James McMurdock

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Media: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with Ofcom on improving media literacy among parents and children.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what comparative assessment she has made of trends in the level of online harm experienced by (a) girls and (b) boys.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of children under the age of 13 having personal social media profiles including public profile pictures on their safety.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department provides guidance to parents on the use of smartphones and internet-enabled devices by children of pre-school age.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of 3-5 year old children owning personal mobile devices and the implications for online safety.

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the long-term reliance of asylum seekers on local authority social care services.

5 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with the leader of Kent County Council on the potential impact of delays in asylum decision-making contribute on local authority social care costs.

5 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to publish regular forecasts of asylum-related social care costs incurred by local authorities.

5 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help reduce the concentration of asylum-related social care costs in a small number of local authorities.

5 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will list the ten local authorities which incurred the highest asylum-related social care costs in the 2024-25 financial year.

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Children in Care: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the sustainability of current funding arrangements for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Children in Care: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost per unaccompanied asylum-seeking child to local authorities was in the 2024-25 financial year.

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Children in Care: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum-seeking children were supported by local authorities in each financial year since 2019-20.

5 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of asylum-related social care costs on (a) council tax levels and (b) core service provision.

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to fully reimburse local authorities for the costs of providing social care to asylum seekers.

5 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of local authority spending on asylum-related social care was reimbursed by central government in each financial year since 2019-20.

4 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of local authority expenditure on asylum-related social care in 2025-26 and 2026-27.

4 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on (a) changes in local authority spending on social care for asylum seekers between 2019-20 and 2024-25 and (b) the reasons for those chang

4 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the cost to local authorities was of providing social care to asylum seekers in each financial year since 2019-20 by (a) adults, (b) children in families and (c) unaccompani

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to provide a response to Question 93556 on Schools: Standards, tabled on 21 November 2025.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled UK lenders step up with £11 billion push to back British businesses, published on 26 January 2026, what assessment he has made of the level of

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled ‘UK lenders step up with £11 billion push to back British businesses’ published on 26 January 2026, what steps he is taking to ensure businesses with

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled UK lenders step up with £11 billion push to back British businesses, published on 26 January 2026, whether the £11 billion lending commitment r

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled UK lenders step up with £11 billion push to back British businesses, published on 26 January 2026, how much of the £11 billion lending package

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled UK lenders step up with £11 billion push to back British businesses, published on 26 January 2026, over what time period the £11 billion lendin

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what lessons his Department has learnt from other countries that have reduced curtailment while expanding renewables.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of curtailment costs borne by domestic consumers.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the role of battery storage in reducing renewable curtailment.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of whether curtailment payments create incentives to locate generation in areas with insufficient grid capacity.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that the expansion of renewable generation does not lead to higher electricity bills for consumers.