Gregory Stafford MP: written questions
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Companies: TakeoversDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government is taking steps to protect the interests of retail shareholders in situations where a majority shareholder exercises its voting rights in relation to a competing takeover offer.
Answer: The Takeover Code, which has a statutory basis under the Companies Act 2006, sets out a clear and orderly framework for takeovers, including measures to ensure fairness to all shareholders. The Code is issued and administered by the independent Panel on T...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish International InvestmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of British International Investment’s use of public funds to support private equity activity on levels of wider retail pa
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) holds British International Investment (BII) to account for delivery of its five-year strategy through well-established governance arrangements. As part of these arrangements, the FCDO receives com...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish International Investment: TaxationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure British International Investment’s use of taxpayer funds (a) provides value for money and (b) encourages wider retail share ownership.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) holds British International Investment (BII) to account for delivery of its five-year strategy through well-established governance arrangements. As part of these arrangements, the FCDO receives com...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLabyrinthitis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to NHS organisations on signposting patients with balance disorders to relevant voluntary sector support organisations.
Answer: The Department has made no specific central assessment of the overall availability and adequacy of specialist diagnostic and treatment services for balance disorders. The planning and commissioning of these services is the responsibility of integrated car...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLabyrinthitis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of specialist diagnostic and treatment services for balance disorders.
Answer: The Department has made no specific central assessment of the overall availability and adequacy of specialist diagnostic and treatment services for balance disorders. The planning and commissioning of these services is the responsibility of integrated car...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLabyrinthitis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) awareness and (b) training among GPs on the (i) diagnosis and (ii) management of balance disorders.
Answer: General practitioners are responsible for ensuring their own clinical knowledge remains up-to-date and for identifying learning needs as part of their continuing professional development. This activity should include taking account of new research and dev...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the average administrative cost per asylum applicant of processing an asylum claim, including costs associated with interviews, interpretation, legal support a
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.A breakdown of Asylum Costs and Productivity, is ...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAirports: Fees and ChargesDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the reasonableness of drop-off charges at UK airports, particularly for short-duration stays; and whether she plans to introduce guidance or regulation on such charges.
Answer: The Department has not undertaken an assessment of the reasonableness of car parking and drop-off charges at UK airports. The provision and charging of airport parking are matters for each airport to manage and justify as a commercial business. Parking re...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAirports: Fees and ChargesDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of drop-off charges at UK airports on passengers and their families.
Answer: The Department has not undertaken an assessment of the reasonableness of car parking and drop-off charges at UK airports. The provision and charging of airport parking are matters for each airport to manage and justify as a commercial business. Parking re...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNon-molestation OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-molestation order applications under Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996 were resolved by undertaking in 2024 and 2025; and whether his Department plans to begin publishing that data.
Answer: In his leadership capacity as the Head of Family Justice, the President of the Family Division regularly issues guidance aimed at judiciary and practitioners within the family justice system, in order to promote consistent and effective practice in family...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNon-molestation OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Family Procedure Rules Committee has to formalise as a Practice Direction the substance of the President of the Family Division's Guidance on Non-Molestation Orders under the Family Law Act 1996.
Answer: In his leadership capacity as the Head of Family Justice, the President of the Family Division regularly issues guidance aimed at judiciary and practitioners within the family justice system, in order to promote consistent and effective practice in family...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMetachromatic LeukodystrophyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children diagnosed with metachromatic leukodystrophy since the approval of gene therapy treatment have been assessed as ineligible for treatment because diagnosis occurred after symptoms d
Answer: Libmeldy, the gene therapy treatment for metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) has been funded nationally by NHS England since 2022 and is delivered exclusively through the specialist children’s service at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. Information on...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMetachromatic LeukodystrophyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adding metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) to the NHS newborn blood spot screening programme.
Answer: Members of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) have agreed that metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) would be a good candidate for the inclusion in a multi-condition in-service evaluation (ISE) within the United Kingdom’s newborn blood spot (NBS) s...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDemocratic Republic of the Congo: ChristianityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and international partners on the protection and rebuilding of Christian religious
Answer: We are aware of this case. However, given these are private legal proceedings and they remain ongoing, it would not be appropriate to comment. The UK is committed to championing freedom of religion or belief for all. No one should live in fear, or suffer ...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordShorthold Tenancies: StudentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 5281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the abolition of Assured Shorthold Tenancies on university students in cases where previous fixed-term tenancie
Answer: From 1 May 2026, the new tenancy system provided for by the Renters’ Rights Act applies to all private tenancies.As such, all tenancies are now periodic and it will no longer be possible to agree a fixed rental term or create a tenancy with an end date or...
Answered 5 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPakistan: AhmadiyyaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 5049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of treatment of Ahmadi Muslim prisoners in Pakistan; and what steps she is taking to (a) advocate for their release and (b) to suppo
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 18 May in response to Question 1641.
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMeningitis: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 5048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding access to the MenB vaccine to cohorts who missed vaccination following its introduction into the routine schedule.
Answer: On 12 June 2026, a one-off vaccination programme was launched to help to protect those at highest immediate risk while the Government monitors and assesses new evidence to determine whether there has been a change in the way MenB affects people and whethe...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordUganda: EbolaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of issuing travel guidance covering Ebola to people travelling to Uganda.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my statement to the House on 21 May (HCWS60).
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUganda: EbolaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made on the potential merits of issuing travel guidance for people travelling to Uganda covering Ebola.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to my statement to the House on 21 May (HCWS60).
Answered 27 May 2026
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the interim statement on the modern service framework for palliative and end of life care.
Answer: The Modern Service Framework (MSF) for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care will provide a clinically-led, evidence-based framework to support sustained improvement in patient and carer outcomes, including reducing both inequality and unwarranted variatio...
Answered 19 May 2026
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local integration care boards implement the modern service framework for palliative and end of life care.
Answer: The Modern Service Framework (MSF) for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care will provide a clinically-led, evidence-based framework to support sustained improvement in patient and carer outcomes, including reducing both inequality and unwarranted variatio...
Answered 19 May 2026
Original Parliament recordFractures: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the progress towards improving consistency of access to Fracture Liaison Services; and what steps he is taking to support the development and implemen
Answer: Our 10-Year Health Plan committed to rolling out Fracture Liaison Services (FLSs) across every part of the country by 2030.Integrated care boards (ICBs) remain well-placed to make decisions according to local need.The Renewed Women’s Health Strategy sets ...
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCare WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a funded domestic adult social care workforce plan, in the context of levels of (a) demand for NHS services and (b) recent trends in healthy l
Answer: Decisions regarding any potential workforce plan publication for social care remain under consideration and no final position has been reached. In line with the manifesto, the Department is committed to ensuring the publication of regular, independent wor...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPakistan: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the UK Government is taking to advocate for the release of Ahmadi prisoners of conscience in Pakistan and to support freedom of religion or belief.
Answer: The UK is concerned by the treatment of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan, including those detained for the peaceful exercise of their beliefs. We condemn the persecution of the Ahmadi community and continue to monitor the situation closely, including reports of...
Answered 18 May 2026
Original Parliament recordPakistan: AhmadiyyaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the treatment of Ahmadi Muslim prisoners of conscience in Pakistan.
Answer: The UK is concerned by the treatment of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan, including those detained for the peaceful exercise of their beliefs. We condemn the persecution of the Ahmadi community and continue to monitor the situation closely, including reports of...
Answered 18 May 2026
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