Wendy Morton MP: written questions 2025
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public ExpenditureForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 63636 on BBC World Service, which projects were not settled in the Spending Review and will be determined under separate con
Answer: We now have our departmental allocation in the Spending Review. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Official Development Assistance (ODA) and non-ODA allocations and the impact on programmes, including the BBC World Service, are being worked ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordKenya: Bilateral AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the FCDO Kenya-UK Strategic Partnership: Joint Statement, published on 2 July 2025, what budget has been allocated for the Nairobi Railway City project; in
Answer: The Nairobi Railway City Project is a Government of Kenya funded project. The UK government has allocated £2 million to provide Kenya with technical assistance to help it structure, phase, manage and deliver the series of infrastructure projects that will...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordKenya: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his expected outcomes are of the UK-Kenya strategic partnership on (a) trade and (b) economic cooperation.
Answer: The new Kenya-UK Strategic Partnership 2025-2030 provides a comprehensive framework to progress our shared objectives, strengthening the bilateral relationship and delivering growth for the UK and Kenya. This new partnership will potentially deliver £1 bi...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordKenya: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to support Kenya’s security priorities as part of the newly announced strategic partnership.
Answer: The Strategic Partnership will strengthen our joint response to regional terrorism, illicit finance, cyber attacks and organised crime, to keep Kenyans and British Nationals safe. This is underpinned by the UK-Kenya Security Compact which was also signed ...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational Conference on Financing for DevelopmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what budget was allocated for his Department's involvement at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville and how many (a) officials,(b) minis
Answer: The Minister of State for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean, led the UK's delegation at the Fourth Financing for Development Conference (FfD4) in Seville. Alongside the Minister, fourteen Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his new development financing strategy will prioritise the most vulnerable countries.
Answer: Reducing poverty in the world's poorest, most fragile and unstable environments remains central to our Official Development Assistance (ODA). The UK will remain a leading humanitarian actor, in a world where 300 million people require humanitarian assista...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeorgia: Diplomatic RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department's news story entitled Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office summons Georgian Chargé d'Affaires, published on 30 June 2025, what respon
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has not received any formal response from the Georgian Dream Government to its summons of the Georgian Chargé d'Affaires on 30 June 2025. The UK, alongside European partners, remains deeply concerned by the...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeorgia: Civil LibertiesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department will take steps to support (a) the freedom of expression and (b) civil society in Georgia.
Answer: I remain deeply concerned by the Georgian Dream government's increasing repression of opposition voices, civil society, and independent media. On 11 July in coordination with European partners, the Foreign Secretary condemned politically motivated detenti...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPandemic FundForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK’s contribution to the Pandemic Fund.
Answer: The UK has committed £25 million to the Pandemic Fund. We remain committed to building pandemic prevention, preparedness and response capacity and capability in developing countries, including through our other multilateral investments and diplomatic enga...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Antimicrobial ResistanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to provide transitional funding to help prevent the closure of surveillance laboratories.
Answer: The UK recognises the role that surveillance laboratories play in early detection and response to infectious disease threats. We are currently working through detailed decisions on how the Official Development Assistance budget will be used in future year...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Antimicrobial ResistanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of decision to close the Fleming Fund.
Answer: To fund a necessary increase in defence spending, the Government has taken the decision to reduce our Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget to 0.3% of Gross National Income (GNI) by 2027. This reflects the world we live in and the threats our count...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWrexham, Shropshire & Midlands RailwayDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Office of Rail and Road’s decision to reject the open access application from Wrexham, Shropshire & Midlands Railway (WSMR) on passengers.
Answer: The Department remains committed to Open Access where it provides genuine benefits for passengers through improved connectivity and does not disproportionately impact taxpayers or performance of the network. That is why we supported WSMR’s application, ac...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Spending Review 2025 published on 11 June 2025, how much of the £750 million per year for maintaining and improving bus service will be allocated to the West Midlands.
Answer: The Government reaffirmed its commitment to investing in bus services long-term in the Spending Review by confirming additional funding from 2026/27 to maintain and improve bus services, and extend the £3 bus fare cap by over a year until March 2027. Allo...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRegeneration: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department plans to provide for brownfield remediation in the (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27 financial year.
Answer: The government is making available over £1.8bn of grant funding for land and infrastructure in 2025/26. We will launch the National Housing Delivery Fund in 2026/27. Its c.£5bn of capital grant funding will be available across the four financial years fro...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the regional allocation of (a) local authority housing and (b) affordable homes programme funds in the Spending Review 2025.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 2 July (HCWS771).
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what modelling he undertook during the Spending Review process for funding for the (a) palliative and (b) end of life care sectors for (i) 2025-26, (ii) 2026-27 and (iii) 2027-28.
Answer: Department and NHS England officials used a variety of data sources, local examples, and academic research in the modelling for the palliative care and end of life care bids that were made as part of the Spending Review (SR) process.The SR announced that ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 61535 on Palliative Care: Finance, what discussions he plans to have with the hospice sector on the allocation of funding for (a) palliative and (b
Answer: Department and NHS England officials used a variety of data sources, local examples, and academic research in the modelling for the palliative care and end of life care bids that were made as part of the Spending Review (SR) process.The SR announced that ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: ChildrenTreasuryTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66177More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a longer term settlement for children’s hospices beyond 2025-26.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role hospices play in supporting people at the end of life alongside their families. We are determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, and hospices will have a big role to play in that ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceTreasuryTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66176More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to consult with the hospice sector prior to the Autumn Budget 2025.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role hospices play in supporting people at the end of life alongside their families. We are determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, and hospices will have a big role to play in that ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceTreasuryTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66175More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she had with the hospice sector ahead of publishing the Spending Review 2025.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role hospices play in supporting people at the end of life alongside their families. We are determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, and hospices will have a big role to play in that ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPeople Smuggling: ProsecutionsHome OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful prosecutions there have been of people involved in people smuggling gangs since 5 July 2024.
Answer: From 5 July 2024 (to 10 July 2025) Home Office Immigration Enforcement Criminal and Financial Investigation have convicted 168 people involved in people smuggling.In many cases, someone convicted in this date range may have been arrested in a previous tim...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the use of asylum accommodation.
Answer: The Home Office continues to work with a range of stakeholders to fulfil our statutory obligations and deliver our commitment to reduce the overall cost of asylum accommodation, including ending the use of hotels by the end of this Parliament.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration ControlsHome OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory cap on levels of migration.
Answer: The Home Office’s Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, sets out proposals for reform in a wide range of areas across the immigration and asylum system, including a cap on the amount of lower skilled migration into the UK.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Community RelationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take with local authorities to help encourage social cohesion at a neighbourhood level.
Answer: Local Authorities are being actively supported to improve social cohesion through a range of national initiatives. This includes the recently announced communities funding for up to 350 places, incorporating the existing 75 Plan for Neighbourhoods, announ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Defence Investment Plan.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided to the hon. Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge), on 13 June in response to Question 58671.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
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