James McMurdock MP: written questions 2026
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Elections: Pilot SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Weekend voting and shopping centre polling stations to be trialled, published on 2 March 2026, what discussions he has h
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84647 on 31 October 2025. In August 2025, local authorities were invited to apply to pilot a range of flexible voting methods at the May 2026 elections in England. Authorities were required to de...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: Pilot SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Weekend voting and shopping centre polling stations to be trialled, published on 2 March 2026, whether council office bu
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84647 on 31 October 2025. In August 2025, local authorities were invited to apply to pilot a range of flexible voting methods at the May 2026 elections in England. Authorities were required to de...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: Pilot SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Weekend voting and shopping centre polling stations to be trialled, published on 2 March 2026, what safeguards will be i
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84647 on 31 October 2025. In August 2025, local authorities were invited to apply to pilot a range of flexible voting methods at the May 2026 elections in England. Authorities were required to de...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: Pilot SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Weekend voting and shopping centre polling stations to be trialled, published on 2 March 2026, what safeguards will be i
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84647 on 31 October 2025. In August 2025, local authorities were invited to apply to pilot a range of flexible voting methods at the May 2026 elections in England. Authorities were required to de...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: Pilot SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Weekend voting and shopping centre polling stations to be trialled, published on 2 March 2026, how many days ahead of po
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84647 on 31 October 2025. In August 2025, local authorities were invited to apply to pilot a range of flexible voting methods at the May 2026 elections in England. Authorities were required to de...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: Pilot SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Weekend voting and shopping centre polling stations to be trialled, published on 2 March 2026, what research his Departm
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84647 on 31 October 2025. In August 2025, local authorities were invited to apply to pilot a range of flexible voting methods at the May 2026 elections in England. Authorities were required to de...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: Pilot SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Weekend voting and shopping centre polling stations to be trialled, published on 2 March 2026, what turnout increase thr
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84647 on 31 October 2025. In August 2025, local authorities were invited to apply to pilot a range of flexible voting methods at the May 2026 elections in England. Authorities were required to de...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: Pilot SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Weekend voting and shopping centre polling stations to be trialled, published on 2 March 2026, what estimate he has made
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84647 on 31 October 2025. In August 2025, local authorities were invited to apply to pilot a range of flexible voting methods at the May 2026 elections in England. Authorities were required to de...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: Pilot SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Weekend voting and shopping centre polling stations to be trialled, published on 2 March 2026, what criteria were used t
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84647 on 31 October 2025. In August 2025, local authorities were invited to apply to pilot a range of flexible voting methods at the May 2026 elections in England. Authorities were required to de...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Statement of 26 February 2026 by the Minister for Industry on British Steel, what contingency provision has been made within existing Departmental budgets to help ensure d
Answer: HMG is working closely with EY, who are providing onsite management support, to review British Steel’s forecasts and ensure that any funding requests are robust. HMG and EY work closely with British Steel management on scenario planning to ensure that the...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: SewersDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce minimum national standards for highway drainage maintenance.
Answer: Local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. It is for each individual local highway authority to assess which parts of its network need repair and what standards should be...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: SewersDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of drainage maintenance practices by local highway authorities.
Answer: Local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. It is for each individual local highway authority to assess which parts of its network need repair and what standards should be...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHemiplegia: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delayed access to intensive therapy for children with hemiplegia on those children in the long-term.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of access to therapy for children with neuromuscular disorders like hemiplegia, and that early intervention is shown to be the most effective.NHS England’s service specification for paediatric neurodisability servi...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOccupational Therapy and Physiotherapy: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of paediatric a) physiotherapy and b) occupational therapy workforce capacity.
Answer: Decisions on recruitment and employment are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts which manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effect...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHemiplegia: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of disparities in therapy provision for children with hemiplegia across integrated care boards on those children.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of access to therapy for children with neuromuscular disorders like hemiplegia, and that early intervention is shown to be the most effective.NHS England’s service specification for paediatric neurodisability servi...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of alternative pathway on reducing ambulance handover delays at hospital emergency departments in the East of England.
Answer: Reducing unacceptably long ambulance handover delays is a priority for the Government, and the National Health Service has recently introduced a maximum 45-minute standard, supporting ambulances to be released more quickly and get back on the road to trea...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: Emergency CallsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 2nd March 2026 to Question 110309, what proportion of redirected patients were referred to a) mental health crisis services, b) urgent community response teams or c) primary c
Answer: Data published monthly by NHS England on incidents raised and responded to by the ambulance sevice does not report the information required to answer this question.Incident numbers and categorisation are published for England as part of the Ambulance Qual...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: Emergency CallsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 110309, how the proportion of calls redirected in the East of England compares with the national average.
Answer: NHS England publishes monthly data on the number of incidents raised and responded to by the ambulance service as part of the Ambulance Quality Indicators (AQI) publication. The publication can be found at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/sta...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: Emergency CallsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes in call categorisation thresholds in the East of England since 2023.
Answer: The Department is unaware of any national or local changes to guidance on call categorisation thresholds made since 2023, and has therefore made no assessment.
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBelarus: MigrantsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department’s Eastern Neighbourhood Small Projects Programme, whether any of the people supported by the project entitled Social care and dementia suppor
Answer: The UK does not provide funding to the Belarusian regime. Assistance in Belarus is delivered through our Embassy in Minsk and is focused on supporting vulnerable people and communities who have limited or no access to alternative charitable support. Such ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBelarus: MigrantsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department’s Eastern Neighbourhood Small Projects Programme, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the project entitled Promoting Belarus
Answer: The UK does not provide funding to the Belarusian regime. Assistance in Belarus is delivered through our Embassy in Minsk and is focused on supporting vulnerable people and communities who have limited or no access to alternative charitable support. Such ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBelarus: MigrantsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department’s Eastern Neighbourhood Small Projects Programme, what policy objective is there for creating the project entitled Promoting Belarusian natio
Answer: The UK does not provide funding to the Belarusian regime. Assistance in Belarus is delivered through our Embassy in Minsk and is focused on supporting vulnerable people and communities who have limited or no access to alternative charitable support. Such ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBelarus: MigrantsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department’s Eastern Neighbourhood Small Projects Programme, how much has been spent to date on the project entitled Promoting Belarusian national ident
Answer: The UK does not provide funding to the Belarusian regime. Assistance in Belarus is delivered through our Embassy in Minsk and is focused on supporting vulnerable people and communities who have limited or no access to alternative charitable support. Such ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBelarus: MigrantsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department’s Eastern Neighbourhood Small Projects Programme, whether she has any plans to continue providing foreign aid to Belarus beyond current commi
Answer: The UK does not provide funding to the Belarusian regime. Assistance in Belarus is delivered through our Embassy in Minsk and is focused on supporting vulnerable people and communities who have limited or no access to alternative charitable support. Such ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBelarus: MigrantsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to her Department’s Eastern Neighbourhood Small Projects Programme, how much has been spent on the project entitled Board game [Belarus] Shtetl.
Answer: The UK does not provide funding to the Belarusian regime. Assistance in Belarus is delivered through our Embassy in Minsk and is focused on supporting vulnerable people and communities who have limited or no access to alternative charitable support. Such ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
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