Wendy Morton MP: written questions
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Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that housing developments agreed through the accelerated planning process under the Planning and Infrastructure Bill align with the unique
Answer: The Planning and Infrastructure Bill will improve certainty and decision-making in the planning system, including through introducing a new scheme of delegation to modernise local planning committees, and increasing the capacity of local planning authorit...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLeasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to implement the provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 21 November 2024 (HCWS244).
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PolicingHome OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help improve the effectiveness of the (a) collection and (b) dissemination of neighbourhood crime data.
Answer: Information on offences including vehicle-related theft, domestic burglary, theft from the person and robbery of personal property is routinely included in the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Crime Survey for England Wales and by the Home Office from...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department had discussions with (a) farming groups and (b) stakeholders prior to the decision to close the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.
Answer: The high uptake of the scheme means it is fully subscribed. The decision to close the scheme to new applications was taken at that point. We could not give any advance notice because we needed to ensure fair access to the scheme and avoid creating a sudde...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme on farmers who had planned to transition to the new land mana
Answer: On 11 March 2025, we published forecasts which suggest that Average Farm Business Income has risen in 2024/25 across all farm types with the exception of cereal farms. This follows a fall in income for most farm types in 2023/24, after some exceptional hi...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his department conducted an impact assessment before the decision to close the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme was made.
Answer: We publish regular statistics on Farm Business Income broken down in various ways. Farming evidence packs have been recently updated including key statistics and farm performance. These set out an extensive range of data to provide an overview of agricult...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tippingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to provide additional financial support to local authorities to meet the cost of disposing of fly-tipped waste.
Answer: Defra has no current plans to provide additional financial support to local authorities to meet the cost of disposing of fly-tipped waste. We are considering how we can support local authorities to tackle fly-tipping in other ways. Indeed, we are seeking ...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tippingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of fly-tipping have been reported in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: Local authorities in England are required to report fly-tipping incidents to Defra, which are published annually at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england. Data for the 2023/24 reporting year is available at this link. Data for th...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATTreasuryTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38599More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of the application of VAT to private school fees on the long-term finances of (a) private and (b) state education sectors.
Answer: The Government has published a detailed costing note and Tax Impact and Information Note (TIIN) assessing the impacts of applying VAT to private school fees, including impacts on private schools and state schools: Private school fees — VAT measure - GOV.U...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATTreasuryTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38598More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Exchequer has raised from the application of VAT to private school fees since 1 January 2025.
Answer: The Annex to the Government Response to the Technical Note, Government_Response_to_the_Technical_Note_on_Applying_VAT_to_Private_School_Fees_and_Removing_the_Business_Rates_Charitable_Rate_Relief.pdf, sets out the expected VAT revenue resulting from this ...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support state schools with trends in the level of demand for state school places following the application of VAT to private school fees.
Answer: As set out in HM Treasury’s tax information and impact note published on GOV.UK, the introduction of VAT is anticipated to have a very limited impact on the number of pupils in state and private schools. The department has not seen any evidence that contr...
Answered 29 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the application of VAT on private school fees on the (a) accessibility and (b) quality of state education.
Answer: As set out in HM Treasury’s tax information and impact note published on GOV.UK, the introduction of VAT is anticipated to have a very limited impact on the number of pupils in state and private schools. The department has not seen any evidence that contr...
Answered 29 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children who transferred from private to state schools in the first three months of (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.
Answer: Data on pupil numbers in the state-funded and private school sectors is collected in January and published in June each year. This shows how pupil numbers at different types of school have changed over time.In January 2023 there were 591,954 pupils in ind...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Policing: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 36082 on Neighbourhood Policing: Finance, how much and what proportion of the funding allocated for the financial year 2025-26 has been allocated to
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering our Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, and that is why we have committed £200 million to kickstart the increase of 13,000 neighbourhood officers in communities across England and Wales by the End of this Parliament...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 36079 on Bus Services and Railways: Employers' Contributions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the planned increase in emplo
Answer: The increase to National Insurance employers’ contributions announced at the Budget is expected to increase bus operator costs, but the Department has made no estimate of the specific costs. We are committed to working with the sector to deliver better bu...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 36079 on Bus Services and Railways: Employers' Contributions, how much and what proportion of the £1 billion additional funding for buses will be spent on the
Answer: The £1 billion of funding for buses awarded as part of the Budget includes £712 million allocated to local authorities to support and improve bus services. Local authorities can use this funding however they wish to improve bus services for passengers. In...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps are being considered to reduce financial burdens on small and independent high street businesses.
Answer: This government is committed to creating a fairer business rates system for small businesses on the high street. From 2026-27, we will introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties with rateable values of less...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that hospice care services across England are sufficiently funded; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an ageing population on d
Answer: Whilst the majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by National Health Service staff and services, we recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, also play in providing support to people at end of life ...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Small BusinessesDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises to offer apprenticeships.
Answer: Apprenticeships can support small and medium sized employers (SMEs) to improve their skills base, boost productivity and develop a pipeline of future talent.To support non-levy paying employers, usually SMEs, to offer apprenticeships, the government pays ...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordKnives: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to improve educational support and engagement for vulnerable young people at risk of becoming involved in knife crime.
Answer: The Home Office has committed to the creation of a new Young Futures Programme, which will establish a network of Young Futures Hubs and Young Futures Prevention Partnerships, to ensure at risk children and young people are supported in a more systematic ...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordKnives: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support community-led initiatives focused on preventing knife crime.
Answer: The Home Office has committed to the creation of a new Young Futures Programme, which will establish a network of Young Futures Hubs and Young Futures Prevention Partnerships, to ensure at risk children and young people are supported in a more systematic ...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBatteries: StorageDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to protect green belt land from fire risks when developing battery energy storage systems.
Answer: The Government agrees with the need to have robust measures in place to manage the risks associated with facilities that use large numbers of lithium-ion batteries. The Health and Safety Executive regulates grid-scale lithium-ion batteries within a robust...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: Green BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take legislative steps to ensure there is consultation with local communities before any developments are approved on grey belt land.
Answer: I refer the right hon. Member to the answers to Question UIN 26011 on 31 January 2025; UIN 26507 on 5 February 2025; and UIN 36395 on 12 March 2025. It is for individual local authorities to plan and make decisions regarding the location and potential imp...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: Green BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the National Planning Policy Framework published in December 2024, whether her Department has conducted an environmental impact assessment on the proposed devel
Answer: I refer the right hon. Member to the answers to Question UIN 26011 on 31 January 2025; UIN 26507 on 5 February 2025; and UIN 36395 on 12 March 2025. It is for individual local authorities to plan and make decisions regarding the location and potential imp...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2024, what role will local communities play in the assessment of land designated as grey belt.
Answer: I refer the right hon. Member to the answers to Question UIN 26011 on 31 January 2025; UIN 26507 on 5 February 2025; and UIN 36395 on 12 March 2025. It is for individual local authorities to plan and make decisions regarding the location and potential imp...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
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