Gregory Stafford MP: written questions
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MBR Acres: Animal WelfareHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of Question 25301, what the maximum temperatures recorded were in each week of June and July 2026 in the temperature monitoring data held by the Animals in Science Regulation Un
Answer: During the period of hot weather, ASRU assessed temperature data provided by MBR Acres in June and July 2026, and found no evidence of adverse animal welfare impacts.Establishments are required to undertake daily checks by competent persons to monitor ani...
Answered 22 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the whole-life environmental impact of replacing existing petrol and diesel vehicles with new zero-emission vehicles.
Answer: The Government has set out its intention to phase out the sale of new pure petrol and diesel cars from 2030, and to phase out the sale of all new non-zero emission cars and vans from 2035. The Government has no plans to phase out petrol and diesel vehicle...
Answered 17 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered providing financial support for the purchase of second-hand low-emission and zero-emission vehicles.
Answer: Widening access to zero emission vehicles is a priority for the Government. Many used zero emission vehicle models are now available at similar prices to equivalent petrol and diesel vehicles. Industry data suggests that one in five used electric cars is ...
Answered 17 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the affordability of transitioning from petrol and diesel vehicles to zero-emission vehicles for households unable to afford a new electric vehicle.
Answer: Widening access to zero emission vehicles is a priority for the Government. Many used zero emission vehicle models are now available at similar prices to equivalent petrol and diesel vehicles. Industry data suggests that one in five used electric cars is ...
Answered 17 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDiesel Vehicles: Exhaust EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce restrictions on the use of diesel vehicles beyond existing clean air and emissions schemes.
Answer: The Government has set out its intention to phase out the sale of new pure petrol and diesel cars from 2030, and to phase out the sale of all new non-zero emission cars and vans from 2035. The Government has no plans to phase out petrol and diesel vehicle...
Answered 17 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Exhaust EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of policies on net zero vehicles on petrol and diesel vehicles already in use.
Answer: The Government has set out its intention to phase out the sale of new pure petrol and diesel cars from 2030, and to phase out the sale of all new non-zero emission cars and vans from 2035. The Government has no plans to phase out petrol and diesel vehicle...
Answered 17 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is available to working households who own their homes and wish to install solar panels but cannot afford the upfront cost.
Answer: The Government’s £15 billion Warm Homes Plan represents the biggest public investment in home upgrades in British history and includes support for solar panels, as well as batteries, insulation, and other low-carbon technologies.
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding schemes are available to local authorities for solar panel installations.
Answer: Local authorities can support solar panel installations through several government schemes. The Warm Homes: Local Grant is delivered through local authorities to low-income households in their areas, while local authorities that are social landlords can a...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: Council HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment Tahoe has made of the value for money of public funding used to install solar panels on council-owned housing.
Answer: Solar panels have the potential to reduce household energy bills and carbon emissions, supporting the Government’s objectives to tackle fuel poverty, deliver clean power, and improve energy security. The Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund provides grant fund...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordJournalism: Greater LondonDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that support from her Department for northern regions does not inadvertently disincentivise investment and employment in London.
Answer: The department has adopted a new approach to place targeting across DCMS programmes that aim to improve social and community outcomes. Evidence points clearly to economic and social outcomes being systematically worse in places where both deprivation and ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordJournalism: Greater LondonDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has assessed the potential impact of her Department's place-targeting approach on (a) investment in London-based media companies, (b) journalism jobs in London and (c) the UK
Answer: The department has adopted a new approach to place targeting across DCMS programmes that aim to improve social and community outcomes. Evidence points clearly to economic and social outcomes being systematically worse in places where both deprivation and ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordJournalism: Greater LondonDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department’s place-targeting approach to investment on the media and journalism sector in London.
Answer: The department has adopted a new approach to place targeting across DCMS programmes that aim to improve social and community outcomes. Evidence points clearly to economic and social outcomes being systematically worse in places where both deprivation and ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal PressDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the closure of regional media companies and titles on (a) local democratic accountability, (b) employment in journalism and the wider creati
Answer: Digitalisation has posed challenges to the financial sustainability of local media. At least 293 local newspapers have closed since 2005, equivalent to around a third of the sector. The number of journalists employed by the three largest local news publis...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27369More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Electric Vehicle Excise Duty on the level of demand for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, including for those motorists for whom the upfront cos
Answer: As announced at Budget 2025, Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) will be introduced from April 2028. Electric cars will pay 3 pence per mile and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) will pay a reduced rate of 1.5 pence per mile, reflecting that PHEVs ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27368More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury has made an assessment of the potential merits of a voluntary telematics-based system to determine the proportion of mileage undertaken using electric power by plug-in hybrid electric vehicles fo
Answer: As announced at Budget 2025, Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) will be introduced from April 2028. Electric cars will pay 3 pence per mile and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) will pay a reduced rate of 1.5 pence per mile, reflecting that PHEVs ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27367More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed Electric Vehicle Excise Duty on the resale values of older plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Answer: As announced at Budget 2025, Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) will be introduced from April 2028. Electric cars will pay 3 pence per mile and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) will pay a reduced rate of 1.5 pence per mile, reflecting that PHEVs ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27366More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of applying the same 1.5p-per-mile Electric Vehicle Excise Duty rate to all plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on drivers of those vehicles.
Answer: As announced at Budget 2025, Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) will be introduced from April 2028. Electric cars will pay 3 pence per mile and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) will pay a reduced rate of 1.5 pence per mile, reflecting that PHEVs ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren in CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking with the Department for Education on the regulatory arrangements for young people with assessed personal care needs who transition to adult services at the age o
Answer: Young people aged under 18 years old may, in certain circumstances, be accommodated in services registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Whether registration with the CQC is appropriate depends on the facts of the individual case, the nature of ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren in CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Care Quality Commission has any provision equivalent to Ofsted's special circumstances provision to enable continuity of placement for a young person transitioning to adulthood.
Answer: Young people aged under 18 years old may, in certain circumstances, be accommodated in services registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Whether registration with the CQC is appropriate depends on the facts of the individual case, the nature of ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren in CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a person aged 17 with an assessed need for personal care may be accommodated by a provider registered with the Care Quality Commission where the placing local authority agrees; and what gui
Answer: Young people aged under 18 years old may, in certain circumstances, be accommodated in services registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Whether registration with the CQC is appropriate depends on the facts of the individual case, the nature of ...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCare LeaversDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of care leavers who had an assessed need for personal care at the point of their 18th birthday in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answer: The government is determined to address the national tragedy of early deaths of care experienced young people, improving support for care leavers. The department is funding local authorities so care leavers can stay with their foster families up to age 21...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCare LeaversDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Review of Early Deaths of Care Leavers, published on 25 August 2026, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of enabling greater continuity of care placements for y
Answer: The government is determined to address the national tragedy of early deaths of care experienced young people, improving support for care leavers. The department is funding local authorities so care leavers can stay with their foster families up to age 21...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people have remained in a children's home beyond the age of 18 under Ofsted's special circumstances provision in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Care Standards Act 2000 sets out that children’s homes must be wholly or mainly for children. This means that most of the people who live or stay at a children’s home must be children and young adults aged 18 and above who live or stay at the home mus...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMBR Acres: Animal WelfareHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 25303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Department plans to schedule an unannounced audit or inspection at MBR Acres during the next period of extreme heat.
Answer: The Home Office does not comment on planned audits or inspections at individual licensed establishments, as doing so could undermine the effectiveness of regulatory oversight. The Animals in Science Regulation Unit keeps licensed establishments, including...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMBR Acres: Animal WelfareHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 25302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Animals in Science Regulation Unit last carried out an unannounced audit or inspection at MBR Acres.
Answer: The most recent unannounced audit at MBR Acres was carried out on 25 April 2024. Since then, the Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) has carried out two announced audits at the establishment, on 4 November 2025 and 10 July 2026.ASRU determines the n...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
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