Gregory Stafford MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
Domestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the use of statutory demands, bankruptcy petitions and other debt-recovery and insolvency proceedings as a means of economic abuse within the meaning of sect
Answer: We recognise that statutory demands, bankruptcy petitions and other debt-recovery or insolvency proceedings may be used by perpetrators as a form of economic abuse, where they are used to control, coerce or cause financial harm to a victim. Economic abuse...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on (a) National Crime Recording Standard outcomes for course-of-conduct domestic abuse reports recorded as Domestic Incident rather than as a recorded crime, and (b) the
Answer: The Home Office collects information from the police forces of England and Wales on the crime outcomes of domestic abuse-related offences. These are published annually by the Office for National Statistics. The most recent data, for the year ending March ...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department and the College of Policing have issued guidance to address the physical-injury threshold in frontline police triage of domestic abuse reports.
Answer: The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 makes clear that domestic abuse extends beyond physical injury to include non-physical forms of harm, including controlling or coercive behaviour and economic abuse, such as coerced debt.The College of Policing is the standard ...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the persistence of a physical-injury threshold in frontline police triage of domestic abuse reports, in the co
Answer: Controlling or Coercive Behaviour prosecutions have increased from 3,999 in 2023/24 to 5,374 in 2024/25, and 3,293 in the first half of 2025/26. However, we are aware that this offence is still under identified in how frontline police triage domestic abus...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Cancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to incentivise more research into treatment breakthroughs for pancreatic cancer.
Answer: The Government recognises the crucial need for research into all forms of cancer, including pancreatic cancer. Government responsibility for delivering cancer research is shared between the Department of Health and Social Care, with research delivered by ...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRare Cancers: Clinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to review regulatory processes to incentivise clinical trials for rare and less survivable cancers, including pancreatic cancer.
Answer: The Department is committed to turbocharging clinical research and delivering better patient care, to make the United Kingdom a world-leading destination for clinical research.The National Cancer Plan for England sets out the Government’s ambition to deli...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordStrokes: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure continued support for stroke prevention, rehabilitation, and primary care integration in Surrey and East Berkshire in the absence of Integrated Stroke Delivery Net
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 10344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reinstate funding for the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network.
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 10343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the withdrawal of funding for Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks aligns with the objectives of the forthcoming Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework.
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 10342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on health inequalities of withdrawing funding for Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks in the South East.
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 10341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England regarding regional variation in funding decisions affecting stroke clinical networks.
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 10340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure consistency of funding for Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks across NHS England regions.
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 10339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network to improvements in thrombolysis and thrombectomy rates in its region.
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 10338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks in improving stroke outcomes since their establishment in 2021.
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 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
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