Wendy Morton MP: written questions
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Mental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of waiting times for children’s mental health services in the West Midlands; and what steps he is taking to reduce delays.
Answer: We know that too many children and young people are waiting too long for mental health support, and through our Plan for Change, we’re determined to give children and young people the best start in life, including in the West Midlands.The Government is ex...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: Community Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the expansion of Pharmacy First services in areas with GP access pressures.
Answer: The Government is committed to providing more services in the community, closer to people’s homes. The 10-Year Health Plan is clear that we need to do things differently with more integrated neighbourhood health services, shifting care from hospital to co...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: West MidlandsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase GP appointment availability in the West Midlands; and what assessment he has made of primary care staffing levels in Walsall.
Answer: West Midlands sits within the Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) where appointment availability in general practice (GP) has increased by 13.8% in September 2025 compared to the same period last year. In October 2024, we invested £160 million into ...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: West MidlandsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises in the West Midlands facing increases in energy and regulatory costs.
Answer: The Government is committed to lowering operating costs for all small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including those in the West Midlands.Government is helping support businesses to lower their energy costs through energy efficiency and decarbonisat...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Anti-social BehaviourHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support local enforcement action against illegal off-road bikes and antisocial vehicle use in the West Midlands.
Answer: Tackling criminality and anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this Government and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission to take back our streets.Our Crime and Policing Bill will give the police greater powers to clamp down on all vehicles used fo...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of retail crime in the West Midlands; and what steps her Department is taking to support local police
Answer: Shop theft continues to increase at an unacceptable level. There were 33,363 shoplifting offences recorded by West Midlands police in the year ending June 2025, a 28% increase on the previous year. Nationally shop theft increased by 13% on the previous ye...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMali: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the security situation in Mali following reports of Jamat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin encircling Bamako and imposing a fuel blockade; an
Answer: The continued terrorist fuel blockade is deeply concerning for Mali, and for the wider region, and we condemn its impact on civilians. The Foreign Secretary wrote to Foreign Minister Diop on 6 November, and the Minister for International Development and A...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: Hurricanes and TornadosForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the pre-deployment of UK military teams to the Turks and Caicos Islands ahead of Hurricane Melissa, and whether similar p
Answer: The UK military team pre-deployed to the Turks and Caicos Islands supported the disaster management preparations, response and recovery work as needed.After Hurricane Melissa passed, HMS Trent redeployed to Jamaica. HMS Trent was equipped with humanitaria...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordJamaica: Hurricanes and TornadoesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of consular support provided to British nationals in Jamaica during and after Hurricane Melissa, including the evacuation flight
Answer: The consular team at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) provides 24/7 assistance to British nationals and dealt with 850 consular enquiries related to Hurricane Melissa. The Register Your Presence portal was launched from the outset o...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits to the UK economy from the Global Fund’s partnerships with British research institutions, including in relat
Answer: The Global Fund's partnerships with British research institutions have supported innovations such as long-lasting insecticidal nets, improved HIV prevention, antiretroviral therapies, and strengthened community-led responses. Such partnerships drive scien...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational Assistance: Health ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support global reform of multilateral health organisations referred to in Written Statement HCWS1043, made on 11 November 2025, includi
Answer: The UK is working with partners to drive reform of the multilateral system in line with the Lusaka Agenda, supporting countries to move along the path to self-sufficiency.The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) support the work that the Gl...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the role the Global Fund will play in improving global surveillance systems for infectious diseases, including early warning capabilities for
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer provided on 1 September to Question 69322.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Health ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 11 November 2025 (HCWS1043) on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, what assessment her Department has made of
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 17 September to Question 72441.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNutrition: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that nutrition objectives are systematically integrated within women and girls’ programmes.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 18 November to Question 89032.
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNigeria: Child Nutrition FundForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Child Nutrition Fund on nutrition outcomes for women, children and new-borns in Nigeria.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer she was provided on 14 March in response to Question 35278.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: DischargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of discharges late on Friday evenings on the safeguarding and wellbeing of patients.
Answer: Every acute hospital has access to a multi-disciplinary care transfer hub, where National Health Service and social care professionals manage discharges and arrange appropriate support packages for patients, so they receive the services they need upon the...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: ReformDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made on social care reform.
Answer: The Government is progressing towards a National Care Service with a vision that everyone, regardless of their needs, background, or where they live, should have the opportunity to lead healthy, independent, and fulfilling lives.We have made recent progre...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to care in the community.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan sets out our vision for a Neighbourhood Health Service.The Neighbourhood Health Service will embody our new preventative principle that care should happen as locally as it can, digitally by default, in a person’s home if possible, ...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Industrial DisputesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent industrial action in the NHS.
Answer: In May, we accepted the independent pay review bodies’ headline pay recommendations, giving doctors and Agenda for Change staff, including nurses, an above inflation pay rise for the second year in a row.As well as awarding resident doctors in England a p...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the financial resilience of metropolitan local authorities; and what steps his Department is taking to support councils impl
Answer: The government is delivering a fairer system and realigning funding with need and deprivation through the first multi-year Local Government Finance Settlement in a decade. These changes will not fix the challenges facing local government overnight. Reform...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUrban Areas: RegenerationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support high street revitalisation in places such as Aldridge and Brownhills; and what funding streams are available for local regeneration
Answer: Government’s commitment to the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) area involves a Devolution Deal which provides more funding, a single departmental-style budget, and new powers over transport, skills, and housing. This approach gives the mayor and l...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInfrastructure Levy: West MidlandsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the Infrastructure Levy will operate in metropolitan boroughs; and what the projected levy income for the West Midlands is over the next five years.
Answer: The government has made clear that it does not intend to commence the Infrastructure Levy provisions from the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with West Midlands Rail Executive on improving rail connectivity between Walsall and Birmingham; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of restor
Answer: The service between Walsall and Birmingham is operating with four trains per hour, which means that the previous service levels operating before Covid-19 have already been restored. These services operate with newly introduced Class 730 trains. The Depart...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support bus operators in the West Midlands to maintain service frequency on key local routes, including those serving Aldridge and surrounding communities.
Answer: The Government knows that reliable and frequent bus services are vital to providing access to services and keeping communities connected. The Government’s Bus Services Act 2025 puts passenger needs, reliable services and local accountability at the heart ...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: West MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of highways maintenance funding allocated to the West Midlands for 2025–26.
Answer: West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is in receipt of £1.05bn of devolved City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) funding for the period 2022/23 to 2026/27, and has been allocated £2.4bn of Transport for City Regions (TCR) funding for the...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
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