Written questions

Wendy Morton

1,945 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Brownfield Sites

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.

2 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

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

2 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Workplace Pensions

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

2 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Workplace Pensions: Small Businesses

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

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Apprentices: West Midlands

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.

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Small Businesses: Apprentices

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

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Training: Aldridge-Brownhills

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.

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Training: Regional Planning and Development

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

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

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

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of funding for buses in the Autumn Budget 2025 on bus routes serving Aldridge-Brownhills constituency; and whether her Department plans to issue guidance to

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Budget’s roads funding announcements on tackling congestion hotspots in Aldridge-Brownhills, including the A452, A461, Chester Road, Walsall Wood Road and Brown

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that additional capital funding for roads, rail and bus networks announced in the Budget is allocated fairly across the West Midlands, including to areas across Ald

2 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Visitor Levy: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish any impact assessments on the potential displacement of visitors away from levy-charging areas of the West Midlands to neighbouring counties without such charg

2 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Visitor Levy: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impact of granting the Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority powers to levy a mandatory charge on overnight stays on smaller visitor ec

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional support, will be provided to West Midlands councils in 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28 to manage growing SEND costs.

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he will require the Department for Education or newly responsible central government bodies to publish borough-level data on SEND provision, EHCP timeliness and outcomes once funding is centralised, to

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Local Government Finance: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government will maintain or reform the “safety valve” and “deliverability” programmes for local authorities following the centralisation of SEND funding; and how councils such as Walsall will be sup

2 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will be required to repay accumulated DSG deficits before 2028-29, or whether such deficits will be written off as part of the transition to central gov

2 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the OBR’s conclusion that cumulative local authority SEND deficits may reach £14 billion by 2027-28, and what implications this has for the financi

2 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Special Educational Needs: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on West Midlands local authorities of the Government’s decision in the Autumn Budget to transfer full responsibility for fundi

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods Resilience Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Flood Resilience Taskforce most recently met; what recommendations it has provided to Ministers since September regarding national readiness for severe weather events; and wha

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government’s commitment to invest £10.5 billion in flood defences by 2036, (a) how much has been allocated to each English region to date, (b) how many of the 151

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Warnings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s commitment to improve national flood forecasting, (a) what assessment she has made of the performance of the new flood warning system during Storm Cl