Wendy Morton MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Railways: MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Transport of 8 July 2025 on Road and Rail Projects, Official Report, columns 822-3, whether it is her policy that the full cost of the midla
Answer: A sum of £123m has been allocated by the Government to deliver detailed designs of the first phase of MRH. The designs will produce a more accurate cost estimate, a delivery schedule and subsequently form the basis of a ‘Final Investment Decision’. This p...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Transport of 8 July 2025 on Road and Rail Projects, Official Report, columns 822-3, what her Department's timetable is for providing more in
Answer: The first phase of Midlands Rail Hub enables additional rail services between Birmingham and South Wales, and the South West, and on Birmingham’s Cross City Line. Subsequent phases are at an earlier stage of development but include the potential for addit...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: WalsallDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department plans to allocate to Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council for fixing potholes in each of the next three financial years.
Answer: The West Midlands Combined Authority, of which Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council is a constituent authority, is in receipt of £1.05bn of devolved City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) funding for the period 2022/23 to 2026/27, and has b...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordM54: M6Department for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department has allocated to the M54 to M6 link road in Staffordshire; and how she plans to allocate this funding across the Spending Review period.
Answer: On the 8th July, the Transport Secretary announced that the scheme will be progressing, following on from the Spending Review in June. £24 billion of capital funding is being provided between 2026-27 and 2029-30 to maintain and improve motorways and local...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordM54: M6Department for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's planned timetable is for completing the M54 to M6 link road in Staffordshire.
Answer: On the 8th July, the Transport Secretary announced that the scheme will be progressing, following on from the Spending Review in June. £24 billion of capital funding is being provided between 2026-27 and 2029-30 to maintain and improve motorways and local...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: ElectrificationDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 65283 on Railways: Electrification, how many miles of electrification will be delivered from that funding in each of those three years.
Answer: The Department does not hold estimates for how much electrification will be delivered on a yearly basis, as the rate of delivery can vary as projects progress and proposals are finalised in the development stage. Network Rail publishes yearly statistics f...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Authorities: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what additional funding she plans to provide to planning departments in local authorities in 2025-26.
Answer: Supporting local planning authorities to attract, retain and develop skilled planners is crucial to ensuring they provide a proactive, efficient planning service for local communities and that new developments are well designed and facilitate local growth...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Plans: Environment ProtectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that neighbourhood plans effectively safeguard the environment and green belt in local areas.
Answer: By designating Local Green Spaces and setting expectations for development in their area, neighbourhood plans can ensure development is environmentally acceptable and preserves access to nature. Local planning authorities, in consultation with their commu...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Association of Local CouncilsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of funding the National Association of Local Councils.
Answer: The government welcomes the work of the National Association of Local Councils to support and represent town and parish councils in England. The government has not assessed the merits of providing general funding to the National Association of Local Counc...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAfrica: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Africa has had with trade unions on women’s empowerment; and on what dates those discussions were held.
Answer: The Minister for Africa had two official engagements on the topic of women's empowerment during the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Firstly, a meeting with a senior delegation from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) on 12 March 2025,...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that local housing targets include provision for (a) infrastructure and (b) brownfield remediation.
Answer: The revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 includes a new Standard Method for assessing housing needs that is aligned to our Plan for Change milestone of building 1.5 million new safe and decent homes in England by the en...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: West MidlandsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy 2025, published on 23 June 2025, if he will provide a breakdown of where he plans for the 41,000 new homes in the West Midlands to be built; and wh
Answer: In setting out how the Government will strengthen connections between and within city regions and clusters, the Industrial Strategy confirmed our commitment to delivering and maximising the growth benefits of HS2. The Industrial Strategy referenced indepe...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Oral Contribution of the Secretary of State for Transport: Road and Rail Projects delivered on 8 July 2025, when the 39,000 new properties will be built.
Answer: The 39,000-figure cited by the Secretary of State for Transport is an estimate of the number of new homes that will be supported by the road and rail projects announced on 8 July 2025. My Department is working with others across government to ensure that ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: West MidlandsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Oral Contribution of the Secretary of State for Transport: Road and Rail Projects delivered on 8 July 2025, how many of the 39,000 new properties will be bu
Answer: The 39,000-figure cited by the Secretary of State for Transport is an estimate of the number of new homes that will be supported by the road and rail projects announced on 8 July 2025. My Department is working with others across government to ensure that ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources available to local authorities to enforce waste disposal regulations.
Answer: This question has been interpreted as relating to whether an assessment has been made regarding adequate infrastructure availability for local authorities to meet their Simpler Recycling requirements. We are working with WRAP (Waste and Resources Action P...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether additional funding has been allocated to the Environment Agency to tackle waste crime in the current financial year.
Answer: Defra works closely with the Environment Agency (EA) to ensure it is equipped to carry out its functions effectively and deliver for the public and the environment. The EA’s total budget for 2025 to 2026 has increased to £2,274 million and includes £10 mi...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the conviction rate was for waste crime offences in each of the last five years.
Answer: The conviction rates for the last five years are as follows: 2020 – 82%2021 – 81%2022 – 86%2023 – 83%2024 – 84%
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of prosecutions for waste crime offences in England and Wales.
Answer: Of the additional £5.6 million allocated to the Environment Agency (EA) this year to tackle waste crime, £2 million has allowed the EA to recruit an additional 43 operational staff and achieve focus on enforcement. Prosecution is not always the most effec...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department with Cabinet colleagues to help seek justice for every victim of grooming gangs.
Answer: On 16 June 2025, the Home Secretary made a statement to Parliament announcing Government's acceptance of all the recommendations made in Baroness Louise Casey's independent National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in England and W...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: West MidlandsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 62958 on Affordable Housing: West Midlands, when he will publish a figure for the funding that has been allocated to the West Mi
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 2 July (HCWS771).
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInfrastructure: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of infrastructure developments on agricultural land.
Answer: The government places great importance upon our agricultural land. The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that planning policies and decisions should recognise the benefits of the Best and Most Versatile Agricultural Land (land in grades 1, 2 and...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been built since July 2024.
Answer: Statistics on gross additional affordable housing supply in England between April 2024 and March 2025, including the number of affordable homes built, will be published by December 2025.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes she plans to deliver in this Parliament.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 2 July (HCWS771).
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFiscal PolicyTreasuryTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67888More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of fiscal uncertainty on levels of business confidence.
Answer: Ensuring fiscal stability is a core part of delivering economic stability and providing a strong foundation for growth. The Government has been clear that the fiscal rules are non-negotiable.We also introduced a series of responsible reforms to the fiscal...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUnfair DismissalDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he made of the potential impact of delaying the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill’s provisions on unfair dismissal protections on levels of business confidence.
Answer: There is no delay to implementation. On 1 July the Government published “Implementing the Employment Rights Bill: Roadmap”. It provides clarity for employers and workers on when Government will consult on the implementation of Bill measures, and when meas...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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