James McMurdock MP: written questions
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MiscarriageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of women in England who experienced (a) one, (b) two and (c) three or more miscarriages in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department does not currently hold the data requested on women in England who experienced one, two, three, or more miscarriages in each of the last five years, given that the majority of baby losses occur outside of healthcare settings. However, the N...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMiscarriageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to review NHS guidance on the provision of miscarriage care following a (a) first and (b) second pregnancy loss.
Answer: No central assessment has been made of either the impact of providing specialist support after three miscarriages, the extent to which treatable conditions linked to miscarriage are identified early under existing pathways, or the number of miscarriages p...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMode Shift Revenue Support Scheme: ThurrockDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's Guide to the Mode Shift Revenue Support (MSRS) Scheme, published in January 2026, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of infrastructure serving East Tilbury station a
Answer: The Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme is designed to encourage modal shift by assisting with the operating costs associated with running rail or inland water freight transport instead of road, where rail or inland waterway transport is more expensive. Inf...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMode Shift Revenue Support Scheme: ThurrockDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's Guide to the Mode Shift Revenue Support (MSRS) Scheme, published in January 2026, how many MSRS-supported freight movements have travelled through East Tilbury station in each
Answer: The Department for Transport does not collect information about MSRS-supported freight movements via stations. The scheme divides Great Britain into 18 zones. Zone 1 covers East Tilbury station. The number of intermodal rail freight flows to and from Zone...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMode Shift Revenue Support SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Guide to the Mode Shift Revenue Support Scheme, published in January 2026, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) intermodal rail, (b) bulk rail and (c) inland waterway f
Answer: The Department for Transport is currently evaluating the Mode Shift Revenue Support (MSRS) scheme to assess its performance and impact. This evaluation builds upon the Call for Evidence and stakeholder engagement sessions that took place across December 2...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMode Shift Revenue Support Scheme: Small BusinessesDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Guide to the Mode Shift Revenue Support Scheme, published in January 2026, whether she has conducted analysis of barriers to entry for small and medium-sized enterprises applying to that s
Answer: The Department has gathered feedback on barriers to the Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme though has not analysed this feedback through the lens of small and medium-sized enterprises. The Department for Transport ran a Call for Evidence from 4 December 2...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMode Shift Revenue Support SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Guide to the Mode Shift Revenue Support Scheme, published in January 2026, what funding has been allocated to the scheme in each financial year since 2020-21; and what forecast has been ma
Answer: The table below provides the Mode Shift Revenue Support budget from 2020/21 to 2026/27. Future funding arrangements are subject to future departmental business planning. Financial YearFreight Grant Budget £ (rounded to nearest £100k)2020/2120,000,0002021/...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New UK-France agreement to reduce illegal crossings, published on 23 April 2026, what mechanisms are in place to monitor the productivity and
Answer: The United Kingdom and France have signed an agreement to strengthen operations to combat illegal migration in northern France to prevent crossings to the United Kingdom with a significant increase in dedicated law enforcement, technological and intellige...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New UK-France agreement to reduce illegal crossings, published on 23 April 2026, whether funding and shift patterns will be biased towards mon
Answer: The United Kingdom and France have signed an agreement to strengthen operations to combat illegal migration in northern France to prevent crossings to the United Kingdom with a significant increase in dedicated law enforcement, technological and intellige...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New UK-France agreement to reduce illegal crossings, published on 23 April 2026, what data her Department holds on retention rates of personne
Answer: The United Kingdom and France have signed an agreement to strengthen operations to combat illegal migration in northern France to prevent crossings to the United Kingdom with a significant increase in dedicated law enforcement, technological and intellige...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New UK-France agreement to reduce illegal crossings, published on 23 April 2026, whether the additional personnel will be (a) directly employe
Answer: The United Kingdom and France have signed an agreement to strengthen operations to combat illegal migration in northern France to prevent crossings to the United Kingdom with a significant increase in dedicated law enforcement, technological and intellige...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New UK-France agreement to reduce illegal crossings, published on 23 April 2026, what the planned deployment timetable is for the additional p
Answer: The United Kingdom and France have signed an agreement to strengthen operations to combat illegal migration in northern France to prevent crossings to the United Kingdom with a significant increase in dedicated law enforcement, technological and intellige...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New UK-France agreement to reduce illegal crossings, published on 23 April 2026, what proportion of the additional personnel will be engaged i
Answer: The United Kingdom and France have signed an agreement to strengthen operations to combat illegal migration in northern France to prevent crossings to the United Kingdom with a significant increase in dedicated law enforcement, technological and intellige...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New UK-France agreement to reduce illegal crossings, published on 23 April 2026, what data her Department will collect to measure the operatio
Answer: The United Kingdom and France have signed an agreement to strengthen operations to combat illegal migration in northern France to prevent crossings to the United Kingdom with a significant increase in dedicated law enforcement, technological and intellige...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: FranceHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New UK-France agreement to reduce illegal crossings, published on 23 April 2026, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of previous
Answer: Illegal small boat crossings are driven by organised criminal gangs and have cost lives. The result is a severe strain on both our asylum system and our wider social contract. Since 2021, over 400,000 people have claimed asylum in the UK. At its peak in 2...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New UK-France agreement to reduce illegal crossings, published on 23 April 2026, how much of the funding is contingent on performance-related
Answer: The United Kingdom and France have signed an agreement to strengthen operations to combat illegal migration in northern France to prevent crossings to the United Kingdom with a significant increase in dedicated law enforcement, technological and intellige...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: FranceHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New UK-France agreement to reduce illegal crossings, published on 23 April 2026, what targets have been agreed with the French government for
Answer: The United Kingdom and France have signed an agreement to strengthen operations to combat illegal migration in northern France to prevent crossings to the United Kingdom with a significant increase in dedicated law enforcement, technological and intellige...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New UK-France agreement to reduce illegal crossings, published on 23 April 2026, what estimate she has made of the proportional reduction in s
Answer: Illegal small boat crossings are driven by organised criminal gangs and have cost lives. The result is a severe strain on both our asylum system and our wider social contract. Since 2021, over 400,000 people have claimed asylum in the UK. At its peak in 2...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordElectricity Generation: TaxationTreasuryTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129732More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Decisive action to break influence of gas on electricity prices, published on 21 April 2026, what assessment her has made of the potential impact of the (a)
Answer: The government does not expect the increase in the Electricity Generator Levy (EGL) rate from 1 July to increase bills for consumers. The EGL applies only to existing, older renewable generators when wholesale prices are above a benchmark price of £82.61 ...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordElectricity: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Decisive action to break influence of gas on electricity prices, published on 21 April 2026, what monitoring arrangements will be put
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordElectricity: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Decisive action to break influence of gas on electricity prices, published on 21 April 2026, which electricity generators plan to par
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAcademic FreedomDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New powers to protect vital free speech at universities, published on 20 April 2026, what information her Department holds on the countries most frequen
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAcademic FreedomDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New powers to protect vital free speech at universities, published on 20 April 2026, what data her Department holds on incidents of foreign interference
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAcademic Freedom: ComplaintsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to their Department’s press release entitled New powers to protect vital free speech at universities, published on 20 April 2026, what role the proposed free speech complaints scheme will play in
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAcademic FreedomDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to their Department’s press release entitled New powers to protect vital free speech at universities, published on 20 April 2026, what assessment she has made of any role of student societies lin
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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