Written questions

James McMurdock

4,201 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that GP websites using third party contractors for online appointment booking forms uphold patient privacy and security in data sharing.

9 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans her Department has to strengthen the protection of people with spent convictions, in the context of technological advancements in data sharing.

9 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance her Department provides to (a) employers, (b) landlords and (c) other entities to ensure they properly understand and respect the rights of people with spent convictions.

9 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

9 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that organisations do not discriminate against people with spent convictions.

9 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that spent convictions are not considered once spent.

7 May 2025 · Home Office

Emigration: India

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Indian nationals have emigrated to the UK to work in each of the last five years.

7 May 2025 · Home Office

Emigration: India

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of British nationals who have emigrated to India to work.

7 May 2025 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: India

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the provisions within the proposed UK-India free trade agreement on National Insurance contributions on employment rates of British workers.

7 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Service Industries: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the increase in National Insurance contributions on the services sector.

7 May 2025 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: India

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed exemption of Indian (a) based employers and (b) multi-national corporations with offices in the UK from paying National Insurance contributions

6 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Buildings: Disability

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Equality Act 2010 in ensuring that public places such as supermarkets are accessible to disabled people.

6 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to ensure that all (a) newly constructed and (b) refurbished public (i) buildings and (ii) supermarkets meet accessibility standards for disabled people.

6 May 2025 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of neighbourhood policing in (a) reducing crime and (b) improving public trust in the police.

6 May 2025 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to ensure (a) appropriate funding for and (b) the retention of officers in Essex Police neighbourhood teams amid increasing demand.

2 May 2025 · Treasury

Money

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure cash remains protected in (a) South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency and (b) other areas where it is used above the national average.

2 May 2025 · Treasury

Money

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of regional differences in the use of cash purchases.

2 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the long-term resilience of small businesses in (a) England and (b) Essex.