Wendy Morton MP: written questions 2025
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Veterans: Employment SchemesMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help support veterans into employment.
Answer: This Government is committed to ensuring that veterans have the support they need after leaving military Service, which includes securing sustainable employment which makes full use of their skills and qualifications. There is a range of tailored employme...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Private EducationMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Continuity of Education Allowance rates for the children of service personnel.
Answer: The Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) scheme recognises the enormous sacrifices our military families make and aims to minimise the disruption to their children’s education caused by Service commitments involving frequent moves of the family home. T...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRecreation Spaces: Caravan SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current measures to protect public green spaces from (a) unauthorised encampments and (b) environmental damage.
Answer: The designation of land as Local Green Space through local and neighbourhood plans allows communities to identify and protect green areas of particular importance to them.Local plans are expected to identify, map and safeguard locally designated sites of ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of neighbourhood planning policies in involving local communities in the planning process.
Answer: As set out in Paragraph 30 of the National Planning Policy Framework, neighbourhood planning gives communities the power to develop a shared vision for their area. Neighbourhood plans can shape, direct, and help to deliver sustainable development, by infl...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that developers take account of adopted neighbourhood plans.
Answer: The government remains of the view that neighbourhood plans can play an important role in the planning system.Once passed at referendum, neighbourhood plans form part of the statutory development plan for the local area which is the basis for making decis...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the role of neighbourhood plans in the planning process.
Answer: The government remains of the view that neighbourhood plans can play an important role in the planning system. Communities can continue to prepare neighbourhood plans where they consider that doing so is in their best interests.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAntisocial BehaviourHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of community policing in tackling antisocial behaviour linked to waste crime.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) is a top priority for this Government and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission. As a result of our Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, every police force in England and Wales now has a dedicated lead officer for ASB,...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping: ProsecutionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities seeking to prosecute repeat fly-tipping offenders.
Answer: The Government encourages councils to make good use of their enforcement powers, including prosecution, and we are taking steps to help them do so. We intend to develop new fly-tipping enforcement guidance and are also reviewing their powers to seize and ...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLandfillDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether landfill sites in England will receive waste from Scotland following the Scottish Government’s decision to ban landfill in that country.
Answer: I met with Gillian Martin MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy in the Scottish Government on 3rd July 2025 to discuss this important issue. The Scottish Government has assured me that they do not believe that it is acceptable for a large amount ...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLandfillDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Scottish Government’s decision to ban landfill in Scotland on levels of landfill in England.
Answer: I met with Gillian Martin MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy in the Scottish Government on 3rd July 2025 to discuss this important issue. The Scottish Government has assured me that they do not believe that it is acceptable for a large amount ...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tippingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to local authorities of clearing fly-tipped waste.
Answer: According to Defra official statistics, in 2023/24, around 4% of fly-tipping incidents dealt with by local authorities in England were of ‘tipper lorry load’ size or larger. For these incidents, the cost of clearance to local authorities was £13.1 million...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tippingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65781More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase levels of funding for local authorities for enforcing the prevention of illegal waste dumping.
Answer: The recent Spending Review provides over £5 billion of new grant funding over the next three years for local services that communities rely on. This results in an average overall real terms increase in local authority core spending power of 2.6% per year....
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of levels of penalties for waste crime.
Answer: Legislation relating to waste crime such as fly-tipping and illegal waste sites allows for an unlimited fine and up to five years imprisonment. We are making the regulations for the transport and management of waste tougher so that those who break the new...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping: Rural AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle fly-tipping in (a) rural and (b) suburban communities.
Answer: Fly-tipping is a serious crime which blights communities and places significant costs on both taxpayers and businesses. Local authorities are responsible for tackling fly-tipping in their areas and we want to see an effective enforcement strategy at the c...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 62956 on Waste Disposal: Birmingham, when Ministers in her Department last met with the Leader of Birmingham City Council to dis
Answer: All details of ministerial meetings with external bodies are published on gov.uk.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60503 on Housing: Construction, what steps he is taking to help mitigate risks associated with fluctuations in energy prices.
Answer: The Government believes the best way to protect billpayers, both households and businesses, from fluctuations in energy prices is through our mission to deliver clean power by 2030. The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60503 on Housing: Construction, what the cost components are of the stability of energy costs in manufacturing.
Answer: Manufacturing energy costs are comprised of the wholesale price, network charges, and policy costs used to fund renewables and other initiatives including the Contracts for Difference, Renewables Obligation, Feed-in Tariff, Capacity Market charges, Nuclea...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the West Midlands Rail Hub to be completed.
Answer: The first phase of Midlands Rail Hub, which enables additional trains between Birmingham and South Wales, and the South West, and on Birmingham’s Cross City Line is expected to enter service in the early 2030s.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: ElectrificationDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding she has provided for rail electrification in the (a) 2025-26, (b) 2026-27 and (c) 2027-28 financial years.
Answer: Funding for rail enhancements is provided at portfolio level and allocated to individual schemes rather than to types and categories of works. Electrification is included in the scope of a number of schemes included within the £10.2bn funding for rail enh...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support households to get value for money from their energy supplier.
Answer: The government has been working with Ofgem to drive a step-change in customer service through the regulator's Consumer Confidence programme. This includes reviewing the rules around billing accuracy and complaint handling so that suppliers get it right fi...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60503 on Housing: Construction, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) prevent future cost pressures on mat
Answer: The government is working with industry to ensure the housebuilding sector has access to the construction materials needed to build 1.5 million safe and decent homes in this parliament.We expect suppliers to increase capacity to meet demand and there is e...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCredit: Interest RatesTreasuryTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64757More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of households relying on high-cost credit to meet living expenses.
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is responsible for regulating the consumer credit sector. The FCA requires firms to carry out an assessment of the creditworthiness of a prospective borrower before entering into a regulated credit agreement with them...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal SavingsTreasuryTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64756More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of average savings held by (a) low-income households and (b) pensioners for meeting emergency or unforeseen costs.
Answer: The Government is committed to incentivising saving and investment, helping people to save for their future goals and build greater financial resilience. Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) support people of all incomes and at all stages of life to save. T...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal SavingsTreasuryTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64755More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to incentivise saving.
Answer: Individuals can save up to £20,000 into an Individual Savings Account each year, and any savings income received is tax free. Along with the Personal Savings Allowance of up to £1,000, and the Starting Rate for Savings of up to £5,000 for those with earne...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood and Energy: PricesTreasuryTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64754More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to reduce the burden of (a) food costs, (b) energy bills and (c) credit costs on households.
Answer: We know increased costs in essential areas are worrying and cause hardship for many families with children. That is why the Government is taking a comprehensive approach—supporting those in immediate need while addressing the structural changes necessary ...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
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