Jim McMahon MP: written questions 2025
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Red Diesel: AgricultureTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95145More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of recent trends in levels of illegal agriculture red diesel use.
Answer: Rebated fuels must be supplied by Registered Dealers in Controlled Oil who are approved by HMRC to ensure that fuel is only obtained by those entitled to use it.Rebated fuels can only be used in eligible vehicles and machines when they are being used for ...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFarms: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the government intends to review planning laws to increase support for farming business diversification in rural areas.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 95296 on 4 December 2025.
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHorticultureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate has been made of levels of glass house food growing capacity for each year from 2015 to date.
Answer: Defra’s statistical estimate of the total glasshouse area used for growing food (vegetables, salad and fruit) in England on 1 June 2025 is 549ha, down from 671ha on 1 June 2015. The complete timeseries is below and available at Agricultural land use in En...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients does the government assess will be impacted by its decision to freeze prescription charges in England.
Answer: Approximately 40% of people who receive prescriptions are not entitled to exemption from National Health Service prescription charges and will therefore benefit from the decision to freeze charges for the second successive year, keeping the cost of a pres...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Newspaper PressCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95141More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many copies of each UK daily newspaper did the government purchase for each year from 2015 to date.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFootball: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate has been made of the number of (1) grass and (2) artificial football pitches in (a) England (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Oldham for each year since 2015.
Answer: According to Sport England’s Active Places database, as of December 2025 there are 59,794 grass football pitches and 6,634 artificial grass pitches in England. In Greater Manchester, there are 1,796 grass football pitches and 380 artificial grass pitches....
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: Crimes against the PersonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has been made of the number of recorded incidents of (a) verbal abuse (b) physical assault (c) sexual assault and (d) harassment against staff in (i) GP practices (ii) pharmacies (iii
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of recorded incidents in these settings, which are each independent contractors to the National Health Service.We know how challenging disgraceful incidences of abuse and violence can be for staff. The Gover...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has taken place on the post covid trends in levels of concessionary bus travel among pensioners and disabled people; and its impact on health, loneliness and social isolation.
Answer: The Department for Transport’s concessionary travel statistics show that there were 624 million older and disabled concessionary bus journeys in England in the year ending March 2025, an increase of 4% compared with the year ending March 2024. While this ...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: FinesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the compliance of private parking companies using contract breach terms to apply a penalty when there is no option for the driver
Answer: Private parking operators are regulated through their membership of the two main trade associations. These are the British Parking Association (BPA) and the International Parking Community (IPC). The BPA and IPC have launched a single industry Code of Pra...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the pull and push factors driving taxi license holders from obtaining licenses out of their area of residence and operation, such as to Wolverhampton Council.
Answer: Ministers and officials regularly engage with the taxi and private hire vehicle sector. Differing licensing requirements, processing times and costs are often cited as reasons why licences are sought from authorities other than that in which the applicant...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Watch SchemesHome OfficeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many active Neighbourhood Watch schemes were in place for each year from 2015 to date in England.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold information on the number of active Neighbourhood Watch schemes in England for each year from 2015 to date.Neighbourhood Watch (NHW) is a long-established, volunteer-led movement that supports safer, stronger and more connect...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes and Personal Care Services: FraudHome OfficeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criminality data informs efforts to clamp down on the establishment of (a) vape shops (b) barber shops in England.
Answer: Addressing cash-based money laundering is one of the strategic priorities of the National Economic Crime Centre, which sits within the National Crime Agency. In March 2025, the NECC led a three-week intensification campaign (Operation MACHINIZE) against b...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren in Care: Offences against ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has been made of the number of reports of child (a) sexual (b) criminal exploitation safeguarding failings at (1) private (2) local authority children’s homes in England since 2015.
Answer: All registered children’s homes, whether privately run or local authority-operated, must notify Ofsted, the regulator for children’s social care, about certain serious incidents that happen to children in their care living with them and what they have don...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: MaterialsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the assessed domestic (a) brick (b) roof tile (c) steel (d) aggregate (e) plasterboard (f) construction grade timber production capacity for each year from 2015
Answer: The Department does not hold data on assessed domestic production capacity for bricks, roof tiles, steel, aggregates, plasterboard or construction-grade timber. Information on building materials is published in our official statistics - Building material ...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTyres: SalesDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has taken place of the effectiveness of measures to tackle the resale of dangerous part worn tyres.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s Market Surveillance Unit works closely with local Trading Standards teams to carry out checks on garages selling part worn tyres, enforcing sanctions where necessary. Any retailer selling part-worn tyres which fai...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the financial viability of community pharmacies in England.
Answer: NHS England commissioned Frontier Economics to undertake an independent economic analysis of National Health Service pharmacy funding in 2024. This work was published on the Frontier Economics website on 28 March 2025.The findings of this analysis were co...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adults are assessed as having an unmet social care need in England.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for assessing individuals’ care and support needs and, where eligible, for meeting those needs, as set out in the Care Act 2014. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is assessing how local authorities in England are meeting ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInland Border FacilitiesHome OfficeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the total capital cost to the government of customs check posts since the UK EU withdrawal.
Answer: The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Health Funerals: Fees and ChargesMinistry of JusticeTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the trends in local authority funeral and cremation fees and charges since 2015.
Answer: Local authority cemeteries and crematoria are managed by individual councils, who are responsible for setting their own budgets and making decisions on local services in line with community priorities. In line with this principle, local authority burial a...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: UniformsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of pupils suspended or sent home for not wearing the required school uniform and (b) lost school days as a result for the most recent year the data is available.
Answer: The department does not hold the requested information. While statistics on suspension are collected by reason category, ‘not wearing the required school uniform’ is not included as a separate category. The department publishes data on suspensions and per...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: ReconstructionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to support the rebuilding of Ukraine through UK to Ukraine economic trade expansion.
Answer: My department is working to match British business expertise with Ukraine’s reconstruction needs, including through commitments in the UK-Ukraine 100 Year Partnership Agreement.We extended tariff-free trade under our bilateral Free Trade Agreement on most...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFaith SchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of new fee paying and charity run religious schools on community cohesion and social mixing among young people from different religious and ethnic background
Answer: Faith schools have played a longstanding role in, and remain an important element of, our education system. However, we are not expecting an increase in the number of new faith schools. In the current context of falling rolls, we expect there to be less d...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94781More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of car weight trends on wear and tear on highways.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not made a specific assessment of the potential impact of car weight trends on wear and tear on highways. Commercial vehicles (typically those greater than 7.5 tonnes) are the dominant factor in determining road design and contr...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth OrganisationsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the social and educational value of uniformed youth groups such as cubs, scouts and cadet units; and what are the trends in membership since 2015.
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport commissioned an independent provider (Ipsos) to conduct an evaluation covering the Uniformed Youth Fund from 2022 to 2025, which was published on 11th September 2025. The research found uniformed youth organisat...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordParcels: TheftHome OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in parcel theft from goods left outside homes by delivery companies.
Answer: The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) provides estimates on the proportion of theft from outside dwellings by the type of item stolen. It is not possible to separately identify all incidents where parcels left outside by delivery companies were st...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
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