Gregory Stafford MP: written questions
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Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27th January 2026 to Question 106884, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of local planning authorities in restricting the publication of ‘sensi
Answer: My Department has made no such assessment. We keep planning practice guidance and procedures under review.
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordKidney Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce a modern service framework for kidney disease; and what steps he is taking to support early diagnosis and prevention.
Answer: As announced in the 10-Year Health Plan, as well as an overall quality strategy, the National Quality Board is overseeing the development of a new series of service frameworks to accelerate progress in conditions where there is potential for rapid and sig...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing CompletionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish the 2024 Housing Delivery Test results.
Answer: Following delays to the publication of the 2023 Housing Delivery Test (HDT) results under the previous government, this government is committed to re-establishing a regular publication cycle. We therefore intend to combine the data collections for the 202...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: Business RatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending business rates reimbursements to community pharmacies.
Answer: In the 2025 Autumn Budget, the Government took the hard choices to protect the National Health Service in England and to continue to prioritise reducing waiting times. We have also stepped in to cap bills and help businesses, as part of a £4.3 billion sup...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that measures in the Road Safety Strategy are applied effectively during winter.
Answer: On 7 January 2026 we published our new Road Safety Strategy, setting out our vision for a safer future on our roads for all. The policy commitments in the Road Safety Strategy will be developed in the usual way, ensuring that thorough consideration is giv...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107299More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the trend in the levels of timeliness of Civil Service Pension payments since Capita took over administration of the MyCSP system on 1 December 2025.
Answer: Capita took over the administration on 1 December 2025. Since then, Capita has completed pension payments to approximately 730,000 retired members on time. However, some civil servants and pension scheme members are facing unacceptable delays in accessing...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential public safety considerations of detailed internal residential plans remaining publicly accessible online after development has been
Answer: Plans and drawings of proposed residential development, including any plans for internal arrangements, submitted with a planning application must be maintained and published by local planning authorities on their planning registers. Local planning authori...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMulti-academy Trusts: Electric VehiclesDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when updated guidance on electric car salary sacrifice schemes for multi-academy trusts will be published; and whether interim measures will be provided to allow trusts to implement schemes in the meantime.
Answer: New electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes in the public sector are currently paused whilst a cross-government review on these schemes is undertaken by HMT. Academy trusts with existing schemes can keep them in place but not expand them by adding new m...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses and Retail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106054More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the financial impact of business rates increases on (a) pubs and (b) retail businesses.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to UIN 101363.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIndia: ChristianityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Indian counterpart on reported incidents of violence against Christian communities.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 25 November 2025 in response to Question 90911.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Workplace PensionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces Pension Scheme payments have been (a) delayed and (b) unpaid in the last five years, where the recipient’s entitlement is manually calculated by his Department.
Answer: This information is not held. All Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS) pensions are processed using Ministry of Defence approved calculators. The only manual interaction involved in the process is the input of specific criteria, such as service dates and da...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Workplace PensionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a rolling automatic pension calculation for former armed forces personnel who have received an Early Departure Payment.
Answer: There are no plans to introduce a rolling automatic calculation. However, former Armed Forces personnel can annually request a free forecast at any time by completing a Form 14, available on Gov.uk at the following link:www.gov.uk/guidance/veterans-uk-arm...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when local authorities will be informed of their indicative allocations of the Homelessness, Rough Sleeping and Domestic Abuse Grant for each consecutive financial year from 2026
Answer: Provisional allocations of the Homelessness, Rough Sleeping and Domestic Abuse Grant have been published on gov.uk here. Final allocations will be published in due course.
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHealthwatchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment they have made of the potential impact of abolishing local Healthwatch organisations on constituents’ ability to raise concerns about health and social care services.
Answer: The abolition of Healthwatch England and the transfer of its functions and the changes to Local Healthwatch will require primary legislation. The timing of this is subject to the will of Parliament and will happen when parliamentary time allows. A full Im...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIndia: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Government of India on the protection of freedom of religion or belief for religious minority communities, including their
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 25 November 2025 in response to Question 90911.
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on developing independently verified, modelled projections of the numbers of NHS staff needed to meet future population demand in the 10-Year Workforce Plan.
Answer: The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure the National Health Service has the right people in the right places, with the right skills to care for patients, when they need it. It will include modelling of the potential size and shape of the future workforce a...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAbu WadeeHome OfficeTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of permitting Abu Wadee to (a) enter and (b) remain in the United Kingdom on (i) national security and (ii) public safety; and what chec
Answer: The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases.The first priority of government is protecting national security. All applications for UK immigration status, including asylum claims, are subject to comprehensive security checks. Where an in...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHuntingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment her Department has has made of the differing impacts on wildlife of (a) trail hunting and (b) traditional pest control and other outdoor activities.
Answer: This Government is committed to enacting a ban on trail hunting in line with our manifesto commitment. Defra intends to hold a public consultation to seek views on an effective, enforceable ban. As part of that consultation, Defra plans to seek evidence f...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHuntingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a ban on trail hunting on (a) employment and (b) local businesses in rural communities; and what assessment she has made of the
Answer: This Government is committed to enacting a ban on trail hunting in line with our manifesto commitment. Defra intends to hold a public consultation to seek views on an effective, enforceable ban. As part of that consultation, Defra plans to seek evidence f...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHuntingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence her Department has gathered on the comparative impact of trail hunting, and traditional pest control and other outdoor activities on the level of harm to wildlife.
Answer: This Government is committed to enacting a ban on trail hunting in line with our manifesto commitment. Defra intends to hold a public consultation to seek views on an effective, enforceable ban. As part of that consultation, Defra plans to seek evidence f...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate the Government has made of the financial losses suffered by businesses as a result of vehicles using obscured or false number plates to commit fuel theft or evade charges.
Answer: No assessment of potential financial losses as a result of vehicles using obscured or false number plates has been made. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and other government departments to...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAutomatic Number Plate Recognition: ReviewsDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to review the use of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology to ensure it can effectively detect vehicles with obscured or altered number plates.
Answer: No assessment of potential financial losses as a result of vehicles using obscured or false number plates has been made. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and other government departments to...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronersAttorney GeneralTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99143More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many applications for permission to seek a new inquest under section 13 of the Coroners Act 1988 have been granted in each of the past five years.
Answer: Our records indicate that the following number of fiats were granted in each of the last five years:2021 – 42022 – 42023 – 112024 – 62025 – 14 to date.
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: MenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to include a) gyms, b) swimming pools, and c) leisure centres in the Men’s Health Strategy and 10 Year Plan.
Answer: Both the Men’s Health Strategy and the 10-Year Health Plan commit to cross sector action to reduce physical inactivity. Addressing physical inactivity and getting people moving more is important for improving health outcomes, reducing demand on the Nation...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Leisure CentresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, given the existing co-location of many health services with leisure centres, what assessment his Department has made of the benefits of including these facilities in neighbourhood health schemes.
Answer: Neighbourhood health sits at the heart of the Government’s 10-Year Health Plan. Our ambition is to build a service that: delivers more personalised care closer to where people live; empowers individuals to lead healthier, more independent lives; and offer...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
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