Wendy Morton MP: written questions
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Developing Countries; Women's RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funds have been allocated by his Department to support initiatives outlined in the International Women and Girls Strategy 2023–2030.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is committed to putting women and girls at the heart of all we do across our diplomatic and development activity. The Foreign Secretary and I have regular discussions with the Chancellor, including o...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Women's RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to implement the International Women and Girls Strategy 2023–2030.
Answer: This Government has been clear that we will work to advance gender equality and empower women and girls through our international action. The previous government launched the International Women and Girls Strategy (2023-2030) in March 2023 to guide the UK...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Women's RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that women's (a) economic participation and (b) access to education are effectively integrated in the International Women and Girls Strategy
Answer: Ensuring all girls have access to quality education is a core part of the UK's work on gender equality. We deliver bilateral education programmes in 18 countries and are the top bilateral donor to the Global Partnership for Education, which provides grant...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Women's RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to update the International Women and Girls Strategy 2023–2030.
Answer: This Government has been clear that we will work to advance gender equality and empower women and girls through our international action. The previous government launched the International Women and Girls Strategy (2023-2030) in March 2023 to guide the UK...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish CouncilForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the British Council (a) funding model and (b) loan repayment terms on the effectiveness of the British Coun
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has provided the British Council with £162.5 million Grant-in-Aid in 2024/25. The British Council's Board of Trustees is ultimately responsible for the British Council's financial sustainability. The...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish CouncilForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help the British Council become financially self-sufficient.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has provided the British Council with £162.5 million Grant-in-Aid in 2024/25. The British Council's Board of Trustees is ultimately responsible for the British Council's financial sustainability. The...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Council: LoansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on restructuring the repayment terms for British Council loans owed to the Government.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is working closely with the British Council and HM Treasury on this issue.The loan was made on commercial terms to ensure compliance with the UK subsidy control regime. The Government remains committed to r...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAfrica: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has plans to publish the outcomes of his Department's consultation on it's Africa policy.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary launched a five-month consultation to inform the UK's new approach to the African continent during his visit to Nigeria and South Africa in November. This follows the manifesto commitment to develop a fundamentally transformed partne...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNigeria: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27274More
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-Nigeria strategic partnership on future trends in the level of aid distribution in Nigeria.
Answer: The Nigeria-UK Strategic Partnership is intended to provide a comprehensive framework for achieving our shared objectives and further strengthening the bilateral relationship. One of the core pillars of the Strategic Partnership is a modernised developmen...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNigeria: Health ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of funding provided by his Department to (a) LAFIYA-UK and (b) other health programmes in Nigeria.
Answer: The UK has worked to strengthen the health sector in Nigeria for over two decades, with the current flagship Lafiya programme reaching 40 million people across Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa, Borno and Yobe states. It does this by firstly strengthening existing hea...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNutrition for Growth SummitForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 22284 on Development Aid: Nutrition, if he will provide a timeline for (a) reviewing and (b) finalising his Department’s
Answer: The UK continues to look forward to the 2025 Nutrition for Growth summit. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office officials continue to work closely with French counterparts to build momentum in the lead up to the summit and will announce plans for e...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 21997 on Syria: Armed Conflict, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that aid will reach women and girls.
Answer: Support to women and girls is at the heart of the UK's policy and programmes in Syria. In the financial year of 2023/24, 53 percent of UK humanitarian programming in Syria has helped provide health, sexual and reproductive health services, education and v...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBelarus: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22001 on Belarus: Sanctions, who has been appointed to lead the cross-Government review of sanctions enforcement.
Answer: I launched the cross-Government review of sanctions at the first Small Ministerial Group on enforcement in October. The review is examining whether we have the right powers, approach, capacity and resourcing on policy, implementation and enforcement, with...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBelarus: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22001 on Belarus: Sanctions, what the terms of reference are for the cross-Government review of sanctions enforcement.
Answer: I launched the cross-Government review of sanctions at the first Small Ministerial Group on enforcement in October. The review is examining whether we have the right powers, approach, capacity and resourcing on policy, implementation and enforcement, with...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBelarus: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22001 on Belarus: Sanctions, what the timescale is for completing the cross-Government review of sanctions enforcement.
Answer: I launched the cross-Government review of sanctions at the first Small Ministerial Group on enforcement in October. The review is examining whether we have the right powers, approach, capacity and resourcing on policy, implementation and enforcement, with...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22629 on Development Aid: Asylum Hotels, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring asylum costs fall. This includes taking measures to reduce the asylum backlog and end the use of expensive hotels over time, as part of a reduction in overall asylum accommodation costs. We expect these plans to cre...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22010 on Sudan: Humanitarian Aid, what estimate he has made of the amount of humanitarian aid being provided by internat
Answer: The 2024 Sudan Regional Response Plan (RRP), which outlined the financial requirements to provide life-saving aid to refugees and host communities in Sudan's neighbouring countries, sought a total of $1.5 billion but was only 31% funded. The US, EU, and U...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: Green BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what transitional arrangements she plans to put in place for (a) local authorities and (b) developers to adapt to the provisions on grey belt development in the new National Plan
Answer: It is for individual local authorities to plan and make decisions regarding the locations of new development in their areas.The amount of development that occurs in any given Green Belt will depend on local circumstances. Where a local authority proposes ...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: Green BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to monitor the impact of development on grey belt land on local (a) ecosystems, (b) infrastructure and (c) community resources.
Answer: It is for individual local authorities to plan and make decisions regarding the locations of new development in their areas.The amount of development that occurs in any given Green Belt will depend on local circumstances. Where a local authority proposes ...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: Green BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure environmental protections are maintained when development occurs on grey belt land.
Answer: It is for individual local authorities to plan and make decisions regarding the locations of new development in their areas.The amount of development that occurs in any given Green Belt will depend on local circumstances. Where a local authority proposes ...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: Green BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure community involvement in decisions on the (a) designation and (b) development of grey belt land.
Answer: It is for individual local authorities to plan and make decisions regarding the locations of new development in their areas.The amount of development that occurs in any given Green Belt will depend on local circumstances. Where a local authority proposes ...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the National Planning Policy Framework, published on 12 December 2024, what her Department’s timescales are for implementing the provisions relating to paragrap
Answer: The policies in paragraphs 148 and 155 of the revised National Planning Policy Framework came into effect on the day of publication, 12 December 2024.Transitional arrangements in relation to the implementation of these policies are set out in Annex 1.Furt...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria local authorities are expected to apply when identifying land categorised as grey belt.
Answer: The definition of grey belt, for the purposes of plan-making and decision-making, is provided in the glossary of the revised National Planning Policy Framework, published on 12 December 2024.The Framework also makes clear that before concluding that excep...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of grey belt land on the Green Belt.
Answer: The definition of grey belt, for the purposes of plan-making and decision-making, is provided in the glossary of the revised National Planning Policy Framework, published on 12 December 2024.The Framework also makes clear that before concluding that excep...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2024, how grey belt is defined for the purposes of (a) plan-making and (b) decision-making.
Answer: The definition of grey belt, for the purposes of plan-making and decision-making, is provided in the glossary of the revised National Planning Policy Framework, published on 12 December 2024.The Framework also makes clear that before concluding that excep...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
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