Written questions

James McMurdock

4,201 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to encourage employers to hire young people.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of youth employment on the mental health of young people.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support young people aged 16-24 who are not in education, employment or training.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the level of unemployment in young people aged 16-24 in the latest period for which data is available.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making changes to military compensation so that it is not considered as income for the purposes of calculating means-tested benefits.

11 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Fraud: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with telecommunications providers to help prevent fraud through (a) scam calls and (b) text messages.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to introduce regulations to prevent the sharing of scam content on social media platforms.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with social media companies on the role of their platforms in perpetrators committing online fraud.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure the recruitment of prison officers stays in line with planned expansion of prison capacity.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to start releasing annual statements on prison capacity.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the long-term impact of (a) early release schemes and (b) other emergency prison measures.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Capacity Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish the Terms of Reference for the review into the handling of prison capacity.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to achieve the construction of 14,000 additional prison places by 2031.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish the long-term housing strategy; and what key objectives will be included to provide long-term certainty to the housing market.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Conveyancing: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written ministerial statement of 10 February 2025 on Homeowners next steps, HCWS427, what her planned timeline is for digitalising property data and transac

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with local authority (a) officers and (b) elected representatives on the cancellation of the local elections in Thurrock, and if she will publish the

10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of times courts have cited (a) the UN Global Compact for Migration and (b) other non-binding international agreements in rulings on asylum and immigration cases

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to deport the migrants arrested for working illegally in raids in January 2025.

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, was steps she is taking to reduce the number of people overstaying legitimately-granted visas.

10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to ensure that biological males who identify as female are not housed in women’s prisons.

10 Feb 2025 · Women and Equalities

Gender Recognition Certificates

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the medical assessment required for an individual to obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate under the Gender Recognition Act 2004.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to support national sports governing bodies to ensure that women’s sports categories remain reserved for biological females.

10 Feb 2025 · Women and Equalities

Gender

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department plans to issue updated guidance to service providers on rights under the Equality Act 2010 to lawfully exclude biological males from single-sex spaces.