James McMurdock MP: written questions 2026
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VisasHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, how long the visa brake on nationals of Afghanistan, Camer
Answer: The visa brake will be kept under regular review and is not intended to be permanent; it will only be lifted when the Government considers it appropriate to do so. Since 2021, there have been over 5,300 asylum claims from nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroo...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, what estimate she has made of the number of student visas
Answer: The visa brake will be kept under regular review and is not intended to be permanent; it will only be lifted when the Government considers it appropriate to do so. Since 2021, there have been over 5,300 asylum claims from nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroo...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, what cap will be applied to the number of asylum seekers w
Answer: As set out in the Restoring Order and Control policy statement, the Government remains committed to the introduction of capped safe and legal routes for refugees and displaced people to come to the United Kingdom. Work is underway to develop these routes,...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Democratic Republic of the CongoHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, how many illegal migrants have been deported to the Democr
Answer: Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Namibia are not in scope for the visa brake. These governments were threatened with the imposition of visa penalties last year specifically in order to improve co-operation in the return of individuals w...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: NamibiaHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, how many illegal migrants have been deported to Namibia si
Answer: Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Namibia are not in scope for the visa brake. These governments were threatened with the imposition of visa penalties last year specifically in order to improve co-operation in the return of individuals w...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: AngolaHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, how many illegal migrants have been deported to Angola sin
Answer: Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Namibia are not in scope for the visa brake. These governments were threatened with the imposition of visa penalties last year specifically in order to improve co-operation in the return of individuals w...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordVisasHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, whether she plans to expand visa bans to more countr
Answer: The visa brake will be kept under regular review and is not intended to be permanent; it will only be lifted when the Government considers it appropriate to do so. Since 2021, there have been over 5,300 asylum claims from nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroo...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, what information her Department holds on the number
Answer: The visa brake will be kept under regular review and is not intended to be permanent; it will only be lifted when the Government considers it appropriate to do so. Since 2021, there have been over 5,300 asylum claims from nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroo...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLitter: EnforcementDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Clearer rules to support councils in fight against litter louts, published on 3 March 2026, what additional funding and resour
Answer: To support local councils to make good use of their fixed penalty powers for littering the Government has laid new Statutory Guidance, “Litter enforcement powers: when and how to use them” in Parliament. Local councils will need to have regard to this gui...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: PrisonsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an ageing prison population on demand for healthcare services within prisons.
Answer: As a signatory to the National Partnership Agreement for Health and Social Care for people in contact with the criminal justice system, the Department of Health and Social Care is committed to working with the Ministry of Justice, His Majesty’s Prison and...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the cost of imprisonment in England and Wales.
Answer: The cost of running prisons has generally increased over the past decade, with particularly sharp changes during the Covid-19 period. Analysis of the published Prison Unit Costs series shows that average running costs per place have risen by around 5% per...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: OvercrowdingMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of prison overcrowding on a) prison safety and b) rehabilitation outcomes.
Answer: The safety and decency of our prisons is paramount. We continually monitor prison conditions and take places on and offline depending on safety, stability, staffing levels and maintenance needs.We recognise that overcrowding can make it harder for prisons...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisonersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the prison population in England and Wales over the next five years.
Answer: On 29 January 2026, we published our second annual statement on prison capacity, which sets out the prison projections up to November 2032 and our assessment of them: Ministry of Justice – Annual Statement on Prison Capacity: 2025.
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisonersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of prison population in England and Wales.
Answer: On 29 January 2026, we published our second annual statement on prison capacity, which sets out the prison projections up to November 2032 and our assessment of them: Ministry of Justice – Annual Statement on Prison Capacity: 2025.
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSentencing: GenderMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure sentencing is equitable across genders.
Answer: Sentencing decisions are a matter for the courts, which must follow statutory sentencing guidelines, developed by the Sentencing Council, unless it would be contrary to the interests of justice to do so.Those guidelines are gender‑neutral, requiring court...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrison Sentences: GenderMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of gender on (a) custodial sentence length and (b) rates of reoffending.
Answer: Sentencing decisions are a matter for the courts, which must follow statutory sentencing guidelines, developed by the Sentencing Council, unless it would be contrary to the interests of justice to do so.Those guidelines are gender‑neutral, requiring court...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrison Sentences: GenderMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of custodial sentencing rates between male and female offenders for comparable offences.
Answer: Sentencing decisions are a matter for the courts, which must follow statutory sentencing guidelines, developed by the Sentencing Council, unless it would be contrary to the interests of justice to do so.Those guidelines are gender‑neutral, requiring court...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 5 March 2026 to Question 115670, how many National Patient Safety Alerts have been issued in response to incidents originating in accident and emergency departments in the pas
Answer: In the period from 2023 to 2025, three full calendar years, the National Patient Safety Team issued seven National Patient Safety Alerts.Whilst none of those originated from a single incident occurring in an emergency department, one alert in January 2023...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of accident and emergency waiting times on the incidence of reported patient harm.
Answer: The Government is committed to transparency in reporting patient harm in the National Health Service. The Learn from Patient Safety Events (LFPSE) service provides a national database of patient safety incidents, whereby frontline workers in NHS providers...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLitter: EnforcementDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Clearer rules to support councils in fight against litter louts, published on 3 March 2026, what guidance her Department has i
Answer: The ‘Litter enforcement powers – when and how to use them’ states that in no circumstances should enforcement be considered a means to raise revenue. In addition, it is crucial that councils are transparent about why a fixed penalty has been issued and th...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLitter: FinesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Clearer rules to support councils in fight against litter louts, published on 3 March 2026, how many penalties have been issue
Answer: The Government does not hold this data.
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLitter: FinesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Clearer rules to support councils in fight against litter louts, published on 3 March 2026, what assessment she has made of th
Answer: Local councils already have legal powers to issue a fixed penalty (on-the-spot fine) of up to £500 for littering offences.
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLitter: Fixed PenaltiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Clearer rules to support councils in fight against litter louts, published on 3 March 2026, what estimate she has made of the
Answer: The Government has not made an assessment on the number of fixed penalty notices expected to be issued annually under the revised litter enforcement guidance.
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordShipping: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled £271 million to clean up shipping and power coastal communities, what estimate he has made of the level of private investment expected to be leveraged b
Answer: All projects in UK SHORE competitions winners are required to provide match-funding from industry, which guarantees sector support and investment. We anticipate the two new competitions will progress innovation even further and attract additional private ...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordShipping: Greenhouse Gas EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled £271 million to clean up shipping and power coastal communities, what estimate he has made of the greenhouse gas emissions reductions expected from proj
Answer: All projects in UK SHORE competitions winners are required to provide match-funding from industry, which guarantees sector support and investment. We anticipate the two new competitions will progress innovation even further and attract additional private ...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
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