Every parliamentary written question tabled by Wendy Morton this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of reasons for (a) postponing and (b) cancelling planned statistical publications; whether Ministers have received advice identifying concerns regarding (i) data quality, (ii) methodology and (iii) digital systems; whether revised publication timetables have been agreed; and whether she will publish the internal assessments informing those decisions.
Awaiting answer.
What information her Department holds on the principal causes of continued short-formed rail services; whether her Department has modelled rolling stock availability over the next five years; what assessment her Department has made of the impact of (a) infrastructure and (b) maintenance constraints on rolling stock availability; and whether she plans to publish her Department’s long-term fleet planning assumptions.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of civil penalties expected to be issued under the new Renters Rights enforcement regime during each of the next three years and (b) the revenue local authorities are expected to receive from those penalties; and whether his Department has taken steps to model landlord compliance rates.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of additional environmental health officers and enforcement staff local authorities will require to exercise the new enforcement powers under the Renters’ Rights Act; what estimate his Department has made of associated funding requirements; and whether his Department has identified councils at greatest risk of insufficient enforcement capacity.
Awaiting answer.
Whether the Department maintains a register of statistical publications considered to be at risk of delay; how many official statistical publications are classified as high risk; whether additional resources have been allocated to address those risks; and if she will publish that information.
Awaiting answer.
Whether his Department has established baseline data measuring compliance with the Victims’ Code; what performance indicators will be used to assess the revised Code; and whether any internal assessment has identified organisations at greatest risk of non-compliance.
Awaiting answer.
What estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the revised Victims’ Code; what estimate he has made of additional staffing requirements across police forces, the Crown Prosecution Service and victim support services; whether implementation has been assessed by police force area; and if he will publish the implementation plan and associated costings.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the principal causes of failed residential property transactions; whether his Department has modelled the potential impact of the proposed reforms on fall-through rates; what estimate his Department has made of the potential financial savings to (a) buyers and (b) sellers; and whether his Department has completed regional modelling.
Awaiting answer.
What estimate has been made of (a) the number of Lifetime ISA holders expected to be financially better off under the proposed reforms, (b) the number expected to be financially worse off, (c) the regional distribution of those impacted, (d) the impact by age group, and (e) whether a distributional analysis has been completed and will be published.
Awaiting answer.
What evidential basis informed the conclusion that the Lifetime ISA was not effective; whether external research, behavioural analysis and consumer testing informed that conclusion; whether an evidence review has been completed; and if she will publish the evidence underpinning the proposed First Time Buyer ISA.
Awaiting answer.
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 12683, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing (a) for a debate, (b) for scrutiny under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, and (c) for any other parliamentary procedure before the provisional application of the UK-EU Gibraltar Treaty.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment her Department has made of (a) the economic impact of the £450,000 property price cap for first-time buyers' Lifetime ISA and (b) the impact of regional affordability, particularly in London and the South East, on the effectiveness of the cap; and what estimate her Department has made of the number of prospective purchasers excluded by the current threshold.
Awaiting answer.
Whether he has received advice on emergency prison capacity measures; what operational thresholds would trigger additional contingency arrangements; and whether programme risk registers identify capacity as a critical risk.
Awaiting answer.
Whether his Department has prepared updated prison population projections; what modelling he has undertaken on prison occupancy under high, central and low demand scenarios; whether contingency plans exist for exceeding operational capacity; and if he will publish the latest internal modelling.
Awaiting answer.
What estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of (a) the number of individuals expected to be subject to the proposed lower-value debt recovery powers in each of the next five financial years, (b) the average amount expected to be recovered per taxpayer, (c) the number of taxpayers expected to enter repayment arrangements rather than having deductions applied and (d) the number of households with children expected to be affected; and whether HMRC has modelled the distribution of affected taxpayers by income decile and by region.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, whether her Department maintains an internal list or other assessment of local authorities considered to be at heightened risk of issuing a section 114 notice or requiring Exceptional Financial Support during the 2026–27 financial year; and whether Ministers have received advice identifying councils considered to present the greatest financial risk.
Awaiting answer.
What route-by-route performance data the Department holds on short-formed passenger rail services across all operators; what assessment has been made of the impact of short formation on passenger overcrowding, cancellations and fare-paying passengers; and whether Ministers have received advice identifying routes presenting the greatest operational risk.
Awaiting answer.
Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the repeal of the Vagrancy Act on levels of rough sleeping, anti-social behaviour and street begging; whether police forces, local authorities and homelessness charities provided differing assessments during consultation; whether regional impact modelling has been undertaken; and if he will publish the evidence informing the Government’s approach.
Awaiting answer.
What estimate her Department has made of (a) the number of businesses currently unable to pay VAT by Direct Debit, (b) the number of VAT-registered businesses which do not maintain a UK bank account capable of supporting Direct Debit payments, (c) the implementation costs to businesses, (d) the implementation costs to HM Revenue and Customs; and whether an impact assessment has been completed.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment has been made of the potential impact of the Workplace Transformation programme on Departmental office capacity, staffing levels, customer access and service delivery; whether regional occupancy modelling has been undertaken; whether any offices have been identified for closure, disposal or consolidation as part of the programme; and if he will publish the programme’s business case and implementation timetable.
Awaiting answer.