Wendy Morton MP: written questions
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Fly-tippingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring the person responsible for fly-tipping, rather than the landowner, to bear the costs of clean-up.
Answer: Where fly-tippers are prosecuted, upon conviction a cost order can already be made by the court so that a landowner’s costs can be recovered from the perpetrator. Local councils can also issue fixed penalty notices of up to £1000 to those who fly-tip, the...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping and Litter: Fixed PenaltiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adding penalty points to the driver’s licences of people convicted of (a) fly-tipping and (b) littering from a vehicle.
Answer: Local authorities already have powers to stop, search and seize vehicles of suspected fly-tippers. We will consider the benefits of allowing penalty points to be added to the driving licence of people convicted of fly-tipping in due course.
Answered 22 Apr 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 recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2025 onto Question 40498 on Food Supply, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of food security in UK; and what steps he is taking to increase
Answer: Food security is national security. We need a resilient and healthy food system, that works with nature and supports British farmers, fishers and food producers. The UK has a resilient food supply chain and is equipped to deal with situations with the pot...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of (a) the potential merits of the West Midlands Rail Hub and (b) the potential impact of the West Midlands Rail Hub on (i) economic growth and (ii) connectivity.
Answer: Midlands Rail Hub would unlock thousands of homes and drive economic growth, with better connections regionally and nationally, and more reliable trains. It will provide up to 300 extra trains a day into Birmingham while improving the performance of servi...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of the proposed West Midlands Rail Hub on rail (a) connectivity and (b) reliability in (i) the West Midlands and (ii) nationally.
Answer: Midlands Rail Hub would unlock thousands of homes and drive economic growth, with better connections regionally and nationally, and more reliable trains. It will provide up to 300 extra trains a day into Birmingham while improving the performance of servi...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting the West Midlands Rail Hub.
Answer: Midlands Rail Hub would unlock thousands of homes and drive economic growth, with better connections regionally and nationally, and more reliable trains. It will provide up to 300 extra trains a day into Birmingham while improving the performance of servi...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: CerealsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the resilience of Ukraine's export infrastructure to export grain.
Answer: The resilience of Ukraine's grain export infrastructure is demonstrated by the fact that it exported all its surplus harvest from 2023 and is on course to do so again for its 2024 harvest. Ukraine is now exporting over 80 per cent of its grain through its...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: CerealsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the quantity of Ukrainian grain being transported through the Black Sea.
Answer: Over 80 per cent of Ukraine's grain exports are now transported through the Black Sea corridor. In 2024, over 48 million tonnes of grains and oilseeds were exported, and monthly volumes were consistently at the highest levels since the war began. Through ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: ReviewsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Independent Development Review in the context of recent changes to Official Development Assistance.
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 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNutrition for Growth SummitForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many FCDO staff attended the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris in March 2025; and what was the total budget versus the actual cost of attending.
Answer: At the 2025 Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit in Paris, the UK delegation was led by Baroness Chapman, the Minister for International Development, Latin America, and the Caribbean. In total, five Foreign, Commonwealth, Development Office (FCDO) staff memb...
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 recordDisease Control: International AssistanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2025 to Question 35682 on Disease Control: International Assistance, how much of the £10 million transferred to the Pandemic Fund has been
Answer: The UK transferred £10 million to the Pandemic Fund in FY 2022/23. Since it was established in September 2022 (and over the period 2022/23 to 2025/26), the Pandemic Fund has announced allocations of $885 million, supporting 47 projects in 75 countries.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2025 to Question 38604 on Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of farmers
Answer: This Government inherited an uncapped scheme aimed at mass participation of farm businesses, despite a finite farming budget. In order to ensure we acted in a financially responsible way we took the decision to stop accepting new Sustainable Farming Incen...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Pension SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March to Question 38609 on Local Government Pension Scheme, what her planned timeline is for the announcement of reforms as part of the Chancellor’s
Answer: The Government consulted on a proposed set of reforms in our “Fit For the Future" Consultation, which closed on 16 January 2025. We are currently analysing responses and will publish a Government response to the consultation in due course.
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Policing: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 38594 on Neighbourhood Policing: Finance, what estimate she has made of funding available to frontline policing in 2025-26.
Answer: The 2025-26 final police funding settlement provides funding of up to £19.6 billion for the policing system in England and Wales. This is an overall increase of up to £1.2 billion when compared to the 2024-25 settlement. Total funding to police forces wil...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall BusinessesCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43071More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of new (a) Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and (b) micro businesses created between 30 October 2024 and 31 March 2025.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 1st April is attached.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: BirminghamDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Birmingham bin strikes on neighbouring constituencies.
Answer: The Government is aware of the disruption caused by the bin strikes and the associated public health risks to the residents of Birmingham. While Birmingham City Council continues to lead the response, cross-Government mechanisms have been activated to ens...
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFly Tipping and LitterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support local government to help tackle flytipping and littering.
Answer: Local councils have wide ranging enforcement powers to help them tackle littering and fly-tipping. These include fixed penalty notices of up to £1000 to fly-tippers and £500 to those who litter, prosecution action and, in the case of fly-tipping, vehicle ...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLitter: Community DevelopmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is he taking to support participation in the Great British Spring Clean initiative.
Answer: I was proud to speak at the launch event of the Great British Spring Clean in parliament in February. It is encouraging to see that there are a growing number of public-spirited individuals and community groups tackling litter all over the country. I also...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLotteries: TaxationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason it is her policy to place a mandatory gambling levy on society lotteries while not requiring the National Lottery to make a mandatory problem gambling contribution.
Answer: Under the terms of the fourth licence, the National Lottery operator, Allwyn, is required to make a £1.6million annual contribution to socially responsible purposes such as research and treatment.Society lotteries will be charged the levy at the lowest ra...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
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