James McMurdock

10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the cost of imprisonment in England and Wales.

10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of prison overcrowding on a) prison safety and b) rehabilitation outcomes.

10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the prison population in England and Wales over the next five years.

10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of prison population in England and Wales.

10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Sentencing: Gender

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure sentencing is equitable across genders.

10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences: Gender

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of gender on (a) custodial sentence length and (b) rates of reoffending.

10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences: Gender

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of custodial sentencing rates between male and female offenders for comparable offences.

10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 5 March 2026 to Question 115670, how many National Patient Safety Alerts have been issued in response to incidents originating in accident and emergency departments in the pas

10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of accident and emergency waiting times on the incidence of reported patient harm.

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Clearer rules to support councils in fight against litter louts, published on 3 March 2026, what guidance her Department has i

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Clearer rules to support councils in fight against litter louts, published on 3 March 2026, how many penalties have been issue

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Clearer rules to support councils in fight against litter louts, published on 3 March 2026, what assessment she has made of th

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Clearer rules to support councils in fight against litter louts, published on 3 March 2026, what estimate she has made of the

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled £271 million to clean up shipping and power coastal communities, what estimate he has made of the level of private investment expected to be leveraged b

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled £271 million to clean up shipping and power coastal communities, what estimate he has made of the greenhouse gas emissions reductions expected from proj

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled £271 million to clean up shipping and power coastal communities, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in (a) the South Basildon and East Thur

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled £271 million to clean up shipping and power coastal communities, what proportion of projects funded through the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled £271 million to clean up shipping and power coastal communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy regional distribution of funding from the £

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Ports: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled £271 million to clean up shipping and power coastal communities, how much of the £271 million has been allocated to ports in Essex.

9 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients discharged from hospital to nursing or residential care placements outside their home local authority area due to local shortages of provision.

9 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many a) nursing and b) residential care home beds have been lost in England due to provider closures in the past five years.

9 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of social care workforce shortages on delayed discharges from hospitals in Essex.

9 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Better Care Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Better Care Fund on reducing hospital discharge delays caused by shortages in social care provision.

9 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Better Care Fund: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of funding from the Better Care Fund has been allocated to local systems in Essex.

9 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democracy and Human Rights: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international partners to encourage respect for a) democratic processes and b) human rights.

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will hold discussions with Governments in a) Australia and b) Canada on the potential for negotiating updated reciprocal social security agreements in relation to the uprating of the UK State Pens

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of staffing capacity in early years settings.

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is she taking to address waiting lists and delayed start dates for nursery placements.

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of nursery places in Essex.

6 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Insolvency Service's press release entitled The fake £9.8 million NHS contract: directors banned after investors tricked out of more than £2 million, published on 5 March 2026