Wendy Morton MP: written questions
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Nurses: TrainingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2025 to Question 83834, what discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health and Social Care on the potential impact on NHS workforce (a) recruitmen
Answer: The department continues to work closely with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), to support apprenticeships and skills provision. The DHSC has confirmed that it will fund the ongoing provision of level 7 apprenticeships in five professions ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: TrainingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2025 to Question 83834, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) short and (b) medium term impact of this policy on the number of nurses in training betwee
Answer: The department continues to work closely with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), to support apprenticeships and skills provision. The DHSC has confirmed that it will fund the ongoing provision of level 7 apprenticeships in five professions ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: TrainingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2025 to Question 83834, with reference to his Department’s decision to withdraw funding for Level 7 apprenticeships from January 2026, what evidence from Skills Engl
Answer: The government's decision on defunding Level 7 apprenticeships, except for young apprentices under the age of 22, and those under 25 who are care leavers or have an Education, Health and Care Plan, including a summary of the evidence that informed that de...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: AldridgeDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions has she had with HM Treasury on reinstating funding for Aldridge train station.
Answer: Officials from the Department for Transport and HM Treasury have regular discussions on a range of transport issues. The designs are being funded by West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) via its devolved City Region Sustainable Transport settlement fund...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: AldridgeDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Mayor of the West Midlands on reinstating funding for Aldridge train station.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 87314 on 11 November 2025.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: InvestmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the UK's role in supporting private sector investment in global health initiatives.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to her on 12 May in response to Question 49375.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish International InvestmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase levels of (a) transparency and (b) accountability in the reporting to Parliament of British International Investment’s performance.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to her on 12 May in response to Question 49375.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish International InvestmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how her Department measures the (a) economic and (b) social return on investment from British International Investment projects in partner countries.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to her on 12 May in response to Question 49375.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: InvestmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that private investment in development funding is effectively leveraged.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to her on 12 May in response to Question 49375.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Disclosure of InformationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans her Department has to publish (a) performance data and (b) impact evaluations of programmes funded through Official Development Assistance.
Answer: As set out in the Programme Operating Framework (published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fcdo-programme-operating-framework) - all Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) programmes are required to have a monitoring framewor...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what mechanisms her Department uses to assess the effectiveness of Official Development Assistance programmes.
Answer: As set out in the Programme Operating Framework (published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fcdo-programme-operating-framework) - all Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) programmes are required to have a monitoring framewor...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordConflict Resolution: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question 67377, what plans he has for the Ministerial Women Peace and Security National Action Plan (WPS NAP) steering board to meet
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer she received on 21 July 2025 in response to Question 67376.
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordConflict Resolution: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question 67377, which (a) Departments and (b) civil servants are represented at the (i) the Cross-Whitehall Working Group and (ii) t
Answer: The quarterly Cross-Whitehall Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) is jointly chaired by the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the Ministry of Defence (MOD), with the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice, Scottish Govern...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHumanitarian Aid: NutritionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the UK’s commitments at the 2025 Nutrition for Growth Summit are implemented through integration with (a) education, (b) im
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is a global leader in nutrition and continues to prioritise nutrition integration across sectors. At the 2025 Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, the UK launched the Global Compact on Nutrition Integr...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNigeria: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Nigerian counterparts on ongoing reports of (a) abduction and (b) forced marriage of Christian women and girls; and what steps sh
Answer: The UK Government condemns all violence against women and girls, including abduction and forced marriages, across Nigeria. Kidnapping for ransom is sadly a widespread practice in Nigeria, particularly in the Northwest where banditry is prevalent, and comm...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2025 to Question 83833 on Schools: Employers' Contributions, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the £3.7 billion increase in school funding for 2025-26 that wil
Answer: As part of the £3.7 billion increase in funding for schools in the 2025/26 financial year, the department is providing mainstream schools and high needs settings with over £930 million to support them with the increases to employer national insurance cont...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the rail nationalisation programme on passenger rail prices.
Answer: As more train operators are brought into public ownership through the Department for Transport Operator and the establishment of Great British Railways, we must continue to ensure that passengers and taxpayers receive a fair deal. Since the pandemic, the ...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth Western Railway: NationalisationDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of nationalising South Western Railway on passenger rail prices since 25 May 2025.
Answer: As more train operators are brought into public ownership through the Department for Transport Operator and the establishment of Great British Railways, we must continue to ensure that passengers and taxpayers receive a fair deal. Since the pandemic, the ...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: NationalisationDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the total value of (a) debts, (b) leases and (c) other liabilities per railway operator the Government will be taking on following completion of the railway nationalisation program
Answer: In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government implemented emergency contractual arrangements which involved taking on all revenue and the vast majority of cost risk from the train operating companies. Therefore, public ownership of these rail servi...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPassenger Standards AuthorityDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) role and (b) functions of the Passenger Standards Authority will be.
Answer: The Passenger Watchdog will have a key role in giving passengers a powerful voice in the railway. It will advocate for all passengers’ interests, offer advice to passengers, the Government and operators, and independently monitor passenger experience, hol...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPassenger Standards AuthorityDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timeframe is for establishing the Passenger Standards Authority.
Answer: As the Government has announced, Transport Focus will be strengthened to become the Passenger Watchdog. It will continue its operations throughout the transition period and can start building up its capability shortly after the Railways Bill receives Roya...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRolling StockDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to the public purse of leasing train carriages per railway operator once the nationalisation programme is complete.
Answer: Three train operating companies have transferred into public ownership since July 2024, South Western Railway, c2c and Greater Anglia. The leasing arrangements for both c2c and Greater Anglia were novated on their existing terms and it is the intention to...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Waste DisposalMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of requiring local authorities to make separate food waste collections by 31 March 2026 on (a) council budgets and (b) the pro
Answer: As set out at the Spending Review, £3.4 billion of new grant funding will be delivered through the Local Government Finance Settlement within financial years 2026-27 to 2028-29. This includes funding for local authorities to deliver Simpler Recycling as p...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: ReformDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered reforming the Habitat Regulations in as far as they relate to planning.
Answer: The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is nearing its final stages in Parliament. The Bill establishes a strategic alternative to the Habitats Regulations Assessment in certain circumstances, although the Regulations remain in place. These provisions will a...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring forward further legislative proposals on planning reform.
Answer: Any new primary legislation will be formally announced to Parliament in the usual way.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
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