James McMurdock MP: written questions
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Non-crime Hate IncidentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of not having an official definition of Islamophobia on the effectiveness of the policing of non-cr
Answer: We are actively considering our approach to Islamophobia including any potential new definition. A new definition of Islamophobia must be given careful consideration, so it comprehensively covers multiple perspectives and considers potential implications ...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFast Food: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of out-of-home advertising of fast food on children and young people.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the potential impact of out-of-home advertising of fast food on children and young people. We are however taking proportionate action, including restricting junk food advertising on TV and online, limiting the access of sch...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: NutritionDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to raise awareness of the impact of poor nutrition on children.
Answer: The government is committed to raising the healthiest generation ever. It is important that children eat nutritious food at school and the department encourages schools to have a whole school approach to healthy eating. The School Food Standards regulate ...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Meals: NutritionDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that school meals are (a) balanced and (b) nutritional.
Answer: It is important that children eat nutritious food at school and the department encourages schools to have a whole school approach to healthy eating.The School Food Standards regulate the food and drink provided at lunchtime and at other times of the schoo...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Education: Food and NutritionDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve education on food and nutrition in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
Answer: The department is supporting schools in a number of ways to provide high-quality food and nutrition education for their students.Nutrition education is a discrete strand of the national curriculum for design and technology and is compulsory for key stages...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIslamophobiaMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 23915 on Islamophobia, what her planned timetable is for providing further detail on the Government’s approach to tackling I
Answer: Ensuring that British Muslims are safe, and feel safe, and standing up to Islamophobia is a top priority for this Government. Careful thought and continued community engagement is required to achieve this.We will set out further plans in due course.
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: InfrastructureHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to provide funding for infrastructure for fire and rescue services to help mitigate risks in relation to contaminants.
Answer: On 3 February 2025, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published the Final Local Government Finance Settlement 2025/26 which sets out grant allocations for all local authorities including fire and rescue.The Home Office will continu...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEssex County Fire and Rescue Service: GrantsHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) continuing existing government grants for the Essex County Fire and Rescue Service and (b) uplifting such grants by inflation.
Answer: On 3 February 2025, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published the Final Local Government Finance Settlement 2025/26 which sets out grant allocations for all local authorities including fire and rescue.The Home Office will continu...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEssex County Fire and Rescue Service: Capital InvestmentHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support Essex County Fire and Rescue Service's capital investment in its (a) estate, (b) fleet and (c) equipment.
Answer: On 3 February 2025, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published the Final Local Government Finance Settlement 2025/26 which sets out grant allocations for all local authorities including fire and rescue.The Home Office will continu...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the cost of net zero targets for Fire and Rescue services.
Answer: Fire and Ambulance Stations account for around 2% of greenhouse gas emissions from public sector buildings in England according to the Building Energy Efficiency Survey (www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-energy-efficiency-survey-bees).The Govern...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Rise Flats: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to improve fire safety in (a) new and (b) existing high-rise buildings in Essex.
Answer: The Building Safety Act 2022 established a comprehensive regulatory framework for fire and structural safety to ensure homes are safe now and in the years to come. A key part of this included the establishment of the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) to ove...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure fire and rescue service personnel receive training on (a) electric vehicle fires and (b) lithium-ion battery incidents.
Answer: It is the responsibility of fire and rescue authorities to ensure that firefighters receive the appropriate equipment and training they need to safely respond to the wide range of incidents which they attend. We will continue to work closely with the Nati...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: EssexHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure fire and rescue services are adequately resourced to meet population growth in Essex.
Answer: The Home Office have no role in setting firefighter pay or allowances. This is set by the National Joint Council which is comprised of members from the Local Government Association and the Trade Union.On 3 February 2025, the Ministry of Housing, Communiti...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: South EastHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will implement a South-East Allowance for fire and rescue services.
Answer: The Home Office have no role in setting firefighter pay or allowances. This is set by the National Joint Council which is comprised of members from the Local Government Association and the Trade Union.On 3 February 2025, the Ministry of Housing, Communiti...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCrimes of Violence: Children and Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to keep children and young people safe from violence (a) on the streets and (b) in schools.
Answer: Children’s wellbeing and safety is a priority for this government. In the community, there are a range of interventions from across government aimed at keeping children safe. In addition to existing community-based interventions, Young Futures Hubs will b...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsian Development Bank: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to increase funding to the Asian Development Bank.
Answer: The UK has committed £120 million to the Asian Development Bank's Asian Development Fund thirteenth replenishment (ADF-14) over the four years 2025 to 2028. We have no plans to increase this commitment or to provide additional core funding to the Bank ove...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWorld Health Organisation: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has plans to increase funding to the World Trade Organisation.
Answer: The UK’s funding to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is, as for all members, determined by the WTO itself, as agreed to by the UK under the conditions of membership in Article VII of the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the WTO, which entered into force...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change Convention: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has plans to increase funding to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Answer: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) budget is negotiated by parties on a biennium basis. The 2024-2025 budget was agreed in 2023, and this year parties will negotiate the budget for 2026-2027. The UK has historically advocat...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWorld Health Organisation: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to increase funding to the World Health Organisation.
Answer: In November 2024, the UK announced new funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in support of its delivery and transformation agenda. The UK will continue to work with the WHO, Member States and other partners to support WHO's ongoing transformation...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUNRWA: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to increase funding to UNRWA.
Answer: Since the Foreign Secretary restored funding to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in July 2024, the UK has committed £41 million this financial year to UNRWA, to deliver essential services for civili...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational Monetary Fund: FinanceTreasuryTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28437More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has plans to increase funding to the IMF.
Answer: The UK’s core contribution to the IMF is determined by the UK’s share of the IMF’s quota resources as well as our contributions to the Fund under the New Arrangements to Borrow (NAB) and Bilateral Borrowing Agreements (BBA). The UK’s total IMF contributio...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to increase funding to the OECD.
Answer: All 38 Member countries contribute to funding the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Part I budget based on a proportion that is shared equally among member countries and a scale that is proportional to the relative size of thei...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWorld Bank: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to increase funding to the World Bank.
Answer: The UK pledged £1.98 billion to the 21st replenishment (IDA21) of the International Development Association (IDA) which works with the poorest countries globally, in late-November 2024. IDA21 runs between July 2025 and ends by June 2028. IDA's three-year ...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUnited Nations: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase funding to the (a) United Nations and (b) its agencies.
Answer: The UK is a steadfast supporter of the UN. The UK's level of funding to the UN Regular Budget is dictated by the UN's Scales of Assessment process and is based on GDP and population size. For 2025, the UK's obligatory share of the Regular Budget is 3.991%...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCoryton Energy Park: Fire PreventionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has plans to (a) increase awareness of fire risks for residents living near to Coryton Energy Park and (b) provide information to residents about what they can do to stay safe in t
Answer: Planning applications for battery storage are determined by the local planning authority under the Town and Country Planning Act regime. The operation of this regime and the decisions made under it are the responsibility of the Ministry of Housing, Commun...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
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