James McMurdock

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, how much income was (a) invoiced, (b) collected, and( c) written off under the NHS cost-recovery regime in each of the last three financial years.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to expand the use of live facial recognition technology for non-criminal matters.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis on the fiscal implications of utilising live facial recognition systems; and how this compares to traditional policing methods.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of live facial recognition on security and passenger flow at UK borders and airports; and what evaluation has been undertaken in

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions were secured as a result of utilising live facial recognition in the last 12 months.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent analysis her Department has conducted on the potential benefits of utilising live facial recognition systems.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to assess how live facial recognition systems are used in other countries and how those approaches may be used in the UK.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance to police forces on issuing contracts for live facial recognition technology.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Biometrics: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to allow for Parliamentary scrutiny of proposals to expand the use of live facial recognition technology.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to prevent the expansion of live facial recognition technology beyond counter-terrorism and serious crime into routine policing, retail monitoring, or crowd surveillance.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were scanned by live facial recognition systems in (a) England and (b) Essex in the last 12 months; and what proportion of those people were not suspected of any crime.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Biometrics: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of reported levels of misidentification of (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities, and (c) young people by live

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Information Commissioner’s Office on live facial recognition technology and its utilisation by police forces.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Biometrics: Civil Liberties

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of live facial recognition surveillance on the rights to privacy, freedom of assembly, and freedom of expression.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Biometrics: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to help prevent the misidentification of innocent individuals by live facial recognition systems.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Biometrics: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the rates of false positives generated by live facial recognition systems.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Passports: Photographs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether passport photographs are being enrolled into biometric databases accessible for live facial recognition searches; and what assessment she has made of the privacy implications of this policy.

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what statutory basis live facial recognition technology is deployed by police forces in England and Wales; and whether her Department plans to introduce primary legislation before any expansion of

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to prioritise individual vehicle approval testing for vehicles commissioned for essential purposes, such as a) emergency healthcare or b) home-to-school education.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to increase individual vehicle approval testing capacity.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of closing test centres on businesses reliant on individual vehicle approval testing.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the number of DVSA employees eligible to conduct Individual Vehicle Approval tests by a) individual test centre and b) region.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding arrangements for village primary schools with low pupil numbers.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support small village primary schools with low pupil numbers to remain financially stable.

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

Public Lavatories: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of levels of access to Changing Places toilets in public spaces on the a) dignity and b) wellbeing of people with complex disa

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

Public Lavatories: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to increase the number of Changing Places toilets; and what plans he has to set minimum provision requirements for large public venues.

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

Public Lavatories: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that local regeneration schemes comply with equality duty by providing adequate facilities for people with complex disabilities, such as Changin

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

Public Lavatories: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to issue guidance to local authorities to ensure that Changing Places toilets are included as standard in major town-centre redevelopments.

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Mesh Implants: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of unresolved mesh complications on the mental health of women impacted; and what support is available for those women.

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS provision for complex mesh removal surgery; and what steps he is taking to ensure patients can access specialists with required expertise.