Written questions

James McMurdock

4,201 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Voluntary Organisations: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increased National Insurance contributions on voluntary sector health organisations.

17 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK does not fall behind other countries in access to innovative treatments for secondary breast cancer.

17 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commission an independent review of how severity is defined in NICE appraisals and its effect on access to new cancer drugs.

17 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to review the severity threshold used by NICE for appraising treatments for incurable cancers.

17 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the 10-year dementia plan leads to a consistent standard of care and support for dementia patients across communities.

17 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neighbourhood Health Centres: Dementia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to guarantee the inclusion of (a) Admiral Nurses and (b) other dementia specialist nurses as core members of the Neighbourhood Health Service.

17 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Education: South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Education,with reference to the Education Policy Institute's Annual Report 2025, what plans she has to review the (a) adequacy and (b) targeting of disadvantage funding across all education phases in South Basildon and Ea

17 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Pupil Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the pupil premium at reducing attainment gaps in (a) England and (b) in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency.

16 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to support (a) social and (b) cultural assimilation of legal immigrants arriving in the UK.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Smartphones: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support (a) parents and (b) teachers who are concerned about smartphone use (i) children and (ii) teenagers.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of banning smartphones in secondary schools.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Smartphones and Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of parental controls on (a) social media platforms and (b) smartphones.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Age

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of raising the minimum age for social media access.

2 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her plans are for the asylum seekers housed in hotels, in the context of the Chancellor’s recent pledge to end all hotel accommodation for asylum seekers by 2029.

1 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people living in Essex who are digitally excluded have full access to the healthcare services they need.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of promoting (a) The Chadwell Way and (b) other character education models to teach children (i) core values and (ii) practical life skills.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including lessons on (a) tying shoelaces, (b) using cutlery and (c) other life skills in primary schools.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support primary schools in teaching (a) manners, (b) personal responsibility, (c) basic self care and (d) other life skills alongside the national curriculum.

30 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Tobacco: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HMRC has made of the potential merits of using alternative data sources on smoking incidence to calculate tobacco tax estimates.