Gregory Stafford MP: written questions
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Inland Waterways and Rivers: SewageDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 900905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Thames Water on the prevention of sewage overflows into rivers and waterways.
Answer: Between April 2025 and April 2026, the Environment Agency carried out more than 850 inspections of Thames Water assets, identifying breaches and driving improvements through enforcement action. We have also strengthened accountability, with Ofwat’s new ex...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordChlorine: Health HazardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether water companies are required to retain records of chlorine residual measurements taken at individual domestic properties.
Answer: Water companies are required to monitor for chlorine as set out in Schedule 3 of The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2016. Chlorine residual measurements are part of companies’ routine compliance sampling programmes and are recorded and submitted...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordChlorine: Health HazardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance is issued to water companies on monitoring chlorine residuals at consumers' taps following alterations to domestic plumbing arrangements.
Answer: Water companies are not obliged to conduct monitoring of any sort following alterations to domestic plumbing arrangements. If there is an issue, water companies can be asked to inspect the arrangements under the water fittings regulations.
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Supply: Health HazardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any epidemiological studies commissioned or conducted by her Department have examined health outcomes associated with changes in household water-supply configuration from indir
Answer: Defra has not commissioned or conducted any epidemiological studies that have examined health outcomes associated with changes in household water-supply configuration from indirect tank-fed to direct mains-fed systems. Defra welcomes any new research find...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordChlorine: Health HazardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of absorption of chlorine or chlorine by-products through the skin or by inhalation during bathin
Answer: The Drinking Water Inspectorate has a consumer leaflet on chlorine which can be found here: Chlorine - Drinking Water Inspectorate.
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordChlorine: Health HazardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has commissioned or reviewed since 2000 into potential health effects associated with long-term domestic exposure to chlorinated mains water through bathin
Answer: Chlorine has a long history of about 100 years of safe use for hygiene purposes worldwide. It is the most widely used disinfectant in the home. It is also a disinfectant used by the water industry to maintain hygienic conditions within the public water su...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department intends to respond to the Patient Safety Commissioner's call for a decision on a compensation scheme for patients harmed by pelvic mesh and sodium valproate by 16th July 2026
Answer: The Patient Safety Commissioner wrote to the Prime Minister on 16 June, requesting information regarding internal and cross-Government discussions in relation to the Hughes Report, actions that have been taken beyond the Department, and the future plans r...
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordInsolvency: Domestic AbuseDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the safeguards in the Insolvency Rules 2016 against the misuse of insolvency proceedings as an instrument of economic abuse or coercive contro
Answer: Insolvency proceedings are a regulated process designed to protect both debtors and creditors.An individual can only be declared bankrupt by a court order following the presentation of a bankruptcy petition. The process is overseen by the court through th...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordInsolvency: Domestic AbuseDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Insolvency Service is taking to (a) identify and (b) respond to cases in which (i) statutory demands and (ii) bankruptcy petitions are used as an instrument of economic abuse or coercive
Answer: Bankruptcy is generally considered a last resort due to its serious financial and legal consequences, but can also provide a route out of problem debt for vulnerable debtors. Creditors presenting a bankruptcy petition to the courts must meet strict requir...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of domestic abuse reports closed or recorded as a Domestic Incident rather than as a recorded crime, on the basis that the conduct reported was financial o
Answer: The Home Office collects information from the police forces of England and Wales on the crime outcomes of domestic abuse-related offences. These are published annually by the Office for National Statistics. The most recent data, for the year ending March ...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance the Home Office and the College of Policing have issued to ensure that frontline officers recognise coerced debt and the misuse of civil and insolvency proceedings as domestic abuse.
Answer: The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 makes clear that domestic abuse extends beyond physical injury to include non-physical forms of harm, including controlling or coercive behaviour and economic abuse, such as coerced debt.The College of Policing is the standard ...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the use of statutory demands, bankruptcy petitions and other debt-recovery and insolvency proceedings as a means of economic abuse within the meaning of sect
Answer: We recognise that statutory demands, bankruptcy petitions and other debt-recovery or insolvency proceedings may be used by perpetrators as a form of economic abuse, where they are used to control, coerce or cause financial harm to a victim. Economic abuse...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on (a) National Crime Recording Standard outcomes for course-of-conduct domestic abuse reports recorded as Domestic Incident rather than as a recorded crime, and (b) the
Answer: The Home Office collects information from the police forces of England and Wales on the crime outcomes of domestic abuse-related offences. These are published annually by the Office for National Statistics. The most recent data, for the year ending March ...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department and the College of Policing have issued guidance to address the physical-injury threshold in frontline police triage of domestic abuse reports.
Answer: The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 makes clear that domestic abuse extends beyond physical injury to include non-physical forms of harm, including controlling or coercive behaviour and economic abuse, such as coerced debt.The College of Policing is the standard ...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the persistence of a physical-injury threshold in frontline police triage of domestic abuse reports, in the co
Answer: Controlling or Coercive Behaviour prosecutions have increased from 3,999 in 2023/24 to 5,374 in 2024/25, and 3,293 in the first half of 2025/26. However, we are aware that this offence is still under identified in how frontline police triage domestic abus...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Cancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to incentivise more research into treatment breakthroughs for pancreatic cancer.
Answer: The Government recognises the crucial need for research into all forms of cancer, including pancreatic cancer. Government responsibility for delivering cancer research is shared between the Department of Health and Social Care, with research delivered by ...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRare Cancers: Clinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to review regulatory processes to incentivise clinical trials for rare and less survivable cancers, including pancreatic cancer.
Answer: The Department is committed to turbocharging clinical research and delivering better patient care, to make the United Kingdom a world-leading destination for clinical research.The National Cancer Plan for England sets out the Government’s ambition to deli...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordStrokes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure continued support for stroke prevention, rehabilitation, and primary care integration in Surrey and East Berkshire in the absence of Integrated Stroke Delivery Net
Answer: The Department has not made a specific assessment. That is because the responsibility for delivery, implementation, and funding decisions for services rests with the appropriate National Health Service commissioner working with NHS providers and other sta...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordStrokes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reinstate funding for the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network.
Answer: The Department has not made a specific assessment. That is because the responsibility for delivery, implementation, and funding decisions for services rests with the appropriate National Health Service commissioner working with NHS providers and other sta...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordStrokes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the withdrawal of funding for Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks aligns with the objectives of the forthcoming Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework.
Answer: The Department has not made a specific assessment. That is because the responsibility for delivery, implementation, and funding decisions for services rests with the appropriate National Health Service commissioner working with NHS providers and other sta...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordStrokes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on health inequalities of withdrawing funding for Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks in the South East.
Answer: The Department has not made a specific assessment. That is because the responsibility for delivery, implementation, and funding decisions for services rests with the appropriate National Health Service commissioner working with NHS providers and other sta...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordStrokes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England regarding regional variation in funding decisions affecting stroke clinical networks.
Answer: The Department has not made a specific assessment. That is because the responsibility for delivery, implementation, and funding decisions for services rests with the appropriate National Health Service commissioner working with NHS providers and other sta...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordStrokes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure consistency of funding for Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks across NHS England regions.
Answer: The Department has not made a specific assessment. That is because the responsibility for delivery, implementation, and funding decisions for services rests with the appropriate National Health Service commissioner working with NHS providers and other sta...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordStrokes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network to improvements in thrombolysis and thrombectomy rates in its region.
Answer: The Department has not made a specific assessment. That is because the responsibility for delivery, implementation, and funding decisions for services rests with the appropriate National Health Service commissioner working with NHS providers and other sta...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordStrokes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks in improving stroke outcomes since their establishment in 2021.
Answer: The Department has not made a specific assessment. That is because the responsibility for delivery, implementation, and funding decisions for services rests with the appropriate National Health Service commissioner working with NHS providers and other sta...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
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