Gregory Stafford MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
Housing: 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
Original Parliament recordCompanies: 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
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