants are asse...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the potential impact of changes to disability benefits on the court appeals system.
Answer: DWP will work with the Ministry of Justice to prepare a Justice Impact Test to assess the impacts of proposed policy changes on the justice system.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: West MidlandsHome OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of new police officers there will be in the West Midlands in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: The Government has committed to restore neighbourhood policing through the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee. This includes putting thousands more police personnel on the beat in neighbourhood policing roles up and down the country. Every part of the count...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration ControlsHome OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory cap on levels of migration.
Answer: This Government recognises and values the contribution that legal migration makes to the UK.But under the previous Government, between 2019 and 2024, net migration almost quadrupled, heavily driven by a big increase in overseas recruitment.A properly cont...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to deport people who enter the UK by small boat.
Answer: Since coming into office in July 2024, the Government has ensured the removal of 24,000 failed asylum seekers, foreign criminals and other migration offenders with no right to be in the UK, the highest nine-month total since 2017.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the use of hotels to house asylum seekers.
Answer: This Government inherited an asylum system under exceptional strain, with tens of thousands of people stuck in limbo without any prospect of having their claims processed. At their peak use under the previous government, in the autumn of 2023, more than 4...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure UK food security.
Answer: Food security is national security. We need a resilient and healthy food system, that works with nature and supports British farmers, fishers and food producers. That is why this Government will introduce a new deal for farmers to boost rural economic gro...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Aldridge-BrownhillsTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40497More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on business confidence in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
Answer: Recent surveys from EY, PwC and Lloyds Bank show overall business and investor confidence is rising. The Government has taken significant steps to support rural businesses. We are investing £5 billion in broadband connectivity which will support growth in...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Rural AreasTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40496More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on business confidence in rural communities.
Answer: Recent surveys from EY, PwC and Lloyds Bank show overall business and investor confidence is rising. The Government has taken significant steps to support rural businesses. We are investing £5 billion in broadband connectivity which will support growth in...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40495More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of farmers which will be affected by upcoming changes to (a) Agriculture Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the PQ referenced UIN 29306 published on 5th February 2025 at: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-02-05/29306
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the upcoming increase to employers National Insurance contributions on hospices.
Answer: We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at the Autumn Budget, enabling the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26.The employer ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
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