Wendy Morton MP: written questions 2025
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Insurance: UkraineTreasuryTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60455More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing government-backed insurance guarantees or reinsurance schemes to enable private insurers to underwrite commercial activity in Ukraine.
Answer: As referred to in the previous PQ regarding risk mitigation in the insurance industry, the UK Government has played a leading role in developing solutions that have helped to reopen and rebuild insurance markets in Ukraine. The UK provided a £20 million c...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Companies: UkraineDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support UK companies unable to secure insurance coverage for business operations in Ukraine.
Answer: My department works closely with businesses to understand the needs of UK companies wishing to operate in Ukraine. Support is available on https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/support-for-uk-businesses-helping-to-rebuild-ukraine, which references pot...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: NutritionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February to Question 28555 on Nutrition for Growth Summit, whether it his Department’s policy to spend £1.5 billion on nutrition objectives by 20
Answer: The Spending Review 2025 confirmed the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO) Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget from 2026/27 onwards. Over the coming months, the Department will undertake detailed planning to determine how this b...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: WaterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 41836 on Development Aid, if he will set out his spending plans for WASH programmes, in the context of the Spending Review
Answer: We will publish the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's final 2025/26 Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations in the Annual Report & Accounts in July. Over the coming months, we will work through detailed decisions on ho...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Soft Power Council: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2025 to Question 27532 on UK Soft Power Council: Finance, what the annual budget is for the Soft Power Council, in the context of the Spend
Answer: All Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office allocation decisions for the Spending Review period will be taken over the coming months.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Cost EffectivenessForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2025 to Question 42468 on Development Aid: Cost Effectiveness, what impact assessments his Department undertook as part of the Spending Rev
Answer: The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security, and Official Development Assistance (ODA). Equality impact assessments are an essential part of how we make decisions on ODA allocations. Detailed decis...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNutrition for Growth SummitForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 28555 on Nutrition for Growth Summit, how much funding his Department has allocated in relation to the Nutrition For Gr
Answer: At the 2025 Nutrition for Growth summit, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) launched the Global Compact on Nutrition Integration. 86 organisations and countries have endorsed the Compact. This commits us to integrating nutrition actio...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, how much funding will be available to support the UK’s global health security objectives in this spendi
Answer: We will publish Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO) final 2025/26 Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations in the Annual Report & Accounts in July. Over the coming months, we will work through detailed decisions on...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAfrica: Disease ControlForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, how much funding has been allocated to the Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa Programme in this spendin
Answer: The Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa 2 programme is a five year programme which is saving lives and reducing the impact of disease outbreaks on populations in Africa. Now in its third year of implementation, the programme is strengthening regional healt...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Tropical DiseasesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, how much funding has been allocated to overseas development aid programmes on neglected tropical diseas
Answer: We will publish Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's final 2025/26 Official Development Assistance programme allocations in the Annual Report & Accounts in July.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, what funding will be provided for the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in this spending r
Answer: The UK has long been a strong supporter of The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. We have committed £1 billion to the current grant cycle covering 2023-2025. The Spending Review does not finalise detailed Official Development Assistance ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGavi, the Vaccine Alliance: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, what funding will be provided for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in this spending review period.
Answer: The UK has long been a strong supporter of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. We have committed £1.65 billion to the current strategic period covering 2021-2025. The outcomes of the Spending Review are being used to inform how the Official Development Assistance...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: EducationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2025 to Question 36405 on International Day of Education, how much funding his Department will provide for global education in 2025-26 and
Answer: The transition to spending 0.3 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI) on Official Development Assistance (ODA) demands significant shifts in the scale and shape of our ODA spending, in line with the shifts underway as we modernise our approach to develop...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLandminesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 48939 on Land Mines, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding provision for de-mining for achieving the UK’s ob
Answer: The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office's final 2025/26 Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations will be published in the Annual Report & Accounts in July. Over the coming months, we will work through detailed decisions on h...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Council: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2025 to Question 35281 on British Council: Finance, what plans he has to introduce a longer-term funding model for the British Council foll
Answer: While the British Council's Board of Trustees is ultimately responsible for the British Council's financial sustainability, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and British Council's shared objective is for the British Council to be fin...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Antimicrobial ResistanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes in ODA following the Spending Review on the UK’s efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance globally.
Answer: We will publish the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's final 2025/26 Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations in the Annual Report & Accounts in July. Over the coming months, we will work through detailed decisions on ho...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 41835 on Africa: Development Aid, if he will set out bilateral country ODA budgets following the Spending Review.
Answer: We will publish the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's final 2025/26 Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations in the Annual Report & Accounts in July.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Policing: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59011More
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 proportion of the increased funding allocated to policing in the Spending Review 2025 will be allocat
Answer: Details on how funding will be allocated beyond 2025-26 will be set out at the police settlement later this year.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 28 April 2025 to Question 47228, what his plans for the future of the Sustainable Farming Incentive are following the Spending Review.
Answer: Our new Sustainable Farming Incentive offer will be more targeted to better meet priorities on food, farming and nature. More details on the offer will be available later in the summer.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding she has allocated to the completion of the Midlands Rail Hub.
Answer: The Chancellor’s commitment to progress Midlands Rail Hub West in the 2025 Spending Review follows the release of £123 million last year to design the first phase, which could be delivered by the early 2030s.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 2344 on Railways: West Midlands, what impact her Department’s internal review of its capital spend portfolio had on the decision on Midlands Rail Hub.
Answer: As referenced by the Chancellor, this settlement shows the government's commitment to progress Midlands Rail Hub West, strengthening connections between Birmingham, the South-West and Wales.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the Spending Review 2025 on 11 June 2025, what funding will be provided to progress the next stage of the Midlands Rail Hub.
Answer: The Chancellor’s commitment to progress Midlands Rail Hub West in the 2025 Spending Review follows the release of £123 million last year to design the first phase, which could be delivered by the early 2030s.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK's Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure ForumDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) officials and (b) Ministers participated at the UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum event between 20 and 22 May 2025.
Answer: The Minister for Investment and officials from the Department for Business and Trade have participated at the UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) event that took place between 20 and 22 May 2025.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56804More
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 Immigration White paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues to reduce net migration, further details of which will be set out in due course.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: West MidlandsHome OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent trends in levels of small boat crossings on (a) the immigration system and (b) local authorities in the West Midlands.
Answer: The Home Office carefully monitors overall irregular migration and has regular engagement directly with local authorities and via Regional Strategic Migration Partnerships to discuss any specific impacts on local communities and regions.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
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