Gregory Stafford MP: written questions
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Strokes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continued regional coordination, quality improvement, and equitable access to stroke services in Surrey and East Berkshire after the withdrawal of Inte
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 10336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether alternative provision will be put in place to deliver the functions currently undertaken by the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network following the withdrawal of
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 10335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what reason NHS England South East has decided to withdraw funding for the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network; and whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of
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 10334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the withdrawal of NHS England South East funding for the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network from 30 June on pa
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 recordAlcoholic Drinks: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role her Department has had in the Department for Health and Social Care’s consideration of banning the sale of low and no alcohol products to under 18s.
Answer: In Fit for the Future, a 10-Year Health Plan for England, the Government committed to explore options to restrict access to no- and low-alcohol products so they are treated in the same ways as all alcohol products, including banning sales to under 18 year...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the use of operational assessment frameworks such as THRIVE (Threat, Harm, Risk, Investigation, Vulnerability and Engagement) in informing polic
Answer: Police forces across England and Wales use a structured way of assessing threat, harm and risk at point of point of contact and deployment. THRIVE is one particular definition and model of such an assessment. The adoption of THRIVE or similar models is ba...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that DEI training provided to police forces is informed by relevant operational policing experience and reflects frontline policing.
Answer: The College of Policing sets clear, evidence-based national standards for police training through the National Policing Curriculum and Authorised Professional Practice. The College regularly reviews the policing curriculum, including elements relating to ...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) evaluation mechanisms and (b) outcome metrics are used to assess the effectiveness of diversity, equality and inclusiveness training in police forces.
Answer: The College of Policing sets clear, evidence-based national standards for police training through the National Policing Curriculum and Authorised Professional Practice. The College regularly reviews the policing curriculum, including elements relating to ...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of diversity, equity and inclusion training delivered to police forces in England and Wales in each of the last three years.
Answer: The College of Policing sets clear, evidence-based national standards for police training through the National Policing Curriculum and Authorised Professional Practice. The College regularly reviews the policing curriculum, including elements relating to ...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to increase the availability of forward funding for infrastructure required to support new housing developments.
Answer: My Department launched the National Housing Delivery Fund (NHDF) on 1 April 2026. The NHDF will provide c.£5 billion of capital grant funding for infrastructure and land from 2026 to 2030. This includes £1.3 billion allocated through the Integrated Settle...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that infrastructure, including schools, GPs and transport links, are delivered alongside new housing developments.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, including the provision of supporting infrastructure in a sustainable manner. It also makes clea...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impact of developer build-out rates on a council’s ability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply and meet the Housing Delivery Test.
Answer: The Housing Delivery Test measures whether planned requirements (or, in some cases, local housing need) have been met over the preceding three years. The 5-year housing land supply is a calculation of whether there is a deliverable supply of homes to meet...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that housing developers build out planning permissions that have already been granted by local authorities.
Answer: To significantly boost housing delivery, we must close the gap between the amount of land allocated and permissioned and the number of homes being completed. The Competition and Markets Authority and others have concluded that most homes in England are no...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to review housing targets in rural and county areas.
Answer: The government has no such plans.
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Local GovernmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that national planning policy does not override locally adopted plans and that planning decisions remain accountable to loca
Answer: By law, planning applications must be determined in accordance with the development plan for the area, unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The National Planning Policy Framework must be taken into account in preparing the development plan, ...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLow Alcohol DrinksDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role her Department has had in the Department of Health and Social Care’s plans to consult on uprating the descriptor guidance for low and no alcohol products.
Answer: There is work ongoing between Defra and DHSC on reviewing the descriptor guidance for low and no alcohol products, supporting the process through regular official-level discussions.
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLow Alcohol Drinks: Age AssuranceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to formally consult on banning the sale of low and no alcohol products to under 18s.
Answer: In the 10-Year Health Plan, the Government committed to consult on raising the upper alcohol limit for drinks labelled as alcohol-free to 0.5% alcohol by volume (ABV) from 0.05% ABV. The Government also committed to explore options to restrict access to a...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLow Alcohol Drinks: LabellingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to conduct a formal consultation on uprating the descriptor ‘alcohol-free’ from 0.05% ABV to 0.5% ABV, in line with international standards.
Answer: In the 10-Year Health Plan, the Government committed to consult on raising the upper alcohol limit for drinks labelled as alcohol-free to 0.5% alcohol by volume (ABV) from 0.05% ABV. The Government also committed to explore options to restrict access to a...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLow Alcohol Drinks: Age AssuranceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the merits of banning the sale of low and no alcohol products to under 18s.
Answer: In the 10-Year Health Plan, the Government committed to consult on raising the upper alcohol limit for drinks labelled as alcohol-free to 0.5% alcohol by volume (ABV) from 0.05% ABV. The Government also committed to explore options to restrict access to a...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLow Alcohol Drinks: LabellingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on its plans to consult on updating the descriptor guidance for low and no alcohol products.
Answer: In the 10-Year Health Plan, the Government committed to consult on raising the upper alcohol limit for drinks labelled as alcohol-free to 0.5% alcohol by volume (ABV) from 0.05% ABV. The Government also committed to explore options to restrict access to a...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will develop and publish a fully costed strategy for the NHS Federated Data Platform contract.
Answer: The NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) safely connects information from different systems across the National Health Service into a single, secure environment. This allows staff to co-ordinate care better to improve outcomes for patients. The NHS FDP ...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations of the cross-party parliamentary committee report on the role of Palantir in the NHS Federated Data
Answer: The NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) safely connects information from different systems across the National Health Service into a single, secure environment. This allows staff to co-ordinate care better to improve outcomes for patients. The NHS FDP ...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that changes to data access arrangements within the NHS Federated Data Platform have been subject to a Data Protection Impact Assessment and appropriat
Answer: The NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) safely connects information from different systems across the National Health Service into a single, secure environment. This allows staff to co-ordinate care better to improve outcomes for patients. The NHS FDP ...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: Data processingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Section 254 direction under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 will be published and laid before Parliament for full scrutiny.
Answer: All directions made by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, under section 254 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, are published at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/corporate-information-and-d...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards are in place within the NHS Federated Data Platform to help ensure that external contractors and third-party suppliers are not able to access identifiable patient data.
Answer: The NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) safely connects information from different systems across the National Health Service into a single, secure environment. This allows staff to co-ordinate care better to improve outcomes for patients. The NHS FDP ...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
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