Wendy Morton MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Development Aid: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) value for money of Official Development Assistance given to women-led organisations.
Answer: Thorough assessments of both the effectiveness and value for money of programmes, including those supporting women-led and women's rights organisations, are an integral part of our programme management process.There is strong evidence showing that women-l...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Falkland IslandsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has considered sourcing energy from the Falkland Islands.
Answer: I have made no such consideration. The UK sources the oil and gas we use from domestic onshore and offshore fields and on the international market. The UK also trades electricity with several nearby countries, as well as the Isle of Man. This is all done ...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNew Businesses: West MidlandsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps is he taking to support start-up companies in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
Answer: Last year, the Business Secretary announced a new Business Growth Service, which will make it easier for businesses including start-up companies across the West Midlands and the UK to get support and advice to grow, export and thrive.The West Midlands Gro...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53869More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of SMEs that were awarded public sector contracts in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Aldridge-Brownhills constituency in each of the last five years.
Answer: Information on public sector suppliers within a regional location and/or specific constituency is not held centrally. The Find a Tender service programme includes search and filter capabilities by location, supplier type and contract.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordKnives: West MidlandsHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the levels of knife crime in the West Midlands in the last five years.
Answer: Halving knife crime over the next decade is a key part of the Government’s Safer Streets Mission and driving down serious violence across the UK, including in the West Midlands, will play a key role in meeting this ambition.In the West Midlands, the gover...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInnovation: Aldridge-BrownhillsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49740 Innovation: Aldridge-Brownhills, how much Innovation Accelerator pilot grant funding has been allocated to businesses in Aldridge
Answer: £33m was allocated to the West Midlands pilot of the £100m Innovation Accelerator programme. This has been supplemented by an additional £10m through the funding extension for 2025/26.UKRI does not collect data on Innovation Accelerator funding by Parliam...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordKnives: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to encourage (a) (i) community and (ii) campaign groups and (b) families affected by knife crime to participate in the Coalition to Tackle Knife Crime.
Answer: Halving knife crime over the next decade is a key part of the Government’s Safer Streets Mission and driving down serious violence across the UK, including in the West Midlands, will play a key role in meeting this ambition.In the West Midlands, the gover...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordKnives: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Coalition to Fight Knife Crime on tackling knife crime.
Answer: Halving knife crime over the next decade is a key part of the Government’s Safer Streets Mission and driving down serious violence across the UK, including in the West Midlands, will play a key role in meeting this ambition.In the West Midlands, the gover...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services and Social Services: Aldridge-BrownhillsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the number of older people with unmet health and care needs in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
Answer: Direct estimates of unmet health and care need at a local level are not available. Assessing unmet health and care need is complex, particularly as it is multi-faceted, and validated data is not always available at a constituency level. For national level...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCarers: Aldridge-BrownhillsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the number of people who are providing unpaid care for a relative or loved one in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
Answer: The DWP does not hold data on the number of people who are providing unpaid care for a relative or loved ones in the Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFuel Poverty: PensionersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners living in households in fuel poverty in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) does not collect local-level data specifically on pensioners in fuel poverty. The latest estimate of the fuel poverty rate in the Aldridge-Brownhills constituency, based on the Low Income Low Energy ...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Fly-tipping and LitterDepartment for TransportTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps National Highways is taking to reduce (a) fly-tipping and (b) litter on roads it is responsible for.
Answer: National Highways are committed to the effective management of fly tipping and litter on the Strategic Road Network (SRN). National Highways pick litter on the SRN every day and its inspectors regularly survey the network, grading it in accordance with th...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Fly-tipping and LitterDepartment for TransportTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps National Highways is taking to coordinate with local authorities on managing (a) fly-tipping and (b) litter in places which overlap between special roads and trunk roads.
Answer: National Highways works closely with local authorities to tackle litter on the Strategic Road Network (SRN). National Highways has introduced litter partnership agreements to facilitate better coordination of litter clearing operations and has provided he...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Information OfficersTreasuryTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53520More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 46726 on Treasury: Information Officers, what the total annual cost is for the 40.9 full-time equivalent Government Communication Service professionals.
Answer: HM Treasury’s communications pay budget for the last financial year was £2,775,204.
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEuropean Political CommunityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2025 to Question 48940 on European Political Community, whether (a) officials and (b) Ministers from his Department attended.
Answer: The Prime Minister attended the European Political Community summit in Tirana, Albania on 16 May. No Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Ministers attended. A small number of FCDO officials attended to support the Prime Minister's attendan...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48426 on Sudan: Humanitarian Aid, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK aid is reaching the people that need it in Sudan.
Answer: The UK is playing a leading role in response to the crisis in Sudan, including efforts to facilitate more consistent humanitarian access into and within Sudan. We will continue to use all levers at our disposal to address Sudan's brutal conflict and to im...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international partners to help tackle sexual violence in conflict in Sudan; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of conflict i
Answer: The UK remains committed to tackling gender-based violence in Sudan. On 8 May 2025, the Minister for Development visited the Sudan-Chad border to raise awareness of the conflict and speak directly with Sudanese refugees, including survivors of sexual viol...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: EducationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to ringfence education funding in Sudan following the planned reductions in UK ODA spending.
Answer: The UK is a major humanitarian donor to Sudan with £226.5 million provided in financial year (FY) 2024/25 and a further £120 million in support this current FY which the Foreign Secretary announced at the London Sudan Conference on 15 April. Since the sta...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian SituationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with Humanitarian Action on the situation in Sudan.
Answer: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Ministers and officials are in frequent contact with Humanitarian Action for Sudan (HAS) as part of UK efforts to address Sudan's brutal conflict. Officials recently attended the HAS launch event and u...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking following the London-Sudan Conference on 15 April 2025 to help secure UN Security Council consensus on Sudan.
Answer: The UK continues to use its position as penholder on Sudan at the United Nations Security Council to take action to improve humanitarian access, to promote the protection of civilians and to secure an end to the fighting. We will work constructively with ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what further multilateral steps he plans to take following the London-Sudan Conference on 15 April 2025 to support a political solution in Sudan.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary will continue to use all levers at his disposal to address Sudan's brutal conflict. As part of these efforts, the Foreign Secretary will engage with a range of multilateral partners to improve humanitarian access, to promote the prot...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of adequacy of levels of access granted to UN agencies to Sudan for the provision of humanitarian support.
Answer: Impediments to aid delivery imposed by the warring parties in Sudan are having a devastating impact on civilians. Our Ministers and diplomats are doing all they can to improve humanitarian access. During last month's London Sudan Conference, chaired by th...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Peace NegotiationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what role the UK plans to play in building on Treaty of Jeddah processes.
Answer: The UK has consistently condemned abuses and atrocities committed by the warring parties to the conflict in Sudan. We will continue to use all levers at our disposal to promote the protection of civilians in accordance with the Jeddah Declaration. The co-...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2025 to Question 47226 on Sudan: Food Aid, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK-funded humanitarian assistance in Sudan directly reaches
Answer: The conflict in Sudan is having a devastating impact on civilians throughout the country, particularly women and girls. At the recent London Sudan Conference, the Foreign Secretary announced a package of support budgeted at £120 million which will deliver...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHumanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2025 to Question 47686 on Humanitarian Aid, how much of the allocation has been (a) spent and (b) allocated.
Answer: The Humanitarian Crisis Reserve (HCR) value is £100 million for financial year 2025/26.At the time of asking, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has so far provided £15 million from the HCR this financial year to support the humanitarian r...
Answered 28 May 2025
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