Wendy Morton MP: written questions 2025
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Housing: SurchargesTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97130More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how she plans to assess and administer the new high-value property charge; what steps she is taking to prevent avoidance and undervaluation; and whether there will be transitional relief for homeowners whose propert
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency will be conducting a targeted valuation to identify properties in scope of the High Value Council Tax Surcharge (HVCTS). HVCTS will then be collected by local authorities. The Government will consult on the detailed implementat...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Company ObligationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish a full impact assessment for ending the Energy Company Obligation scheme.
Answer: To bring energy bills down for all, the decision has been made not to continue the Energy Company Obligation when the current scheme ends.The government does not intend to publish a new impact assessment for ending the scheme. An assessment of their impac...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97128More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of savers who will exceed the new reduced annual ISA limit and (b) additional revenue from that measure.
Answer: The overall annual ISA limit has not changed and remains at £20,000. Individuals under 65s and subscribing £12,000 in a Cash ISA can still invest the remaining £8,000 in Stocks & Shares and/or Innovative Finance ISAs and up to £4,000 in a Lifetime ISA...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97127More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing a 3p-per-mile charge for electric cars and 1.5p for plug-in hybrids on low-income households, the environment, society and the economy.
Answer: As announced at Budget 2025, the Government is introducing Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) from April 2028, a new mileage charge for electric and plug-in hybrid cars, recognising that EVs contribute to congestion and wear and tear on the roads but pay...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBudget November 2025: Self-employedTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97126More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Budget on self-employed workers, including freelancers and contractors.
Answer: The Government is committed to a fair tax system that supports small firms and the self-employed, while ensuring the ongoing funding of essential public services and economic stability. The Budget raises revenue in a fair and progressive way, and the Gove...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBudget November 2025: Small BusinessesTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97125More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Budget 2025 on (a) investment and (b) hiring decisions by small and medium-sized enterprises.
Answer: We are cutting borrowing and debt, and supporting the Bank of England by tackling the persistent high inflation that dampens investment in the UK and slows economic growth. The Government set out its overall approach for supporting SMEs in the Small Busin...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBudget November 2025: Low IncomesTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97124More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Budget 2025 on areas with lower average incomes in each region.
Answer: HM Treasury’s ‘Impact on households’ publication, produced alongside Budget 2025, shows that the impact of government tax, welfare and public service spending decisions from Autumn Budget 2024 onwards are benefit households in the lowest income deciles th...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxationTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97123More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the level of taxation set out in the Budget on savings, dividends and property income on small investors, retired people relying on investment incom
Answer: The Government is taking action to ensure income from assets are taxed more fairly. That is why we have increased taxes on property, dividend and savings income to narrow the gap between tax paid on work and tax paid on income from assets. The majority of...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIncome Tax: Tax Rates and BandsTreasuryTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96756More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis her Department has carried out of the potential macro-economic effects (on investment, business growth, rental markets, and savings behaviour) of raising dividend, property and savings income tax rates
Answer: Economic forecasts, including assessments of the impact of policy decisions, are the responsibility of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR publishes its forecast in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO). The OBR’s latest EFO ca...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxationTreasuryTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96755More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the average increase in annual tax paid by households earning between £25,000 and £50,000 following the Autumn Budget 2025.
Answer: HM Treasury’s ‘Impact on households’ publication, produced alongside Budget 2025, shows that the impact of government tax, welfare and public service spending decisions from Autumn Budget 2024 onwards are progressive and benefit households in the lowest i...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxationTreasuryTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96754More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the level of taxation as a result of the Autumn Budget 2025 on the economy.
Answer: HM Treasury does not publish forecasts of the economy. Forecasts, including assessments of the impact of policy decisions, are the responsibility of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR publishes its forecast in the Economic and...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIncome Tax: Tax Rates and BandsTreasuryTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96752More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people will move into higher tax bands due to the freezing of income tax and National Insurance thresholds for three years; and estimate she has made of the revenue raised through these measures.
Answer: The number of people forecast to pay tax by marginal rate can be found in Table 3.19 in the OBR’s November 2025 Economic and fiscal outlook – detailed forecast tables: receipts, linked below: https://obr.uk/download/november-2025-economic-and-fiscal-outlo...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Brownfield SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of excluding car parks, roads and other forms of hardstanding from the definition of Previously Developed Land und
Answer: Works on previously developed sites will be charged at the 50% discount rate for the Building Safety Levy. This is because of the higher costs of developing a previously developed/ brownfield site, and the greater risk that these projects become unviable....
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBrownfield SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason a (a) supermarket with a car park and (b) former industrial site where more than 25% of the site is hardstanding is not considered previously developed land under
Answer: Works on previously developed sites will be charged at the 50% discount rate for the Building Safety Levy. This is because of the higher costs of developing a previously developed/ brownfield site, and the greater risk that these projects become unviable....
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Brownfield SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether potential housing development on (i) supermarkets with car parks, (ii) edge of town retail parks, (iii) train station car parks and (iv) former industrial sites where mor
Answer: The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published on 12 December 2024 broadened the definition of brownfield land, set a strengthened expectation that applications on brownfield land will be approved, and made clear that plans should promote...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBrownfield SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether car parks, roads and other hardstanding in urban areas are brownfield land.
Answer: The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published on 12 December 2024 broadened the definition of brownfield land, set a strengthened expectation that applications on brownfield land will be approved, and made clear that plans should promote...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBrownfield SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025 introduced a new definition of Previously Developed land.
Answer: Works on previously developed sites will be charged at the 50% discount rate for the Building Safety Levy. This is because of the higher costs of developing a previously developed/ brownfield site, and the greater risk that these projects become unviable....
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96194More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an estimate of the number and demographic profile of savers impacted by the reduction in the annual cash ISA allowance; and whether she plans to introduce alternative saving and investment incen
Answer: ISAs incentivise saving and investment by providing generous tax advantages to individual taxpayers. Individuals can save up to £20,000 into an ISA each year, and any savings income received within an ISA is tax free. In addition, due to the Personal Savi...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWorkplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96154More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modelling she has undertaken on applying National Insurance to salary-sacrificed pension contributions above £2,000; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of that measure on pension con
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to pensions salary sacrifice. Individuals earning below £30,000 making pension contributions through salary sacrifice are overwhelmingly p...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWorkplace Pensions: Small BusinessesTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96153More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of applying National Insurance to salary-sacrificed pension contributions above £2,000 from 2029 on small and medium-sized employers, pension take-up and long-ter
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to pensions salary sacrifice. Small and medium-sized employers (SMEs) are less likely to be affected by these changes. Based on the latest...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: West MidlandsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that apprenticeship funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2025 reaches high-demand sectors in the West Midlands.
Answer: At the Budget, we announced more than £1.5 billion over the Spending Review period for investment in employment and skills support, supporting more opportunities for young people and SMEs across England, including in the West Midlands. This includes an ad...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: ApprenticesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of apprenticeship measures in the Autumn Budget 2025 on small and medium-sized employers in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency and the Black Count
Answer: At the Budget, we announced more than £1.5 billion over the Spending Review period for investment in employment and skills support, supporting more opportunities for young people and SMEs across England, including in the West Midlands. This includes an ad...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTraining: Aldridge-BrownhillsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the skills measures in the Autumn Budget 2025 on adult learners in communities in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
Answer: At the Budget, we announced more than £1.5 billion over the Spending Review period for investment in employment and skills support, supporting more opportunities for young people and SMEs across England, including in the West Midlands. This includes an ad...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTraining: Regional Planning and DevelopmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of skills funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2025 on the adequacy of engineering, advanced manufacturing, logistics, construction and health and s
Answer: The budget announced over £1.5 billion of investment in employment and skills sup-port to fund the Youth Guarantee and reform the Growth and Skills Levy over the Spending Review period. The Youth Guarantee means every young person can access support to ea...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the West Midlands; and whether she plans to provide additional support for installing public EV chargers across Aldrid
Answer: The Government is committed to accelerating the roll-out of charging infrastructure so that everyone, no matter where they live or work, can make the transition to an electric vehicle (EV). As of 1st October 2025 there were 7,661 public charging devices i...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
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