Wendy Morton MP: written questions
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Development Aid: Climate Change and NutritionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to integrate nutrition initiatives with climate adaptation in its international development programs.
Answer: The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office reports annually in its Nutrition Accountability Report on the level of International Climate Finance (ICF) that is nutrition sensitive. Data is published two years in arrears and on most recent figures 3 pe...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAfrica: Climate ChangeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to collaborate with African nations on the Kampala Declaration.
Answer: Through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's Africa Food Trade and Resilience programme, we have been working with the Africa Union Commission on the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) process that led to the Kam...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: FoodForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with multilateral development banks to better support small agrifood businesses in developing countries.
Answer: The UK works closely with Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to influence policy discussions and investments in food and agriculture, including in support of small agrifood businesses and producer organisations, which are critical to building resilient...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNomaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to collaborate with (a) Médecins Sans Frontières and (b) other organisations to enhance healthcare access and resources for noma-affected region
Answer: The UK is committed to combating Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and working with global partners towards achieving the global goal target to end the epidemic of NTDs by 2030, including for Noma. The UK is a signatory to the Kigali Declaration on NTDs ...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33033More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed increases to employer National Insurance contributions on businesses (a) supporting and (b) employing apprentices; and whether she plans to allocate a
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer NICs. The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exchequer, the economic impacts of the policy, and the impacts on indi...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPeople Smuggling: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen deterrents against people smugglers involved in illegal Channel crossings; and what steps the Government is taking with its international counterparts
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Written Ministerial Statement (UIN UCSW406) made by the Home Secretary on 30 January 2025 on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33031More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Business Property Relief on the private sector.
Answer: 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 public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advant...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33030More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Business Property Relief on businesses in the broader farming sector including agricultural (a) suppliers and (b) machinery.
Answer: 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 public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advant...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Aldridge-BrownhillsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support farmers in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency, in the context of proposed changes to agricultural property relief and business property rel
Answer: We are clear that the vast majority of those claiming Agricultural and Business Property Relief will not be affected by our reforms. Three quarters of estates will continue to pay no inheritance tax at all, while the remaining quarter will pay half the in...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: AldridgeDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has plans to include Aldridge station in the proposed Wrexham to London Euston open access line.
Answer: Wrexham, Shropshire & Midlands Railway, the applicant behind the Wrexham to Euston proposal, is an aspirant open access operator and as such has no direct contractual arrangement or direct financial support from Government. Therefore, although the Dep...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PolicingHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what period of time her Department has allocated funding for additional neighbourhood police officers; and whether individual police forces will need to cover the ongoing costs of these officers t
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 increase of up to £1.1 billion when compared to 2024-25 and includes £200.0 million to kickstart the recruitment o...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Employers' ContributionsHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether funding allocated to police authorities to cover increased employer National Insurance contributions will be added to base budgets for future financial years.
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 increase of up to £1.1 billion compared to 2024-25 and includes £230.3 million for territorial police forces to su...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Aldridge-BrownhillsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the uptake of pension credit among eligible pensioners in Aldridge Brownhills.
Answer: The Department’s campaign to promote Pension Credit has been running since September 2024.The campaign has featured on TV, radio, social media such as Facebook and Instagram, on YouTube and on advertising screens, including on GP and Post Office screens.O...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: ApplicationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support pensioners who are unable to complete pension credit applications (a) online and (b) by phone.
Answer: The Government wants those eligible for Pension Credit but not currently claiming it to receive the benefits they are entitled to. We know there are low-income pensioners who are not claiming Pension Credit, and we urge those people to apply. We encourage...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: ApplicationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) simplify and (b) ensure paper copies are made available to people without online access to the pension credit application form.
Answer: The Government wants those eligible for Pension Credit but not currently claiming it to receive the benefits they are entitled to. We know there are low-income pensioners who are not claiming Pension Credit, and we urge those people to apply. We encourage...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: EligibilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the eligibility threshold for the winter fuel payment.
Answer: The Government has had to make hard choices to bring the public finances back under control. Linking Winter Fuel Payment eligibility to Pension Credit and other means tested benefits ensures that the least well-off pensioners still receive the help they n...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) are eligible to apply and (b) have applied for Pension Credit.
Answer: Latest caseload statistics show that as of August 2024, there were 1,359,773 people in receipt of Pension Credit in Great Britain, of which 2,086 were in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency. This data is available via DWP Stat-Xplore. The latest available DW...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Aldridge-BrownhillsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) are eligible to apply and (b) have applied for Pension Credit in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
Answer: Latest caseload statistics show that as of August 2024, there were 1,359,773 people in receipt of Pension Credit in Great Britain, of which 2,086 were in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency. This data is available via DWP Stat-Xplore. The latest available DW...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications made for Pension Credit since 24 February 2025 (a) have been approved and (b) remain outstanding.
Answer: The latest statistics on Pension Credit application volumes were published on 27 February 2025. This provides an update to the Applications and Awards data, including those awarded and not awarded and also statistics on the number of outstanding Pension C...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Pension Credit have been determined as eligible nationwide; and how many applications remain outstanding.
Answer: The latest statistics on Pension Credit application volumes were published on 27 February 2025. This provides an update to the Applications and Awards data, including those awarded and not awarded and also statistics on the number of outstanding Pension C...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Pension Credit had been determined as eligible as of 24 February 2024.
Answer: The latest statistics on Pension Credit application volumes were published on 27 February 2025. This provides an update to the Applications and Awards data, including those awarded and not awarded and also statistics on the number of outstanding Pension C...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Aldridge-BrownhillsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Pension Credit have been determined as eligible; and how many remain outstanding in the Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
Answer: The latest statistics on Pension Credit application volumes were published on 27 February 2025. This provides an update to the Applications and Awards data, including those awarded and not awarded and also statistics on the number of outstanding Pension C...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNomaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) prevalence and (b) mortality rates of noma (i) worldwide and (ii) in the UK.
Answer: I spoke at a reception in Parliament on the 28th January to mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) day. The meeting included a speech by Noma survivor and advocate Mulikat Okanlawon and I separately met with her to hear about her experiences.The UK...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNomaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support global health initiatives for the (a) prevention, (b) early detection and (c) treatment of noma.
Answer: I spoke at a reception in Parliament on the 28th January to mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) day. The meeting included a speech by Noma survivor and advocate Mulikat Okanlawon and I separately met with her to hear about her experiences.The UK...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: NomaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to raise international awareness of (a) noma and (b) the impact of noma on children in low-income countries.
Answer: I spoke at a reception in Parliament on the 28th January to mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) day. The meeting included a speech by Noma survivor and advocate Mulikat Okanlawon and I separately met with her to hear about her experiences.The UK...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
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