Gregory Stafford MP: written questions 2025
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Social Rented Housing: Anti-social BehaviourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) local authorities and (b) social housing providers to tackle anti-social behaviour in residential premises.
Answer: Social landlords already have a range of powers and enforcement tools to tackle anti-social behaviour including powers to evict perpetrators. We expect landlords to use those powers promptly and proportionately, putting the needs of victims at the heart o...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting local authorities to fund (a) education, health and care plans and (b) specialist school placements for children with additional needs.
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.To achieve that ambition, we expect mainstream...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBourne Wood: ParkingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to encourage Forestry England to introduce disabled parking spaces in the Bourne Woods car park, Surrey.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 11 November 2024, UIN 12353.
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on providing long term, sustainable funding for transforming palliative and end of life care services.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has regular discussions with my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and colleagues across the Cabinet on a whole host of issues across our brief, including palliative and en...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Public ExpenditureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Transformation Fund announced in the Spring Statement 2025; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Comprehensive Spending Review will contain measures to (a) improve and (b) reform the current funding allocations for palliative and end of life care services.
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: Public ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46637More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the use of the Transformation Fund to reform palliative and end of life care services.
Answer: The Spending Review is underway and details will be announced on 11th June. As part of the Spring Statement, Government announced a £3.25bn Transformation Fund to drive efficiencies across government and save money later in the Parliament and set out how ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include measures to support palliative and end of life care in the 10 Year Health Plan.
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and families receiv...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications have been received from commercial laying hen and pullet keepers for the Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare Grant in England.
Answer: The deadline for online applications was the 18 September 2024. The Rural Payments Agency received 103 applications. The deadline for full applications is 28 April 2026. As of 22 April 25, one full application has been received. Checks to confirm eligibil...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Channel crossings by irregular migrants have taken place since 1 January 2025.
Answer: The Home Office publishes the number of Channel crossings on a daily basis. Since 1 April, the UK Border Force has continued to work with their French counterparts and other partners around the world to take action against the organised immigration crime ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the UK Border Force has taken to tackle Channel crossings by irregular migrants since 1 April 2025.
Answer: The Home Office publishes the number of Channel crossings on a daily basis. Since 1 April, the UK Border Force has continued to work with their French counterparts and other partners around the world to take action against the organised immigration crime ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMonmouthshire and Brecon Canal: Water AbstractionWales OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) the Welsh government, (b) Natural Resources Wales and (c) the Canal and River Trust on the extraction of water during drier periods to supply the Monmouthshire and Br
Answer: I have regular discussions with Welsh Government Ministers and stakeholder organisations in Wales on a wide range of matters, including the environment. Whilst water management is devolved to the Welsh Government, the UK Government recognises the environm...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSafe Hands Plans: InsolvencyTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46631More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support to the victims of the Safe Hands Funeral Plan.
Answer: I refer the honorable member to my response to UIN 39592.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 32890 on Homes for Ukraine Scheme, whether her Department plans to publish eligibility criteria for Ukrainian nationals resident in the UK wishing t
Answer: We recognise the Ukrainian government’s desire for the future return of its citizens to Ukraine. It is important our approach respects these wishes.This is why our offer of temporary sanctuary under the Ukraine Schemes does not lead to settlement in the U...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Anti-social BehaviourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help support housing associations to seek possession of a property when there is substantial evidence of anti-social behaviour.
Answer: Social landlords already have a range of powers and enforcement tools to tackle anti-social behaviour including powers to evict perpetrators. We expect landlords to use those powers promptly and proportionately, putting the needs of victims at the heart o...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: CommunicationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve cross communication between NHS organisations.
Answer: The Government is committed to harnessing technology and modernising the health system by shifting from analogue to digital, including through streamlined data sharing to improve communication across National Health Service organisations.Regulations have ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how revenues from the sale of NHS Property Services assets are re-allocated.
Answer: Where integrated care boards (ICBs) declare NHS Property Service (NHSPS) owned assets surplus to their future clinical requirements, the NHSPS markets these properties for sale with the net proceeds, after the cost of sale, being reinvested into operation...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AppealsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) improve alternative provision arrangements for children with SEND during the process of waiting for a tribunal.
Answer: Alternative provision (AP) schools contribute to a more inclusive whole-school system by working with mainstream schools to identify children’s special educational needs at the earliest stage. They can help devise interventions and provide additional supp...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on research into a breath test to enable early detection of Pancreatic Cancer.
Answer: The PANACEA study will recruit 8,000 patients across 40 sites by September 2026 to evaluate breath test performance and is expected to complete in March 2027. This is one strand of the Office for Life Sciences’ Cancer Healthcare Goals Programme, which sup...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving care pathways for all those with cancer, including pancreatic cancer. This threshold is key to improving outcomes and survival rates, including for people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.Pancreatic cancer is diffi...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDebts: Developing CountriesTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46623More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with UK-based private lenders on debt cancellation for lower-income countries.
Answer: Supporting developing countries to tackle unsustainable debt is a key development priority of this government. The UK government is working closely with borrowers, official and private creditors, and the IMF and World Bank, to strengthen the wider debt ar...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46622More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the (a) subsidies and (b) tax reliefs available to (i) Rosebank, (ii) Jackdaw and (iii) other new oil and gas developments.
Answer: The OBR’s most recent forecast of tax revenues from the oil and gas sector is available at the following link: https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2025/. Similarly, where data is available, estimates of the cost of tax reliefs applicable ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: InsuranceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether company directors will be indemnified from wrongful trading liability under the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025.
Answer: If required, the Government would provide an indemnity from any possible wrongful trading liability to any company director appointed by Government under the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025, or who had followed instructions from the Secretary o...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth Western Railway: Rolling StockDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the cost of rolling stock contract renegotiations on the nationalisation of South Western Railways.
Answer: South Western Railways services will transfer into public ownership on 25 May 2025, as its National Rail Contract with the Department expires. New rolling stock leases will be in place prior to the date of transfer. The expected cost of renewing leases we...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDebts: Developing CountriesTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46619More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of recent legislative changes at enhancing private sector participation in sovereign debt relief for low-income countries; and whether she plans to introd
Answer: The government is not currently pursuing legislative changes to enhance private sector participation in debt restructurings for low-income countries. The UK, alongside the G20 and Paris Club, expects private creditors to participate in debt restructurings...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
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