James McMurdock MP: written questions 2026
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Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature Grants ProgrammeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK leads global efforts to help communities save the ocean and beat poverty, published on 26 January 2026, if she will set out
Answer: The OCEAN Grants Programme has been designed to ensure that Gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) is at its heart. OCEAN's approach goes beyond gender equality alone to include disability and wider social inclusion, explicitly covering ...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOcean Community Empowerment and Nature Grants ProgrammeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK leads global efforts to help communities save the ocean and beat poverty, published on 26 January 2026, what proportion of
Answer: All applications to the OCEAN Grants Programme are assessed against publicly available Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) assessment criteria. This assessment is conducted by an external Expert Committee and a GEDSI specialist to ens...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOcean Community Empowerment and Nature Grants ProgrammeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK leads global efforts to help communities save the ocean and beat poverty, published on 26 January 2026, if she will list th
Answer: All applications to the OCEAN Grants Programme are assessed against publicly available Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) assessment criteria. This assessment is conducted by an external Expert Committee and a GEDSI specialist to ens...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOcean Community Empowerment and Nature Grants ProgrammeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK leads global efforts to help communities save the ocean and beat poverty, published on 26 January 2026, what steps her Depa
Answer: All recipients of OCEAN Grants are required to agree outcomes and to monitor and report on progress including of proposed environmental benefits, throughout the grant lifecycle. During the application phase, proposed outcomes and the indicators used to me...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOcean Community Empowerment and Nature Grants ProgrammeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK leads global efforts to help communities save the ocean and beat poverty, published on 26 January 2026, what outcome measur
Answer: All recipients of OCEAN Grants are required to agree outcomes and to monitor and report on progress including of proposed environmental benefits, throughout the grant lifecycle. During the application phase, proposed outcomes and the indicators used to me...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOcean Community Empowerment and Nature Grants ProgrammeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK leads global efforts to help communities save the ocean and beat poverty, published on 26 January 2026, what proportion of
Answer: Through Round One and Two, approximately 20% (£4,905,878) of OCEAN Grants Programme funding is expected to be provided in direct financial support to local NGOs, Civil Society Organisations and other in-country non-profit organisations working closely wit...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOcean Community Empowerment and Nature Grants ProgrammeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK leads global efforts to help communities save the ocean and beat poverty, published on 26 January 2026, what Department's b
Answer: The following projects have been funded under Round Two of the OCEAN Grants Programme. Funding comes from Defra’s Official Development Assistance budget and is projected to be spent between January 2026 and March 2029. The Round Two projects with signed g...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOcean Community Empowerment and Nature Grants ProgrammeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK leads global efforts to help communities save the ocean and beat poverty, published on 26 January 2026, what proportion of
Answer: OCEAN Round 2 projects remain subject to final due diligence. The finalised list of projects, along with the countries in which OCEAN works, will be made available on the OCEAN website in due course.
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOcean Community Empowerment and Nature Grants ProgrammeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK leads global efforts to help communities save the ocean and beat poverty, published on 26 January 2026, over what period th
Answer: The following projects have been funded under Round Two of the OCEAN Grants Programme. Funding comes from Defra’s Official Development Assistance budget and is projected to be spent between January 2026 and March 2029. The Round Two projects with signed g...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOcean Community Empowerment and Nature Grants ProgrammeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK leads global efforts to help communities save the ocean and beat poverty, published on 26 January 2026, how much funding ha
Answer: The following projects have been funded under Round Two of the OCEAN Grants Programme. Funding comes from Defra’s Official Development Assistance budget and is projected to be spent between January 2026 and March 2029. The Round Two projects with signed g...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on ensuring escalation protocols for deteriorating patients are consistently applied across trusts.
Answer: Patients are triaged upon their initial entry to accident and emergency departments, after which their condition and any deterioration is monitored through observation at clinically appropriate intervals. How this happens and how often it happens is down ...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the guidance on the frequency of re-triage for patients whose condition may deteriorate while waiting for treatment.
Answer: Patients are triaged upon their initial entry to accident and emergency departments, after which their condition and any deterioration is monitored through observation at clinically appropriate intervals. How this happens and how often it happens is down ...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce delays between triage and clinical assessment in Accident and Emergency departments.
Answer: The Government recognises that urgent and emergency care performance has fallen short in recent years. We are committed to restoring accident and emergency waiting times to the NHS Constitutional standard.Our Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26 set...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS 111: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS 111 calls resulted in an ambulance dispatch in the East of England in each of the past three years.
Answer: The Government is committed to continuing to improve NHS 111 to ensure patients can access the right care first time, in a timely manner, thereby only visiting accident and emergency when necessary.The data is not published in the requested format. Howeve...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity Care: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether current levels of community-based urgent care services have capacity to offset ambulance demand in the East of England.
Answer: Between January and December 2025, a total of 121,305 emergency 999 calls were successfully redirected away from a traditional ambulance dispatch in the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (EEAST) and into alternative care pathways.Thes...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of ambulance call-outs were assessed as avoidable or suitable for alternative pathways in the East of England during the last 12 months.
Answer: Between January and December 2025, a total of 121,305 emergency 999 calls were successfully redirected away from a traditional ambulance dispatch in the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (EEAST) and into alternative care pathways.Thes...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordThailand: TransportForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the British Embassy in Bangkok’s press release entitled UK PACT and Bangkok advancing sustainable transport, published on 30 January 2026, what assessment s
Answer: The UK PACT Thailand programme is funded from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO) and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's (DESNZ) Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget.Further details of all FCDO and DESNZ funded...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordThailand: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the British Embassy in Bangkok’s press release entitled UK PACT and Bangkok advancing sustainable transport, published on 30 January 2026, which Department'
Answer: The UK PACT Thailand programme is funded from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO) and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's (DESNZ) Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget.Further details of all FCDO and DESNZ funded...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Government action to avert summer prison disaster, published on 29 January 2026, what steps he has taken to help ensure that changes to sentencing do not
Answer: The greatest risk to public safely is the risk of not being able to lock up dangerous offenders. Without the Sentencing Act, which received Royal Assent on 22 January, the country would have completely run out of prison places as early as June this year. ...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: ConstructionMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Government action to avert summer prison disaster, published on 29 January 2026, on what date the 2,900 prison spaces were approved for construction.
Answer: This Government has delivered c.2,900 additional prison places and construction on these began between 2022 and 2024. We have invested £4.7 billion over the spending review period to enable the delivery of these additional prison places at pace and have m...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: ConstructionMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Government action to avert summer prison disaster, published on 29 January 2026, when the 2,900 prison spaces began construction.
Answer: This Government has delivered c.2,900 additional prison places and construction on these began between 2022 and 2024. We have invested £4.7 billion over the spending review period to enable the delivery of these additional prison places at pace and have m...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his press release entitled New fund to tackle cancer screening inequalities and save lives, published on 29 January 2026, what proportion of the funding will be allocated to cance
Answer: The allocation for the Neighbourhood Early Diagnosis Fund is led by the Cancer Alliances. Further details and allocations will be set out for 2026/27 in due course. Local communities across England, including Essex, will benefit from the major investment,...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCentral Africa: Climate Change and RainforestsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department’s World News Story entitled Cameroon: UK supports new generation of Central Africa researchers, published on 29 January 2026, what assessment
Answer: The Congo Rainforest Alliance for Forest Training (CRAFT) for Sustainable Development programme is a major milestone in advancing world‑class, locally led scientific research across the Congo Basin. Further details of all FCDO-funded programmes can be fou...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCentral Africa: RainforestsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department’s World News Story entitled Cameroon: UK supports new generation of Central Africa researchers, published on 29 January 2026, what steps she
Answer: The Congo Rainforest Alliance for Forest Training (CRAFT) for Sustainable Development programme is a major milestone in advancing world‑class, locally led scientific research across the Congo Basin. Further details of all FCDO-funded programmes can be fou...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCentral Africa: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department's world news story entitled Cameroon: UK supports new generation of Central Africa researchers, published on 29 January 2026, what proportion
Answer: The Congo Rainforest Alliance for Forest Training (CRAFT) for Sustainable Development programme is a major milestone in advancing world‑class, locally led scientific research across the Congo Basin. Further details of all FCDO-funded programmes can be fou...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
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