Jim McMahon MP: written questions 2025
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Agriculture: CooperativesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to take steps to help support the expansion of the number of co-operatives in farming.
Answer: The Government strongly supports the benefits co-operatives can bring and recognises the important role they play in food security, the resilience of the food sector and as a lifeline for community access to food. Through the food strategy, Defra is consi...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: CooperativesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential contribution of co-operatives in agriculture to food security.
Answer: The Government strongly supports the benefits co-operatives can bring and recognises the important role they play in food security, the resilience of the food sector and as a lifeline for community access to food. Through the food strategy, Defra is consi...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWitnesses: Greater ManchesterMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of court cases that (a) did not progress and (b) were delayed due to the non-attendance of professional witnesses by the profession of those witnesses in Greate
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the number of cases which did not progress or were delayed due to non-attendance of professional witnesses split by witness profession.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of out of area taxi operations on public safety.
Answer: The primary purpose of the taxi and private hire vehicle licensing regime is public safety. Since coming into Government, we have been actively looking at ways to improve the existing licensing regime.We have committed to legislate to address the issues r...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordClean Air Zones: Greater ManchesterDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department is providing to Greater Manchester to fund the removal of Clean Air Zone signage in the region.
Answer: We agreed in January 2025 an £86m plan for Greater Manchester to help clean up the region’s air, including support for cleaner buses, local traffic measures and moving Greater Manchester’s taxi fleet to cleaner vehicles. Individual spending decisions with...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: VacanciesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many apprenticeship vacancies were advertised on the Find An Apprenticeship website in each month since 1 January 2020.
Answer: The requested data on apprenticeship vacancies that were advertised on the Find an Apprenticeship website are published in the Apprenticeships statistics publication and can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/pe...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the two child benefit cap on children in Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton constituency.
Answer: This government is committed to tackling child poverty and the Child Poverty Taskforce is developing an ambitious Child Poverty Strategy which we will publish in the autumn. We are considering all available levers, including social security reforms, to gi...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78376More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of public sector procurement with local suppliers in each English region in each year between 2010 and 2025.
Answer: Information on the effectiveness of public sector procurement with local suppliers in each English region is not held centrally. This Government is determined to ensure public procurement delivers jobs, growth and investment across all regions of the UK. ...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice Custody: Greater ManchesterHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) standard and (b) capacity of custody cells in Greater Manchester.
Answer: Police custody is overseen by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS). HMICFRS published its most recent custody inspection report into Greater Manchester Police’s custody provision on 8 February 2023. The report identified ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many rented properties are procured in each Greater Manchester local authority area by providers contracted by her Department for asylum accommodation.
Answer: For the safety and security of those we accommodate and staff, it is our longstanding policy not to disclose information about sites which may or may not be utilised by the Home Office.The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of suppo...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what role he expects local authorities to have in implementing community energy schemes.
Answer: Together with local and community energy groups and other key stakeholders from devolved governments to mayoral strategic authorities, Great British Energy and the UK government will turbocharge support for local and community energy projects across the U...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when it plans to end the use of the Victoria Hotel in Oldham for the placement of asylum seekers.
Answer: It has been the longstanding policy of the Home Office under successive governments not to disclose information about specific hotels which may or may not be used for asylum accommodation. However, the Home Office continues to work with a range of stakeho...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMagistrates' Courts: Greater ManchesterMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of magistrate court capacity in Greater Manchester.
Answer: The Government inherited a record and rising courts backlog in the Crown Court. The impacts of a historic lack of investment in the criminal justice system and increased demand, due to more arrests and charging practices, means there is now also additiona...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFree Schools: OldhamDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on considering the application for the proposed new Eton State sixth form college in Oldham.
Answer: The department recognises the need for trusts, local authorities and Members of Parliament to have certainty about projects as soon as possible, and we will provide them with an update on next steps in due course.We have engaged with trusts, local authori...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCooperativesTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78369More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the financial contribution of the co-operative sector to the economy; and what estimate her Department has made of the level of growth in that sector in each of the next fi
Answer: The government recognises the contribution of co-operatives to the economy, serving local communities and ensuring the UK has a diverse business sector. According to Co-operatives UK, there are 7,391 co-operatives operating in the UK with a combined annua...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCooperativesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Government-funded business development support in the co-operative and mutual sectors.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade committed to launch a Call for Evidence on co-operative and mutual business. The Call for Evidence will focus on how the government can continue to support co-operative and mutual businesses, to start, grow and scale,...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCooperativesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support the growth of the co-operative sector.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade committed to launch a Call for Evidence on co-operative and mutual business. The Call for Evidence will focus on how the government can continue to support co-operative and mutual businesses, to start, grow and scale,...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
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