Wendy Morton MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Food: PricesTreasuryTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63671More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Government fiscal policies on levels of food inflation.
Answer: HM Treasury does not produce forecasts of the UK economy. Forecasting the economy, including the impact of Government policy decisions, is the responsibility of independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR does not publish estimates of the ...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: PricesTreasuryTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63670More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that inflation on essential food items does not disproportionately impact low and middle income households.
Answer: Food prices in the UK are a function of a variety of factors including international agricultural commodity prices, the exchange rate and energy prices. The government is committed to helping those in need due to the rising cost of living. An uplift to th...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: PricesTreasuryTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63669More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in (a) National Insurance Contributions and (b) the National Minimum Wage on food price inflation.
Answer: It is in the remit of the Low Pay Commission, who advise the Government on the minimum wage rates, to consider the impact of changes to the minimum wage on inflation, alongside the wider economy and the labour market. The Government knows that employers r...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInsurance: UkraineTreasuryTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60455More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing government-backed insurance guarantees or reinsurance schemes to enable private insurers to underwrite commercial activity in Ukraine.
Answer: As referred to in the previous PQ regarding risk mitigation in the insurance industry, the UK Government has played a leading role in developing solutions that have helped to reopen and rebuild insurance markets in Ukraine. The UK provided a £20 million c...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: UkraineTreasuryTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56240More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has discussions with (a) financial services regulators and (b) the insurance sector on developing risk-mitigation frameworks to support companies operating in Ukraine.
Answer: Treasury Ministers and officials have regular meetings with a wide variety of organisations, including insurers and financial regulators, on an ongoing basis. The UK Government has played a leading role in developing solutions that have helped to reopen a...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidTreasuryTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53873More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of using gross national income forecasts to determine future levels of Official Development Assistance.
Answer: To enable the government to invest more in security and defence, while remaining committed to our fiscal rules, the Prime Minister has taken the difficult decision to reduce Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the equivalent of 0.3% of GNI by 2027. F...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Information OfficersTreasuryTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53520More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 46726 on Treasury: Information Officers, what the total annual cost is for the 40.9 full-time equivalent Government Communication Service professionals.
Answer: HM Treasury’s communications pay budget for the last financial year was £2,775,204.
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50507More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of SMEs using National Insurance relief for apprentices aged under 25 in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
Answer: HMRC publishes estimates of the number of employers who benefit from the relief on employer National Insurance contributions for apprentices under 25, which are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50506More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure businesses are aware of National Insurance contributions relief for employers with apprentices under 25.
Answer: HMRC maintains comprehensive Gov.uk guidance to help employers understand the Class 1 NICs relief for apprentices under the age of 25, which has been in place since 2016. It can be found here: Paying employer National Insurance contributions for apprentic...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: CommunicationTreasuryTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50136More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 44990 on Government Departments: Advertising and Communication, how much money has been allocated to her Department's communications team in this financial year.
Answer: HMT sets its budgets annually. Allocations to the department’s communications team for this financial year have not yet been finalised.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49738More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure employers are aware of the available National Insurance relief when hiring apprentices under the age of 25.
Answer: HMRC maintains comprehensive Gov.uk guidance to help employers understand the Class 1 NICs relief for apprentices under the age of 25, which has been in place since 2016. It can be found here: Paying employer National Insurance contributions for apprentic...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Overseas LoansTreasuryTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47677More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 41839 on Ukraine: Overseas Loans, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the loan to Ukraine.
Answer: The Government is providing £2.26bn as part of the G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) Loans to Ukraine scheme. This will be repaid using profits from immobilised Russian sovereign assets in the EU.The G7 has assessed and agreed that the ERA can s...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Information OfficersTreasuryTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46726More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time-equivalent staff in her Department are employed in communications and public relations roles.
Answer: In the central HM Treasury communications team, there are a total of 40.9 Full Time Equivalent Government Communication Service professionals. Of this total, 19 work in the media discipline which covers press and media responsibilities. This is the latest...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Advertising and CommunicationTreasuryTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44990More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget was allocated to (a) social media advertising, (b) paid-partnerships and (c) other digital communication of the measures in the Spring Statement.
Answer: No budget was allocated by HM Treasury for social media advertising, paid partnerships, or other digital communication of the measures in the Spring Statement beyond the budget for the core HMT communications team.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEconomic Growth: Aldridge-BrownhillsTreasuryTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44989More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of the Spring Statement 2025 on per capita GDP growth in Aldridge-Brownhills.
Answer: Ensuring growth is felt in all regions of the UK is central to the Government’s Growth Mission. Our strategy for regional growth will drive growth in all regions and make the most of the opportunities in each part of the country. We are supporting regiona...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: PayTreasuryTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44988More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in employers National Insurance Contributions on wages.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility published the Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO) in March 2025, which sets out a detailed forecast of the economy and public finances, including their forecast on wages Economic and fiscal outlook – March 2025 - Office ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Aldridge-brownhillsTreasuryTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44987More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of potential impact of the Spring Statement 2025 on levels of employment in Aldridge-Brownhills.
Answer: At Spring Statement 2025, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the government’s independent official forecaster, published its bi-annual economic and fiscal forecasts.In line with its mandate as set out in law, the OBR does not produce forecasts at...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Rural AreasTreasuryTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44986More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Question 40496 on Business confidence in rural communities, what criteria her Department uses to classify a constituency as rural; and whether Aldridge-Brownhills constitue
Answer: Aldridge-Brownhills is not considered a rural constituency based on ONS 2021 rural-urban census data.The Government does not collect specific constituency level data on business confidence. Recent economy wide surveys from EY, PwC and Lloyds Bank show ove...
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 recordUkraine: Overseas LoansTreasuryTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41839More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the press release entitled Joint statement of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Charlevoix, published on 14 March 2025, whether the Government has plans to increase its loan to Ukraine from the
Answer: The Government has provided £2.26bn as part of the G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration Loans for Ukraine (ERA) scheme. This will be repaid using profits from immobilised Russian sovereign assets in the EU. The G7 has agreed that the ERA can support $50b...
Answered 3 Apr 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 recordPrivate Education: VATTreasuryTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38599More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of the application of VAT to private school fees on the long-term finances of (a) private and (b) state education sectors.
Answer: The Government has published a detailed costing note and Tax Impact and Information Note (TIIN) assessing the impacts of applying VAT to private school fees, including impacts on private schools and state schools: Private school fees — VAT measure - GOV.U...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATTreasuryTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38598More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Exchequer has raised from the application of VAT to private school fees since 1 January 2025.
Answer: The Annex to the Government Response to the Technical Note, Government_Response_to_the_Technical_Note_on_Applying_VAT_to_Private_School_Fees_and_Removing_the_Business_Rates_Charitable_Rate_Relief.pdf, sets out the expected VAT revenue resulting from this ...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
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