Wendy Morton MP: written questions
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Neighbourhood BoardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Growth and Building Safety of 4 March 2025 on Plan for Neighbourhoods, Official Repor
Answer: The local authority or an alternative organisation, such as a community group if agreed by the chair and local authority, should act as secretariat to the board. Recognising the partnership between the board and local authority, council officers may provi...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood BoardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Growth and Building Safety of 4 March 2025 on Plan for Neighbourhoods, Official Repor
Answer: The default geographic boundary for each place is determined as follows:for England and Wales: the built-up areas as defined by the Office for National Statistics (2022 boundaries GB BGG)for Scotland: based on Localities 2020 geographyfor Northern Ireland...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood BoardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Growth and Building Safety of 4 March 2025 on Plan for Neighbourhoods, Official Repor
Answer: MPs whose constituencies sit within the boundary of the place must sit on the board. In Scotland and Wales the appropriate constituency MSP or MS should also sit on the board. Councils in Northern Ireland are encouraged to invite the MLAs to the board and...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood BoardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Growth and Building Safety of 4 March 2025 on Plan for Neighbourhoods, Official Repor
Answer: The relevant local authority in each place will act as the accountable body for the funds with responsibility for ensuring that public funds are distributed fairly and effectively, and that funds have been managed in line with the Nolan Principles and Man...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37168More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered implementing a phased introduction of planned Inheritance Tax changes for agricultural properties, in the context of support for smaller farms.
Answer: The Government set out its policy at Autumn Budget 2024. The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the publi...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37167More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation she has undertaken with agricultural stakeholders on the potential impacts of planned changes to Agricultural Property Relief.
Answer: I refer the Right Honourable Member to the answer given to UIN 33134.
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37166More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33030 on Agriculture: Inheritance Tax, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of these reforms on the agricultural equipment and machinery sector.
Answer: I refer the Right Honourable Member to the answers given to her previous questions on this same topic in both UIN 16240 and UIN 33030.
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37165More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered providing targeted relief or exemptions from employers' National Insurance contributions increases to (a) charities, (b) social enterprises and (c) other not-for-profit entities.
Answer: The Government recognises the important role charities play in our society and has made it a priority to reset the relationship with civil society by developing a Civil Society Covenant.To repair the public finances and help raise the revenue required to ...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: EmploymentTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37164More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment she has undertaken on the potential impact of the planned increase in employers' National Insurance contributions on levels of employment.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2024 Economic and Fiscal Outlook expects that the Employer National Insurance Contributions package will lead to a reduction in the participation rate by 0.1 per cent from 2025-26 onwards. Overall, once the i...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Work ExperienceTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37163More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33033 on Employers' Contributions: Apprentices, whether the employers' National Insurance contributions relief for under-21s and under-25 apprentices also applies t
Answer: Employers of interns are eligible for these National Insurance Contributions reliefs provided the interns are either under age 21 with earnings between the Secondary Threshold (ST), currently £175 a week and the Upper Secondary Threshold (UST), currently ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBalkans: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on (a) security and (b) regional stability in the western Balkans.
Answer: A just and lasting peace is vital for Ukraine and for wider Euro-Atlantic and international security and prosperity. Russia has sought to undermine fragile democracies and fan ethnic tensions across the Western Balkans. This threatens hard-won peace and s...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordResettlement: ChagossiansHome OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has allocated funding to support the (a) resettlement and (b) integration of Chagossians in the UK.
Answer: The British nationality route for those of Chagossian decent allows individuals to become British citizens and to build their future in the UK, should they wish to, with the full range of rights and entitlements afforded to any other British citizen.The H...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBalkans: RussiaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) Albania and (b) other Western Balkan to maintain regional stability in the context of Russian destabilisation efforts.
Answer: Russia has sought to undermine fragile democracies and fan ethnic tensions across the Western Balkans. This threatens hard-won peace and stability in the region and the ambitions for greater European integration chosen by states. We will continue work to ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAlbania: CorruptionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help support Albania to tackle corruption.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) remains a consistent supporter of efforts to tackle corruption in Albania, through diplomatic engagement and programmes funded by the UK's Integrated Security Fund (ISF) and FCDO Official Development...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Indian Ocean Territory: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has considered using official development assistance as part of the financial arrangements for the Chagos Islands deal.
Answer: Once an agreement is signed further details of the Treaty will be put before both Houses for scrutiny and treaty ratification in the usual way. This will include costs.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provisional allocation of defence spending he has made to cover the costs associated with the (a) Chagos Islands deal and (b) the transfer of sovereignty to Mauritius.
Answer: The terms of the treaty and the associated funding arrangements are still being finalised, and no decision has been made at this time. This will be laid before Parliament in the usual way.
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial arrangements have been made for the continued lease of the Diego Garcia military base; and what estimate he has made of the annual costs of that base.
Answer: There is no lease with respect to Diego Garcia. US presence and operations in the British Indian Ocean Territory are governed by a series of international agreements, beginning with a 1966 Exchange of Notes between the US and UK The direct cost to the Min...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the readiness of UK Armed Forces to meet potential future defence commitments within Europe.
Answer: The UK offers almost all the British Armed Forces to NATO, with the majority at high readiness. These forces are across the full spectrum of military capability, including our nuclear deterrent, the ultimate guarantor of Alliance security.
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLebanon: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to continue supporting the delivery of humanitarian aid to Lebanon.
Answer: The UK is committed to supporting Lebanon to meet the humanitarian needs of both refugees and vulnerable Lebanese communities. The UK has played a leading role in addressing the humanitarian situation in Lebanon and announced £41 million in humanitarian a...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLebanon: ReconstructionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the reconstruction of (a) water networks and (b) other essential infrastructure in Lebanon.
Answer: The UK is committed to supporting Lebanon to meet the humanitarian needs of both refugees and vulnerable Lebanese communities. The UK has played a leading role in addressing the humanitarian situation in Lebanon, providing over £41 million in humanitarian...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLebanon: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the United States’ decision to freeze USAID funding on humanitarian aid programmes in Lebanon.
Answer: USAID spent $293 million on programmes in Lebanon in 2024 and $3.3 billion since 2017, primarily in education and water sectors. Changes in USAID programmes are a matter for the US. The UK is a strong supporter of Lebanon and supports humanitarian assista...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: UkraineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of China's position on the conflict in Ukraine.
Answer: China remains the decisive enabler of Russia's war against Ukraine through its large-scale support for Russia.On 13 February the Foreign Secretary met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, underlined the UK's ironclad commitment to Ukraine and urged China to ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is considering on UK-China cooperation on (a) climate change, (b) artificial intelligence and (c) clean energy.
Answer: From 14-17 March, The Secretary of State for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will visit Beijing to discuss energy and the climate crisis with Chinese Ministers. He will sign a UK-China Clean Energy Partnership, hold the eighth UK-China Ene...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDisinformationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to counter foreign disinformation and manipulation campaigns.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) works closely with the Home Office, which leads on addressing malign information activity aimed at UK audiences, and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) which leads on online...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: UkraineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with NATO allies on the potential deployment of peacekeeping troops in Ukraine in the event of any ceasefire.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary is in regular contact with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Allies as well as Ukraine on how to achieve a just and lasting peace that safeguards Ukraine's security and sovereignty. The Foreign Secretary attended the G7 Forei...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
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