Jim McMahon MP: written questions
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Food: PricesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the drivers of food and non-alcoholic drink price inflation and what steps are being taken to tackle them.
Answer: The Government monitors food prices closely. As outlined in the UK Food Security Report (December 2024), food price drivers are complex: global commodity prices influence domestic markets through trade and are affected by energy, labour, manufacturing cos...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBus ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department expects bus usage in (a) England (b) Greater Manchester to return to pre-covid levels.
Answer: The Government is committed to helping local leaders improve local bus services and grow usage across England, including in Greater Manchester, whilst recognising that travel patterns have changed since the COVID pandemic. We are taking action to give loc...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescription DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of unused medication held by patients in England.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the cost of unused medication held by patients in England. The Government seeks to have a coordinated approach to prevent wastage as much as possible to improve inefficiencies and reduce costs for the taxpayer. Primary care ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGP PracticesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has been made of the proportion of GP practices with (a) AED defibrillators (b) ECGs (electrocardiogram) on the premises.
Answer: Data on the provision of this equipment is held by local integrated care boards.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Practices: Telephone SystemsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the cost to the public purse of installing new telephone systems in GP practices in England last year; and how many (a) systems (b) handsets were installed.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the cost of installing new telephone systems in general practices, nor on how many systems and handsets were installed.As part of our ambition to end the 8:00am scramble, we want patients to contact their practice by p...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Parks: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of funding to national park authorities in England.
Answer: We recognise that the Defra core grant is vital to support England’s National Park Authorities. In the 25/26 financial year, the government is providing £45.2 million of core funding to the 10 National Park Authorities, with a capital uplift of up to £15 ...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Railway StationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposals to introduce an automatic approval assumption for developments near train stations on (a) levels and (b) location
Answer: The proposals in question do not involve granting automatic permission to suitable planning applications.They will cover development within a reasonable walking distance of well-connected tram stations, including light rail tram stations.The proposals wil...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFunerals: Pre-paymentTreasuryTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92162More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints of mis-selling of prepayment funeral plans have been made for each year from 2015 to date.
Answer: The regulation of pre-paid funeral plans is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Pre-paid funeral plans came under FCA regulation in July 2022, and so the FCA will not hold complaint data from before that date. The FCA will respond to the H...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Forensic ScienceHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of police force forensic analysis capacity and completion times in England.
Answer: Forensic turnaround times currently vary with discipline. Time taken by forces to examine digital devices for example varies considerably, but urgent requests are always prioritised.Chief Constables, and ultimately Police and Crime Commissioners, are curr...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Lost PropertyCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92158More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many government (a) mobile phones (b) laptops (c) tablets were reported lost or stolen for each year from 2015 to date.
Answer: This answer only provides information for the Cabinet Office, Government Digital Service (GDS) and the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) IT Provision. This answer is not inclusive of Number 10. It also only extends back to 3rd July 2018 as records be...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains were cancelled due to staff shortages in each year since 2015; and whether she has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of those cancellations.
Answer: The Department does not hold a complete historical dataset of cancellations specifically attributed to staff shortages dating back to 2015. However, Network Rail collects management information on the percentage of trains cancelled due to traincrew issues...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: ConstructionDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) plumbers, (b) electricians, (c) joiners, (d) bricklayers and (e) plasterers are forecast to leave and join the labour market in each year to 2030.
Answer: The Department does not hold up to date data on the numbers of (a) plumbers, (b) electricians, (c) joiners, (d) bricklayers and (e) plasterers leaving and joining the labour market. The CITB (Construction Industry Training Board) does produce the Construc...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: TheftHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mobile phones were stolen in the most recent year for which data is available; and how many of those were recovered.
Answer: The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) provides estimates of the number of people who were the victim of mobile phone theft. In the most recent year for which data is available (year ending March 2024), an estimated 235,000 people in England and Wa...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Excise DutiesDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles have been seized by the DVLA for not having valid vehicle excise duty in (a) England, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Oldham by vehicle class in each year since 2015.
Answer: The information requested is not available in the detail or format requested. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) officials will write to the honourable member with the relevant information that is available when it has been extracted and assured.
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTools: TheftHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of tool thefts in England have been made in each year since 2015.
Answer: The Home Office does not routinely collect data on the items stolen in theft offences which are reported to the police.The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) provides estimates of the proportion of theft offences reported to the survey where tools ...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTools: TheftHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of tool thefts on lost working days to the economy.
Answer: This Government recognises that tradespeople are often targeted by criminals who seek to steal tools. We also recognise the deeply damaging impact on victims who rely on their tools to earn a living. Whilst we do not have an official estimate of the costs...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: GamblingCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92145More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times gambling websites were visited by government system users in each year since 2015.
Answer: This information is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office. All users are bound by an ICT Acceptable Usage Policy which states that users must not undertake any form of gambling on Cabinet Office IT. Any breach is managed through the Cabinet Office’s di...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Social MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92144More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on advertisements and subscriptions with (a) X, (b) Meta, (c) Tiktok and (d) Alphabet Inc. Google in each year since 2015.
Answer: The government uses paid advertising to communicate important government announcements and campaigns that affect the public. Please refer to the table below for Government spend on advertisements and subscriptions (please note - figures from 2015-2018 are...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: FurnitureCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92143More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government spent on office furniture in each year since 2015.
Answer: Spend by the Government on office furniture is a matter for each individual government department and is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBreakfast ClubsDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the nutritional value of food and drinks available to school breakfast clubs in England.
Answer: The department supports the provision of nutritious food in schools to enable pupils to be well nourished, develop healthy eating habits and to concentrate and learn in school.The Requirements for School Food Regulations 2014 regulate the food and drink p...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: Deprivation IndicatorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of community pharmacies in England relative to indices of multiple deprivation.
Answer: NHS Business Services Authority publishes quarterly consolidated NHS pharmaceutical lists with all community pharmacies in England. As of the end of September, there were twice as many pharmacies located in the lowest two deprivation deciles than there we...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: Service ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the value for money of management and service charges paid by academy and free schools to related parties in England.
Answer: Academy trusts are permitted to use a proportion of their funding to pay for central services for their schools. This can be more efficient and cheaper than individual academies running or procuring the functions themselves. Where trusts top slice for cen...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: Service ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the value for money of management and service charges paid by GP surgeries to related parties in England.
Answer: General practice surgeries are independent contractors, and as private businesses it is within their own remit to consider the value for money of management and service charges paid to related parties in England.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Offensive WeaponsDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many knives and other weapons were confiscated in schools in England in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer: Every child must be safe and the government is committed to making schools safer places for every child by tackling the root cause of serious violence.The department does not hold data on the number of knives and other weapons confiscated in schools in En...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Workers: EnforcementHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal working enforcement visits have been undertaken in (a) England, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Oldham in each year since 2015.
Answer: To maintain the highest standards of accuracy, the Home Office prefers to refer to published data, as this has been subject to rigorous quality assurance under National Statistics protocols prior to publication.Our published data on illegal working visits...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
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