Jim McMahon MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Political Impartiality: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the provision of non-partisan political and democratic education in schools prior to the introduction of the forthcoming Elections Bill.
Answer: Teaching about democracy and elections already forms a central part of the secondary national curriculum for citizenship and can be taught as a non-statutory topic in primary schools.Education is a vital part of implementing the government's commitment to...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to tackle (a) misinformation (b) foreign influence in the 2026 elections.
Answer: The Government takes attempts by any country to intervene in our democratic processes very seriously. It is, and always will be, an absolute priority to protect our democratic and electoral processes. The Government addresses these challenges through coor...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: Social MediaMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take legislative steps to require the promotion of party political content on social media platforms during the regulated period as third party campaign activity that
Answer: Under existing legislation, spending above £20,000 in England or £10,000 in Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland on promoting party political content during the regulated period, whether on social media or other platforms, must be treated as campaign expe...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Crimes of Violence and Sexual OffencesDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints were reported to British Transport Police for (a) antisocial behaviour, (b) sexual harassment, (c) sexual assault and (d) physical assault on trains in each of the past three years.
Answer: The British Transport Police have provided the following figures for the last 3 years. Passenger numbers have been increasing year-on-year since the easing of Covid-19 travel restrictions and will account for some of the increase in crime reports. Overall...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Crimes of Violence and Sexual OffencesDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many reports of (a) antisocial behaviour towards, (b) sexual harassment of, (c) sexual assault of and (d) physical assault of train staff were made in each of the past three years.
Answer: The British Transport Police are responsible for policing the railway in England, Scotland and Wales and have provided the following figures. Offence/Incident Type2022/232023/242024/25Antisocial Behaviour Not available as a breakdown for incidents against...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPets: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of pets by type that were placed with animal shelters as a result of (a) pet ownership affordability and (b) tenancy restrictions in
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the number of pets placed with animal shelters as a result of the affordability of pet ownership or tenancy restrictions. This information may be collected by individual animal welfare organisations.
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorismHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were referred to the Prevent programme by local authority and risk type in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office does not routinely publish data on Prevent referrals by local authority, as releasing it could have detrimental effect on national security. However, the Home Office does publish data on Prevent referrals by region and type of concern for ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Civil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94248More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many FTE civil servants there were across Government in England by region in each year since 2010.
Answer: Information on the number of FTE civil servants by region is published annually as part of Civil Service Statistics. This information can be found at Table 10 of each of the annual publications data tables available at the link below. https://www.gov.uk/g...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSupermarkets: TechnologyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of self service check outs at supermarkets and convenience stores on the number of jobs in those sectors since 2015.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade has no plans to assess the impact of self-service checkouts on employment levels in the retail sector since 2015. Decisions about in-store services in supermarkets, including provision of staffed and self-checkout til...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicle Drivers: Labour Turnover and TrainingDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the level of (a) heavy goods vehicle and (b) large goods vehicle driver vacancies; and what steps her Department is taking to help (i) train and (ii) retain drivers.
Answer: The Department for Transport publishes data on heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver vacancies which is collected as part of the domestic road haulage survey, sent to businesses which operate an HGV. The data releases can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/govern...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 LineDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) land and (b) property acquired for the construction of the HS2 Phase 2 route from Birmingham to Crewe is (1) still held, (2) sale pending and (3) sold.
Answer: 337 properties have been acquired for HS2 on the former Phase 2a route between Birmingham and Crewe. These are 122 agricultural units; including land where there are no dwellings, 4 commercial properties and 211 residential properties. No land or property...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 LineDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) land and (b) property acquired for the construction of the HS2 Phase 2b Western Leg route from Crewe to Manchester is (1) still held, (2) sale pending and (3) sold.
Answer: 208 properties have been acquired for HS2 on the former Phase 2b West route between Crewe and Manchester. These are 16 agricultural units; including land where there are no dwellings, 12 commercial properties and 180 residential properties. No land or pro...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 LineDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) land and (b) property was acquired for the construction of the HS2 Phase 2b Eastern Leg route from Birmingham to Leeds is (i) still held, (ii) sale pending and (iii) sold.
Answer: 562 properties have been acquired for HS2 on the former Phase 2b East route between Birmingham and Leeds. These are 20 agricultural units; including land where there are no dwellings, 5 commercial properties and 537 residential properties. In 2022, 6 of t...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHouse of Commons: ArtworksHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93842More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many items from the Parliamentary Art Collection were reported as (a) missing, (b) stolen and (c) damaged beyond repair in each of the last ten years;
Answer: In the period 2015–2025 nothing from the Parliamentary Art Collection has been recorded as stolen or damaged beyond repair.Since 2023 items have been recorded as missing where they have not been located on the estate or in stores for between three and 20 ...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Estate: SecurityHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93841More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many parliamentary passes were revoked for security reasons in each year since 2015.
Answer: We are not able to provide the number of parliamentary passes that were revoked for security reasons in each year since 2015. The pass system is a live database with accounts being deleted routinely in line with the data retention schedule, records are th...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBBC: PayDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the BBC on levels of remuneration of working class employees.
Answer: The BBC is operationally and editorially independent of the Government. Employee remuneration is therefore a matter for the BBC, and the individuals themselves.The BBC’s Framework Agreement sets targets for the make-up of its workforce by the end of the c...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: Hate CrimeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the number of instances of (a) antisemitism (b) Islamophobia (c) other forms of race and religion based hate on social media platfor
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, in-scope services must protect all users from illegal abusive and hateful content, and children from abusive content where it does not reach the criminal threshold. In October, the Secretary of State wrote to Ofcom and asked i...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: RadicalismDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has been made of the potential implications for her policies of social media platforms (a) hosting extremist content and (b) using algorithms that enable radicalisation,
Answer: The Online Safety Act requires services to tackle illegal content, including terrorist content, grooming content, and content which stirs up hatred based on religion or race. They must also protect children from certain forms of legal content, including h...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the additional capacity Ofcom has provided for the administration of complaints and investigations relating to provisions with
Answer: The Government has ensured Ofcom has the resources it needs to deliver online safety regulation effectively, including its complaints and investigation responsibilities. £72.6 million has been allocated to Ofcom for its online safety functions and approxi...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Freedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93836More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on legal advice for Freedom of Information requests which were first declined and subsequently provided following challenges by (a) internal review, (b) Information Commissioner rul
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving LicencesDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) licensing authorities in England whose policies permit the licensing of drivers with non-UK driving licences and (b) licensed taxi and private hire veh
Answer: The Department does not hold this information centrally.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bikes and Electric Scooters: FiresMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of trends in the number of battery fires for electric personal mobility vehicles such as e-bikes and scooters for each year since 2020.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government collects data on incidents attended by Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs), with this data including the cause of the fire and the source of ignition. This data is published in a variety of publicati...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMultinational Companies: TaxationTreasuryTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93833More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of potential lost tax revenue from international corporations importing large product volumes operating on a direct to consumer basis.
Answer: The Government does not hold data to estimate tax revenue losses specifically from international corporations importing large product volumes operating on a direct to consumer basis. Such economic activity can give rise to a range of different taxes and d...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFood BanksDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) food banks and (b) food bank users in each year since 2015.
Answer: The Department does not hold official statistics on the number of registered food banks. Food banks are independent organisations, often run by charities, faith groups, or community organisations, and are not regulated or registered centrally by the Gover...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordClothing: CharitiesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) clothes banks and (b) clothes bank users in each year since 2015.
Answer: The Department does not hold official statistics on the number of registered food banks. Food banks are independent organisations, often run by charities, faith groups, or community organisations, and are not regulated or registered centrally by the Gover...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
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