Graham Stuart MP: written questions
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Written questions
Energy SupplyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure Ofgem’s RIIO-GT3 Final Determination adequately reflects the UK’s statutory energy security requirements.
Answer: DESNZ works closely with the energy sector to maintain energy security and ensure industry has the tools at their disposal to support security of supply. As the risk landscape continues to evolve, ensuring high standards of infrastructure resilience and s...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: Private SectorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether funding allocated to communities through the Pride in Place Impact Fund can be used as seed capital to support private sector investment in areas.
Answer: The Pride in Place Impact Fund will provide £142.5 million of funding to 95 places to support the development of community spaces, public space and to revitalise our local high streets. This will enable immediate work to make sure that the places and spac...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department plans to offer hospital trusts that are in Strand 4 of the NHS acute trust league table.
Answer: The NHS Oversight Framework 2025/26 sets out how NHS England will support trusts to improve, based on an assessment of their performance. This is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/nhs-oversight-framework-2025-26/NHS Engl...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTyphoon AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Typhoon Force in providing security until the Tempest programme becomes operational.
Answer: The Typhoon is a world-class combat aircraft and will continue to serve as the backbone of the UK's Combat Air Force until at least the 2040s. To ensure it remains at the cutting edge of capability, the UK is planning significant investment in the Typhoon...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmers: Government AssistanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 905436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers.
Answer: This Government is investing £11.8 billion into sustainable food production and nature’s recovery, with funding for Environmental Land Management schemes increasing by 150% by 2028/29. There are currently record numbers of farmers in the schemes, with mor...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to support Down syndrome-specific training for teachers as part of its response to the Down Syndrome Act consultation.
Answer: High quality teaching is the most important in-school factor for improving outcomes for all children, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and the department is committed to ensuring that all pupils receive excellent s...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on reviewing the high needs national funding formula.
Answer: The operation of the high needs funding system is currently under review. Our aim is to establish a fair education funding system that directs resources to where they are most needed and enables improved support and outcomes for children and young people ...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the formula for allocating per-pupil high needs funding on educational outcomes in local authorities that have a deficit in their high needs ed
Answer: The operation of the high needs funding system is currently under review. Our aim is to establish a fair education funding system that directs resources to where they are most needed and enables improved support and outcomes for children and young people ...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of potential impact of local authority funding for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities provision on outcomes for children with SEND; and whether her Department hol
Answer: The department publishes a High Needs Benchmarking Tool, which offers comparative data on local authorities’ high needs spending and related special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) indicators across local authorities. This tool may assist in und...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to (a) remove and (b) consult on a timetable for the removal of the historic spend factor from the High Needs National Funding Formula.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.The structure of the high needs national fundi...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Rural AreasDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that the High Needs National Funding reflects the additional costs of delivering SEND provision in rural areas.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.The structure of the high needs national fundi...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBiofuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to transition from E10 to E15 fuel.
Answer: The UK Government made E10 the standard (or ‘premium’) grade petrol in Great Britain in September 2021. Previously the grade supplied at UK forecourts contained a lower bioethanol content known as E5. In making the decision to mandate E10 the Department c...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBiofuels: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the UK's bioethanol industry.
Answer: Whenever a trade agreement of any sort is agreed, there will be domestic impacts if our trading partners have requested further access to the UK market. That is the case for the agreement on bioethanol. Senior officials from the Department for Business an...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: Energy Performance CertificatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of homes owned by private registered providers had an Energy Performance Certificate rating of C or above in (a) the most recent year for which data is available
Answer: The English Housing Survey is the Department’s key source of information on households and housing in England. While it is a sample survey and does not have a record of all dwellings built, it does contain data on the proportion of properties in different...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Associations: Energy Performance CertificatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of homes provided by housing associations had an Energy Performance Certificate rating of C or above in (a) the most recent year for which data is available and (
Answer: The English Housing Survey is the Department’s key source of information on households and housing in England. While it is a sample survey and does not have a record of all dwellings built, it does contain data on the proportion of properties in different...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Energy Performance CertificatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of social housing had an Energy Performance Certificate rating of C or above in (a) the most recent year for which data is available and (b) 2010 in (i) England,
Answer: The English Housing Survey is the Department’s key source of information on households and housing in England. While it is a sample survey and does not have a record of all dwellings built, it does contain data on the proportion of properties in different...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Housing: Energy Performance CertificatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of homes owned by local authorities had an Energy Performance Certificate rating of C or above in (a) the most recent year for which data is available and (b) 201
Answer: The English Housing Survey is the Department’s key source of information on households and housing in England. While it is a sample survey and does not have a record of all dwellings built, it does contain data on the proportion of properties in different...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDown's SyndromeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who the designated board-level executive leads are for Down Syndrome in each ICB in England.
Answer: It is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) to make information public about executive leads for Down syndrome in England. In accordance with statutory guidance published by NHS England on 9 May 2023, ICBs should be open and transparent abou...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBiofuels: Electricity GenerationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Oral Statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero of 10 February 2025 on Biomass Generation, Official Report, columns 41-43,
Answer: The Government is aware that the expiration of Renewables Obligation accreditation beyond 2027 may affect the commercial viability of generators from a range of technologies, including waste wood biomass generators below the 100 MW threshold. We are conti...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have an education, health and care plan in each local authority area.
Answer: Information on the number of education, health and care plans maintained by local authorities in England is published here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans.The number maintained by each l...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: Supply ChainsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it is his policy to continue the Green Industries Growth Accelerator; and how much has been spent on the scheme.
Answer: The Government recognises the need for strong, home-grown clean energy supply chains to support sustainable jobs and secure growth as we decarbonise our economy.As part of the Industrial Strategy, the Government is developing plans, aligned with the multi...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26288More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on the threshold for agricultural property relief and business property relief of the proportion of commercial farms that are valued at o
Answer: The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms.It is expected that up to around 2,...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25180More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department made of the potential impact of changes to the threshold for agricultural property relief and business property relief on (a) farm businesses and (b) people who bought land to reduce I
Answer: The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms.It is expected that up to around 2,...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Education: TravellersDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of children of peripatetic families not in school who will be captured by the proposed register of home schooled children.
Answer: The measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill for statutory Children Not in School registers in every local authority in England, and the accompanying duties on parents and out-of-school education providers to provide information for these reg...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Education: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the penalty for late payment for not registering home schooled children will be; and what the maximum penalty will be in the event of continued non-payment.
Answer: The measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill for statutory Children Not in School registers in every local authority in England, and the accompanying duties on parents and out-of-school education providers to provide information for these reg...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
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