James McMurdock

12 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer given to Question 97401 on Local Government: Essex, what discussions his Department had with Thurrock Council regarding the costs incurred by their prepara

12 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer given to Question 97401 on Local Government: Essex, what discussions he has had with Essex County Council on the costs incurred by their preparations for t

12 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer given to Question 97400 on Local Government: Essex, what discussions were had prior to the decision taken on the new date of mayoral elections on the poten

12 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer given to Question 97397 on Local Government: Essex, what discussions were had on the option of holding Greater Essex's mayoral election in 2027.

12 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer to Question 97396 on Local Government: Essex, what role Essex's Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioner will be expected to take in Greater Essex's mayoral st

12 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer given to Question 97395 on Local Government: Essex, whether local councils in areas due to have their 2026 mayoral election cancelled were consulted before

12 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer given to Question 97394 on Local Government: Essex, whether local councils were first informed that mayoral elections would not proceed in 2026 (a) on 3 De

12 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer given to Question 97387 on Local Government: Essex, when discussions began on whether to no longer proceed with the mayoral elections in 2026.

12 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to Question 97399 on Local Government: Essex, what plans his Department has to help increase levels of public engagement with the local government reorgani

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment and Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 5th December 2025 to Question 94817, what estimate he has made of the proportion of unemployed people included in the most recent unemployment-to-vacancy ratio figures who were cla

11 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Unemployment and Vacancies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to Answer of 5th December 2025 to Question 94817, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) duplicate listings and (b) placeholder vacancies on commercial job platforms on the accuracy

11 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Delivery Services: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the regulatory framework for delivery operators, excluding Royal Mail, relating to a) employee vetting and b) security during peak trading periods.

11 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Delivery Services: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on ensuring consistent security standards across private delivery operators during periods of rapid temporary recruitme

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

School Day

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of variations in the amount and quality of breaktime provision between schools.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support she is providing to local authorities to help ensure they have a sufficient number of foster carers to meet local demand.

11 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to ensure that data on illegal migrants whose whereabouts are unknown can be published in a verified form.

11 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to establish the number of illegal migrants whose whereabouts are unknown.

11 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish data on the number of migrant absconders in each of the last three years.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Level Crossings: Tilbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of level crossing barrier down time at East Tilbury is attributable to freight services; and what the average and maximum barrier down times are for freight movement compared with passenger serv

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Level Crossings: Tilbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 9 December 2025 to Question 96030 on Level Crossings: Tilbury, what the longest barrier closure recorded at East Tilbury level crossing was during the most recent risk assessment; and what

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Level Crossings: Tilbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will request that the Office of Rail and Road review Network Rail’s compliance with its statutory duties at East Tilbury level crossing in the context of a) freight-related barrier closures and b) commun

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the number of children with EHCPs whose preference was for a specialist school place, but were instead placed in a mainstream school.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of SEND spaces needed in South Basildon and East Thurrock to meet forecast demand.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2025 to Question 94577 on Special Educational Needs: Admissions, whether she has provided guidance on the number of additional SEND places required to meet forecast demand i

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Basildon and Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the levels of unmet demand for SEND places in (a) Thurrock and (b) Basildon.

11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pilot Schemes: Chronic Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2025 to Question 94814, what his timetable is for deciding whether the NHS Health Accelerator model will be expanded beyond the three currently funded Integrate

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of claimants who move into work via Jobcentre support who remain in work for more than six months.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of requiring JobCentre Plus districts to report outcomes for (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work and (c) training and skills provision.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether reporting requirements are in place for police forces to notify her Department of their utilisation of live facial recognition technology.

10 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 3 December 2025 to Question 94075 on Health Services: Foreign Nationals, when he last reviewed the operation of the NHS cost-recovery regime with NHS England: and what milesto