Greg Smith MP: written questions
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Tenants: Anti-social BehaviourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations to evict anti-social tenants more easily.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 45072 on 23 April 2025.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBuckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust: Labour Turnover and RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available to help Buckinghamshire NHS Healthcare Trust to recruit and retain specialist cancer (a) nurses and (b) other professionals.
Answer: Recruitment to National Health Service roles is managed locally by NHS trusts and partner employers. However, NHS England is taking a range of actions to support the recruitment and retention of staff.As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, the Government ...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Mid BuckinghamshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people (a) living with and (b) beyond cancer receive (i) timely and (ii) personalised support following a cancer diagnosis in Mid Buckinghamshire constituency
Answer: The Department is committed to ensuring that all cancer patients in England, including those in Mid Buckinghamshire constituency, receive timely, personalised care that is tailored to individual needs.Where appropriate, every person in England diagnosed w...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve long-term quality of life for people (a) living with and (b) beyond cancer under the National Cancer Plan.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan, which will be published early in the new year, will have patients at its heart and will cover the entirety of the cancer pathway, from referral and diagnosis to treatment and ongoing care, as well as prevention, and research and ...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish a framework for neighbourhood cancer care as part of the National Cancer Plan.
Answer: Our vision for a Neighbourhood Health Service, as set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, is for our health system to fit around people’s lives. The Neighbourhood Health Service will mean that millions of patients are treated and cared for closer to their hom...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that neighbourhood cancer care models in the National Cancer Plan have a role in reducing health inequalities.
Answer: Our vision for a Neighbourhood Health Service, as set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, is for our health system to fit around people’s lives. The Neighbourhood Health Service will mean that millions of patients are treated and cared for closer to their hom...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestine: TerrorismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk of state sponsored terrorism from Palestine.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 17 September to Question 74028.
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Large Goods VehiclesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to meet the future energy demand placed on the grid by electrifying heavy goods vehicles.
Answer: The government is delivering a major expansion of electricity networks to ensure there is sufficient grid capacity to meet future electricity demand, including from the electrification of heavy goods vehicles. We are working with Ofgem and the National En...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Large Goods VehiclesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of electrifying heavy goods vehicles on future demand on the energy grid.
Answer: The zero emission HGV sector is at early stages of deployment, but the demand is expected to grow as more trucks come to market. Government is taking a range of short and long-term actions, including new national and regional strategic planning processes,...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLogistics: Alternative FuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support the uptake of low carbon fuels in the logistics sector.
Answer: The Department for Transport is actively supporting the uptake of low carbon fuels across the logistics sector through a range of measures. The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) remains a key policy tool, which has delivered 55 MtCO2e of greenhou...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UKDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to encourage foreign investment.
Answer: This Government is committed to encouraging international investment to drive economic growth. DCMS’s work to promote investment into the culture and creative industries, media and sport sectors is an important part of this.Most recently, through the Crea...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the medicines budget supports (a) access to innovative treatments and (b) attracts global pharmaceutical investment.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a clinically and cost-effectiv...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments: Cost EffectivenessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the current NICE QALY threshold on (a) patient access to innovative medicines and (b) the UK’s competitiveness in attracting life sciences inv
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a clinically and cost-effectiv...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordShared Rural NetworkDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his planned timeframe is for the (a) delivery and (b) start of the Shared Rural Network.
Answer: The Shared Rural Network began in March 2020 and has already achieved its main target, extending 4G mobile coverage to over 95% of UK landmass, which was achieved a year ahead of its December 2025 target and verified by Ofcom in May 2025. The programme ha...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLife SciencesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to publish the 2025 UK Life Sciences Competitiveness Indicators.
Answer: The Office for Life Sciences will publicly announce the planned publication date of the Life Sciences Competitiveness Indicators one month in advance of its publication.
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Disease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to update UK Infection Prevention and Control guidance to reflect the scientific consensus that (a) covid-19 and (b) other respiratory pathogens are airborne; and what ste
Answer: The National Infection Prevention and Control Manual (NIPCM) for England, published by NHS England, whilst not pathogen specific, provides overarching infection prevention and control principles that should be used to inform clinical judgement/practice. T...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to release the representative sample of local authorities it plans to consult on pavement parking research.
Answer: The Department has been considering all the views expressed in response to the 2020 pavement parking consultation and is currently working through the policy options and the appropriate means of delivering them. We will announce the next steps and publish...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has set a timeframe for the completion of research to (a) update and (b) strengthen the evidence base on the (i) extent and (ii) impact of pavement parking.
Answer: The Department has been considering all the views expressed in response to the 2020 pavement parking consultation and is currently working through the policy options and the appropriate means of delivering them. We will announce the next steps and publish...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture and Business: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75682More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) staffing, (b) system, (c) compliance and (d) other costs of (i) implementing and (ii) administering the proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business
Answer: I refer to the answer given on 5 September 2025 at UIN 70546 :https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/70546
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: FirearmsHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of the firearms enquiry officers employed across police forces in England and Wales are warranted police officers.
Answer: The Government does not currently collect data regarding the staffing of firearms licensing departments in police forces. The level of staffing and use of warranted police officers in such departments is a matter for individual Chief Constables and Police...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: FirearmsHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms enquiry officers are employed across police forces in England and Wales.
Answer: The Government does not currently collect data regarding the staffing of firearms licensing departments in police forces. The level of staffing and use of warranted police officers in such departments is a matter for individual Chief Constables and Police...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHares: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of hares shot during the period when sale is prohibited under the Hares Preservation Act 1892 in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: Defra holds no official statistics on the number of hares shot in England. The Act aims to protect hares by prohibiting the sale of hares in England from March to July inclusive.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
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