Wendy Morton MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make a financial commitment for Gavi’s 8th replenishment on 25 June 2025.
Answer: The UK is one of the largest donors to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. We have committed £1.65 billion to the current strategic period covering 2021-2025. Following the difficult decision to reduce UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 0.5 per cent of...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational Finance Facility for ImmunisationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of using the International Finance Facility for immunisation on delivering development projects.
Answer: The UK is one of the largest donors to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. We have committed £1.65 billion to the current strategic period covering 2021-2025, including £590 million through the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm). The UK is wo...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Armed ConflictDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what preparations he is making for the potential impact of conflict abroad on the NHS.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with NHS England and the Ministry of Defence to understand the impacts of international conflict on domestic healthcare delivery. This includes exercising existing plans such as the Reception Arrangem...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAntimicrobial Resistance: CasualtiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of repatriating patients with antimicrobial resistance from conflict zones on (a) UK citizens and (b) the NHS.
Answer: The Department recognises conflict as a major driver of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), posing significant risks to populations in fragile and conflict-affected states, the wider global community, and the United Kingdom. In response, the Department of Hea...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Antimicrobial ResistanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 41877 on Ukraine: Drug Resistance, which (a) projects and (b) work streams are focusing on tackling AMR.
Answer: We are funding the Ukrainian Red Cross (URCS) who are treating people, including some which have these infections. However, our humanitarian support does not specifically involve or target the particular issue of anti-microbial resistance (AMR). The URCS ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Antimicrobial ResistanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to UK Official Development Assistance on UK efforts to promote antimicrobial resistance work globally.
Answer: The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security, and official development assistance. Decisions on how the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget will be used will be worked through as part of th...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Antimicrobial ResistanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using UK microbiology expertise to build capacity in Ukraine for countering antimicrobial resistance.
Answer: In February, the Defence Secretary announced that we would double our funding to £40 million for Project Renovator, which draws on the UK's leading defence medical expertise to expand Ukraine's military rehabilitation and medical services. Through a partn...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFalkland Islands: Economic SituationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US tariffs on the Falkland Islands economy.
Answer: The UK Government is working closely with the Falkland Islands Government to understand the impact of the US tariffs, this includes engaging and meeting with experts in the Department for Business and Trade and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Of...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to strengthen partnerships with (a) local governments and (b) non-governmental organisations to improve the effectiveness of UK-funded development pro
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) values local authorities and civil society as an essential element for delivering UK aid, as well as a policy partner and further recognises that stronger, more inclusive engagement with such partner...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage (a) local leadership and (b) community involvement in the (i) planning and (ii) implementation of UK-funded development progr
Answer: Promoting the resilience and local legitimacy of local civil society and mutual aid groups helps to protect civic space and support open societies and human rights. There is strong evidence that local organisations are particularly effective at driving so...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support community-driven development initiatives in overseas aid projects.
Answer: Partnering with local actors with roots in their communities is crucial to deliver aid that is culturally relevant, contextually appropriate, and impactful. Local partners offer insights into communities' culture and needs and understand local coordinatio...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that Overseas Development Assistance is used effectively to achieve intended outcomes in recipient countries.
Answer: The Prime Minister has committed to a process to look at all Official Development Assistance (ODA) programming across Government. This is to ensure that it is strategically coherent, delivers UK objectives, whilst providing value for money for the UK taxp...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposed changes to the level of funding for official development assistance on the potential implementation of recom
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 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of using forecasts of Gross National Income to determine future levels of official development assistance on actual futu
Answer: Official Development Assistance (ODA) budgets from 2025/26 onwards are set in cash terms based on Gross National Income (GNI) forecasts. This change means that the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's ODA budgets will no longer be exposed to t...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBalkans: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the Euro-Atlantic aspirations of Western Balkan countries.
Answer: We support the Euro-Atlantic aspirations of Western Balkans countries as a route to promote stability and prosperity in the region, to help address threats to European security, and to counter irregular migration and serious organised crime. We work close...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47687More
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 any potential reallocation of savings from in-donor refugee costs to the FCDO’s ODA budget.
Answer: The UK Government has taken measures to reduce the asylum backlog and reform the asylum accommodation system to help end the use of expensive accommodation in the next Spending Review period to ensure more of our Official Development Assistance (ODA) budg...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHumanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the FCDO’s crisis response fund for 2025-26.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) maintains the Humanitarian Crisis Reserve (HCR) fund, which has the primary benefit of enabling flexible and rapid response to new humanitarian crises (e.g. earthquakes, floods, cyclones). Decisions ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVoluntary Service OverseasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Voluntary Service Overseas ACTIVE programme in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: The Prime Minister has taken the decision to increase spending on defence to 2.5 per cent of GDP from 2027, funded by reducing Official Development Assistance (ODA).The ODA budget will be gradually reduced to the equivalent of 0.3 per cent of GNI by 2027,...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Natural DisastersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of planned levels of future official development assistance spending on the ability of programmes supporting (a) schools
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. We plan to publish final Financial Year 2025/26 ODA prog...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Farmers and WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of planned changes to the level of future spending on official development assistance on programmes supporting
Answer: The Government recognises the important role women smallholder farmers play in agrifood systems in developing countries, and that investing in women and girls and breaking down the barriers they face supports inclusive development. Decisions on how the Of...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to reallocate reductions in in-donor refugee costs to other official development assistance programmes from the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: The UK Government has taken measures to reduce the asylum backlog and reform the asylum accommodation system to help end the use of expensive accommodation in the next Spending Review period to ensure more of our Official Development Assistance (ODA) budg...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47681More
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 decision not to automatically adjust UK Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) spending in line with eco
Answer: Official Development Assistance (ODA) budgets from 2025/26 onwards are set in cash terms based on Gross National Income (GNI) forecasts. This change means the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO's) ODA budgets will no longer be exposed to...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47680More
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 decision to set annual aid budgets from 2027 in cash terms based on GNI forecasts at the Spending Revie
Answer: Official Development Assistance (ODA) budgets from 2025/26 onwards are set in cash terms based on Gross National Income (GNI) forecasts. This change means the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO's) ODA budgets will no longer be exposed to...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Infectious DiseasesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of planned reductions to the Official Development Assistance budget on the effectiveness of programmes to tackle infectiou
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.We plan to publish final 2025/26 ODA programme allocation...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which development programmes he plans to maintain funding for after the planned reduction of the Official Development Assistance budget is implemented.
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.We plan to publish final 2025/26 ODA programme allocation...
Answered 1 May 2025
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