Wendy Morton MP: written questions
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Russia: UkraineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken with (a) NATO, (b) the United Nations and (c) G7 partners to ensure accountability for senior Russian officials suspected of orchestrating atro
Answer: The Foreign Secretary regularly raises the issue of international criminal justice and accountability with partners, including in multilateral fora. The UK is committed to securing accountability for those responsible for atrocity crimes, and any allegati...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: ChildrenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the Yale University Humanitarian Research Lab on the future of its work monitoring the deportation of Ukrainian childre
Answer: Ukraine's Office of the Prosecutor General has confirmed that Yale's data on deported children has been transferred to the Ukrainian government. The data that the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab provided to Ukraine was part of a larger project, not specifi...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: War CrimesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that (a) victims and (b) witnesses of war crimes in Ukraine are protected from reprisals (i) during and (ii) after investig
Answer: Through our support for the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA), the UK has worked to ensure that the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine (OPG) takes a survivor-centred justice response, rooted in international standards, in order to protect the ...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: War CrimesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) effectiveness of the funding provided in December 2024 to help support Ukraine’s capacity to (i) investigate and (ii)
Answer: The UK has been at the forefront of international efforts to develop Ukraine's capacity to investigate and prosecute atrocity crimes resulting from Russia's illegal invasion. Our coordinated approach with US and EU partners through the establishment of th...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustryDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to p.12 of The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy 2025 published on 23 June 2025, on what evidential basis his Department determined which business sectors have high potential.
Answer: Invest 2035 (published on GOV.UK in October 2024) identified 8 high-level 'growth driving' sectors (the IS-8): Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Energy Industries, Creative Industries, Defence, Digital and Technologies, Financial Services, Life Sciences, and ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWest Coast Main LineDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase capacity on the West Coast Main Line southern section, in the context of the decision by the Office of Rail and Road to reject the open access application from Wrexham, Shro
Answer: The delivery of HS2 will almost double long-distance rail capacity between London and the West Midlands, significantly improving the heavily congested southern section of the West Coast Main Line and releasing capacity for other services on that section o...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordManufacturing Industries: West MidlandsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy 2025, published on 23 June 2025, which sectors in the West Midlands he consulted with during the development of the Industrial Strategy.
Answer: The government engaged widely throughout the development of the Industrial Strategy, including with businesses, business representation organisations, and trade unions.In the West Midlands, this included roundtables and discussions with businesses, engage...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordManufacturing Industries: West MidlandsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy 2025 published on 23 June 2025, what plans he has to develop clusters of excellence in the West Midlands.
Answer: The Industrial Strategy highlights the West Midlands' strengths in all eight Industrial Strategy growth-driving sectors.The Strategy's UK-wide measures will make it quicker and easier to do business, including in the West Midlands. Specific Industrial Str...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordManufacturing Industries: West MidlandsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he had with the Mayor of the West Midlands during the development of The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy 2025, published on 23 June 2025.
Answer: The government is committed to working in partnership with Mayoral Strategic Authorities (MSAs) as part of delivering the Industrial Strategy's regional growth objective. We have engaged regularly with the West Midlands Combined Authority, at official and...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Wealth Fund: West MidlandsTreasuryTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68451More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to p.99 of The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy 2025, published on 23 June 2025, what strategic partnerships are being trialled by The National Wealth Fund in the West Midlands.
Answer: The National Wealth Fund (NWF) is trialling a Strategic Partnership with West Midlands – as well as Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and Glasgow City Region – to provide enhanced, hands-on support to help it develop and finance long-term investment oppo...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Wealth Fund: West MidlandsTreasuryTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68450More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what infrastructure projects the National Wealth Fund has (a) funded, (b) initiated and (c) delivered in the West Midlands since October 2024.
Answer: The National Wealth Fund (NWF) has a strong regional mandate and proactively identifies investment opportunities across the UK to ensure the benefits of investment are felt nationwide.In March 2025, the NWF’s local authority function provided a £9.6 milli...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Transport of 8 July 2025 on Road and Rail Projects, Official Report, columns 822-3, whether it is her policy that the full cost of the midla
Answer: A sum of £123m has been allocated by the Government to deliver detailed designs of the first phase of MRH. The designs will produce a more accurate cost estimate, a delivery schedule and subsequently form the basis of a ‘Final Investment Decision’. This p...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Transport of 8 July 2025 on Road and Rail Projects, Official Report, columns 822-3, what her Department's timetable is for providing more in
Answer: The first phase of Midlands Rail Hub enables additional rail services between Birmingham and South Wales, and the South West, and on Birmingham’s Cross City Line. Subsequent phases are at an earlier stage of development but include the potential for addit...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: WalsallDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department plans to allocate to Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council for fixing potholes in each of the next three financial years.
Answer: The West Midlands Combined Authority, of which Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council is a constituent authority, 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 b...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordM54: M6Department for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department has allocated to the M54 to M6 link road in Staffordshire; and how she plans to allocate this funding across the Spending Review period.
Answer: On the 8th July, the Transport Secretary announced that the scheme will be progressing, following on from the Spending Review in June. £24 billion of capital funding is being provided between 2026-27 and 2029-30 to maintain and improve motorways and local...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordM54: M6Department for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's planned timetable is for completing the M54 to M6 link road in Staffordshire.
Answer: On the 8th July, the Transport Secretary announced that the scheme will be progressing, following on from the Spending Review in June. £24 billion of capital funding is being provided between 2026-27 and 2029-30 to maintain and improve motorways and local...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: ElectrificationDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 65283 on Railways: Electrification, how many miles of electrification will be delivered from that funding in each of those three years.
Answer: The Department does not hold estimates for how much electrification will be delivered on a yearly basis, as the rate of delivery can vary as projects progress and proposals are finalised in the development stage. Network Rail publishes yearly statistics f...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Authorities: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what additional funding she plans to provide to planning departments in local authorities in 2025-26.
Answer: Supporting local planning authorities to attract, retain and develop skilled planners is crucial to ensuring they provide a proactive, efficient planning service for local communities and that new developments are well designed and facilitate local growth...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Plans: Environment ProtectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that neighbourhood plans effectively safeguard the environment and green belt in local areas.
Answer: By designating Local Green Spaces and setting expectations for development in their area, neighbourhood plans can ensure development is environmentally acceptable and preserves access to nature. Local planning authorities, in consultation with their commu...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Association of Local CouncilsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of funding the National Association of Local Councils.
Answer: The government welcomes the work of the National Association of Local Councils to support and represent town and parish councils in England. The government has not assessed the merits of providing general funding to the National Association of Local Counc...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAfrica: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Africa has had with trade unions on women’s empowerment; and on what dates those discussions were held.
Answer: The Minister for Africa had two official engagements on the topic of women's empowerment during the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Firstly, a meeting with a senior delegation from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) on 12 March 2025,...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that local housing targets include provision for (a) infrastructure and (b) brownfield remediation.
Answer: The revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 includes a new Standard Method for assessing housing needs that is aligned to our Plan for Change milestone of building 1.5 million new safe and decent homes in England by the en...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: West MidlandsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy 2025, published on 23 June 2025, if he will provide a breakdown of where he plans for the 41,000 new homes in the West Midlands to be built; and wh
Answer: In setting out how the Government will strengthen connections between and within city regions and clusters, the Industrial Strategy confirmed our commitment to delivering and maximising the growth benefits of HS2. The Industrial Strategy referenced indepe...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Oral Contribution of the Secretary of State for Transport: Road and Rail Projects delivered on 8 July 2025, when the 39,000 new properties will be built.
Answer: The 39,000-figure cited by the Secretary of State for Transport is an estimate of the number of new homes that will be supported by the road and rail projects announced on 8 July 2025. My Department is working with others across government to ensure that ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: West MidlandsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Oral Contribution of the Secretary of State for Transport: Road and Rail Projects delivered on 8 July 2025, how many of the 39,000 new properties will be bu
Answer: The 39,000-figure cited by the Secretary of State for Transport is an estimate of the number of new homes that will be supported by the road and rail projects announced on 8 July 2025. My Department is working with others across government to ensure that ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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