Wendy Morton MP: written questions
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Afghanistan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of humanitarian funding to Afghanistan in response to warnings by the World Food Programme t
Answer: The UK is taking a leading role to support the people of Afghanistan. The UK remains one of the most generous donors to the humanitarian response and we continue to engage with the UN and other donors to sustain support for aid organisations in country.La...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: Health ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closure of (a) 298 nutrition centres and (b) 420 health facilities on humanitarian conditions in Afghanistan in 202
Answer: We remain gravely concerned about the declining health and nutrition status of the most vulnerable Afghans. We are monitoring the impact of the closures of health and nutrition facilities on the most vulnerable, particularly women and children, and estima...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 59018 on Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Finance, what funding his Department has allocated for the fi
Answer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO) initial 2025/26 Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocations aim to maximise the FCDO's flexibility ahead of setting final ODA allocations, while meeting legally binding commitments and existing l...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesHome OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of police powers to tackle unauthorised encampments.
Answer: The Government keeps police powers under regular review to ensure they remain effective.
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCaravan Sites: West MidlandsHome OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps is she taking to support West Midlands Police to tackle unauthorised encampments.
Answer: The Government keeps police powers under regular review to ensure they remain effective.
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: West MidlandsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of the funding announced for the 10-year Affordable Homes Programme at the Spending Review 2025 will be spent in the West Midlands.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 2 July 2025 (HCWS771).
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is she taking to encourage the development of affordable homes on brownfield sites.
Answer: The government is committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation.The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that planning policies and decisions should give substantial weight to the value of using...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many meetings Ministers in her Department have had with (a) Birmingham City Council and (b) Unite since the start of the waste collection industrial dispute in Birmingham.
Answer: Since Birmingham City Council’s declaration of a ‘major incident’ on 31 March, Ministers have been in regular contact with the Council to tackle the backlog of waste on the city’s streets.Ministers have not met with Unite.
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: West MidlandsHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner on how funding will be allocated throughout the West Midlands over the period of the Spending Review 2025.
Answer: Force funding allocations will be set out at the police settlement later this year.It is up to Chief Constables and directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners to make decisions on local resourcing. They are best placed to make these decisions based o...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the level of funding for the police over the period of the Spending Review 2025 on levels of (a) shoplifting, (b) phone theft and (c)
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting the police to tackle crime. The Chancellor has announced a real terms increase in police spending power over the next three years.That included £200 million to kickstart recruitment of neighbourhood officers and P...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Labour TurnoverHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to model the level of police officer (a) attrition and (b) recruitment required to (i) maintain and (ii) increase overall frontline police numbers in the next three
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on police officer attrition as part of the Police Workforce Statistics, England and Wales. Attrition varies by force and in the year ending March 2024, 9,080 FTE police officers left the 43 territorial police forces in Engla...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Policing: RecruitmentHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the funding from her Department to recruit 13,000 neighbourhood police officers by 2029.
Answer: We have made £200 million available in FY 25/26 to support the first steps towards delivering 13,000 more neighbourhood personnel.This major investment, alongside £66 million for hotspot policing, supports the commitment to make the country’s streets safe...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vehicles were seized in relation to waste crime offences in each of the last three years.
Answer: Local authorities in England are required to report fly-tipping incidents and enforcement actions, including vehicles seized, to Defra, which are published annually at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england. We are conducting a re...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: MonitoringDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to launch the digital waste tracking service; and what steps are being taken to ensure industry readiness.
Answer: Defra plans to launch the digital waste tracking service from April 2026. Industry working groups are beginning next month and increased engagement is planned through webinars, information published on GitHub (an online platform where information and soft...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJoint Unit for Waste Crime: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been allocated by his Department to the Joint Unit for Waste Crime in the 2025-26 financial year; and whether he plans to allocate additional funding to support re
Answer: In 2025/26 the Government is providing £12 million to the Environment Agency (EA) to tackle waste crime. It is for the EA to decide how much of this is directed to the Joint Unit for Waste Crime (JUWC), but in the current year it is funding 18 posts, an i...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an estimate of the annual profits generated by organised criminals who engage in waste crime.
Answer: It is estimated that waste crime costs the UK economy around £1 billion per year. However, it is impossible to assess how much of this is “profit” for organised criminals.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase coordination between (a) the Environment Agency, (b) local authorities and (c) police forces to tackle organised waste crime.
Answer: The Joint Unit for Waste Crime, hosted by the Environment Agency, is a multi-agency taskforce established specifically to share intelligence and operational capability and capacity to tackle serious and organised criminality in the waste sector. When appr...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tippingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to allocate funding to enable (a) local police forces and (b) community groups to use (i) ANPR cameras, (ii) roadside CCTV and (iii) drones to (A) investig
Answer: The Government has no plans to allocate funding to enable local police forces and community groups to use ANPR cameras, roadside CCTV and drones to investigate and deter fly-tipping. Fly-tipping is a blight on our communities and countryside with local au...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tippingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising fixed-penalty notice levels for fly-tipping above the £1,000 maximum; and whether he has made an assessment of the potent
Answer: The Government no longer publishes a league table of local authority fly-tipping performance. Local authorities in England are required to report fly-tipping incidents and actions to Defra, which are published annually at https://www.gov.uk/government/sta...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tippingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when statutory fly-tipping enforcement guidance for local authorities will be published; and what his planned timeline is for its implementation.
Answer: The Government is seeking powers in the Crime and Policing Bill to provide statutory fly-tipping enforcement guidance. Following Royal Assent, we will carry out a consultation with relevant stakeholders including local authorities. Once the consultation h...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping: Private PropertyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that landowners are not held financially responsible for clearing fly-tipped waste from their private land.
Answer: We recognise the burden that clearing fly-tipped waste places on landowners. Local authorities are responsible for tackling fly-tipping in their areas. We want to see an effective enforcement strategy at the centre of their efforts to tackle the problem, ...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has set targets for improving (a) victim protection, (b) justice outcomes and (c) support services since the publication of Baroness Casey's audit of group-based child sexual ex
Answer: On 16 June the Government accepted all 12 recommendations made to Government in Baroness Casey’s National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in England and Wales. We will announce further details on implementation of these measures i...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to help tackle rates of group-based child sexual exploitation in (a) Greater Manchester, (b) West Yorkshire, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) Telford since the publication of Baron
Answer: On 16 June the Government accepted all 12 recommendations made to Government in Baroness Casey’s National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in England and Wales. We will announce further details on implementation of these measures i...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) closed and (b) previously under-investigated Child Sexual Exploitation cases have been referred for independent review since January 2025; and what percentage have since been reopened or
Answer: On 16 June the Government accepted all 12 recommendations made to Government in Baroness Casey’s National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in England and Wales. We will announce further details on implementation of these measures i...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional (a) funding, (b) staffing and (c) training support her Department is providing to the Child Sexual Exploitation Taskforce in 2025-26.
Answer: On 16 June the Government accepted all 12 recommendations made to Government in Baroness Casey’s National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in England and Wales. We will announce further details on implementation of these measures i...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
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