Stella Creasy MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Leasehold: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to consult on changes to marriage value under the Leasehold Reform Act 2024; and when he expects to implement any changes.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 89939 on 20 November 2025.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEU Files ForumDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, at what frequency his Department plans to hold meetings of the EU Files Forum; and whether the Government intends to publish (a) agendas (b) lists of participants and (c) minutes for each.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade holds a quarterly official-level EU Files Forum, with the next meeting scheduled for December 2025.This forum was established to facilitate a dialogue between government and the UK business community on evolving EU le...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Products: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants in her Department have been assigned to preparations for a EU-UK agreement on a common sanitary and phytosanitary area.
Answer: Negotiating and delivering an SPS Agreement with the EU is a whole of Government effort. It is a big priority for the department. We are working very closely with the Cabinet Office. Defra’s trade staff work flexibly across trade deals according to demand...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Products: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her department has made of the number and scope of regulations in which there has been (a) active and (b) passive divergence between UK and European Union sanitary and
Answer: When it has been deemed appropriate for GB policy to actively diverge from EU regulations, steps have always been taken to consider how a change could impact businesses looking to sell into UK, NI and EU markets, and if they will be required to adhere to ...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) children, (b) adult family members and (c) single adults were in receipt of asylum support on 30 June 2025.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the family status of asylum seekers in receipt of support is published in table Asy_09b of the ‘Asylum summary tables’. The published table does not...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordKashmir: Capital Punishment and Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her (a) Indian and (b) Pakistani counterparts on (i) human rights in Kashmir and (ii) the use of the death penalty.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 31 March 2025 to Question 39395.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHornets: Pest ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the yellow legged Asian hornet on UK (a) pollinators and (b) food security; and what the role is of the National Bee Unit in hel
Answer: Over £500 million a year is contributed by bees and other pollinating insects to UK agriculture, through improvements to crop quality and quantity. If Asian hornet (also known as Yellow Legged Hornet) were to become established in the UK, this could have ...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCataracts: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the NHS Counter Fraud Authority has made on its investigations into providers of NHS-funded cataract care.
Answer: Independent providers play an important role supporting the National Health Service to deliver eyecare services, ensuring patients receive the treatment and care they need. However, we were clear in the 10-Year Health Plan that we will neither tolerate ‘g...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public ExpenditureDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the additional £1.2 billion allocated to her Department in the Spending Review 2025 will be spent on.
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)’s SR25 Phase 2 settlement delivers on DSIT’s purpose to drive economic growth, improve the performance and productivity of government, and empower citizens, by providing total funding (TDEL) of ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make a assessment of the potential impact of the EU Commission proposal to (a) halve steel quotas and (b) increase tariffs to 50% on the (i) operation and (ii) implementation of the EU-UK Tr
Answer: The Government is actively assessing the potential impact of this proposal on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). In addition to internal analysis, we are in active dialogue with the European Commission to fully understa...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the policy paper entitled Economic note: Appendix Family Reunion, suspension of new applications, published on 4 September 2025, if she will publish the equalities impact assessment
Answer: Impacts on vulnerable individuals and equalities considerations are at the front and centre of our work. As required through the Public Sector Equality Duty, we consider equality impacts throughout the policy development process, refugee family reunion is...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordConditions of EmploymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government plans to include provisions in the forthcoming regulations under Clause 22A of the Employment Rights Bill to ensure that any confidentiality agreement includes (a) a time limit a
Answer: Clause 22A of the Employment Rights Bill will void any provision in an agreement, such as a contract of employment or settlement agreement, between a worker and their employer that prevents a worker from speaking out about relevant harassment or discrimin...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVictims and Prisoners Act 2024Ministry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of (a) 23 July 2024 to Question 612 and (b) 4 November 2024 to Question 11600 on Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, when section 31 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 will come into force.
Answer: Now that the Data (Use and Access) Act has passed through Parliament, we are progressing work to implement this measure.We will write to the Member shortly to outline our plan and timescale for implementation.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFixed PenaltiesTreasuryTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67871More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) one day first fixed penalties and (b) 30 day late payment penalties were cancelled in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.
Answer: The information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFixed PenaltiesTreasuryTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67870More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) one day first fixed penalties and (b) 30 day late payment penalties were issued in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.
Answer: The information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: BricksMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the consultation on planning guidance including the provision of swift bricks will (a) commence and (b) complete.
Answer: My Department has already published updated Planning Practice Guidance setting out how swift bricks are expected to be used in new development. This outlines that developments should include swift bricks where possible, with the general aim across a devel...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: ReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders who were released under the early release scheme were returned to prison following an arrest for (a) Intentional strangulation, (b) criminal damage, (c) common assault, (d) actual bodily harm,
Answer: This Government inherited prisons days from collapse. We have had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe.The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on arrests and to provide it would result in a disp...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSelf-assessment: FinesTreasuryTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66160More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were issued with a late filing penalty for non return of a self assessment form in each constituency in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of those people did not owe any t
Answer: The information requested can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCustoms: Digital TechnologyTreasuryTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904944More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to resume the implementation of the Single Trade Window.
Answer: It remains the government’s intention to deliver a single trade window (STW). The government is committed to minimising administrative burdens and frictions experienced by businesses trading internationally.
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVictims and Prisoners Act 2024: Data ProtectionMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2024 to Question 612 on Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, and the Answer of 4th November 2024 to Question 11600 on Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, when section 31 of the Victims an
Answer: As part of implementation considerations, we have included a provision in the Data (Use and Access) Bill to ensure that section 31 extends UK-wide, given the nature of the UK’s data protection framework. This Bill has finished Commons committee stage and ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual HarassmentHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of (a) 22 July 2024 to Question 66 and (b) 7 January 2025 to Question 20961 on Sexual Harassment, what progress she has made on implementation of the Protection from Sex-based
Answer: Tackling violence against women and girls is a top priority for this Government and a central part of our Safer Streets mission. Our unprecedented ambition is to halve the prevalence of VAWG within a decade, using every lever available to us. Public sexua...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCredit: RegulationTreasuryTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44966More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to increase the regulation of buy-now pay-later lenders; and what estimate she has made of when that legislation will take effect.
Answer: Across the UK, millions have used Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) products, which can be a helpful way of managing finances from month to month. However, without regulation, there are risks: that is why the government believes consumers need proper protections....
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: Re-employmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of the use of fire and rehire practices in higher education in England; and what steps he plans to take to address it.
Answer: The Government has published a comprehensive package of analysis on the impact of the Employment Rights Bill including an impact assessment of the Bill’s measure to end the unscrupulous use of fire and rehire. The evidence on the prevalence of the practic...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish an impact assessment for the changes to development assistance announced on 25 February 2025.
Answer: The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security, and Official Development Assistance (ODA). Detailed decisions on how the ODA budget will be used will be worked through as part of the ongoing Spending ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish NationalityHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2025 to Question 30613 on British Nationality, whether victims of (a) trafficking and (b) modern slavery who are given leave to remain will have any citizenship a
Answer: A person who previously entered the UK illegally, or who arrived without a required valid entry clearance or electronic valid authorisation, having made a dangerous journey, will normally be refused citizenship, regardless of the time that has passed sinc...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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