Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support is available to (a) animal rescue organisations and (b) local authorities to care for XL Bully puppies that do not meet the legal breed standard for a banned type of dog,

12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Type 45 Destroyers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his Department’s policy to extend the service of the Type 45 Destroyer beyond 2038.

12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Navy: Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the land-attack missile capabilities of the Royal Navy; and what steps he has taken to strengthen those capabilities.

12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Lasers: Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to ensure that the Dragonfire laser directed-energy weapon achieves operational capability.

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Generation: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made the potential role of kinetic energy floor tiling in decarbonising the British energy supply.

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Services: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure continued supply of veterinary medicines from Great Britain to Northern Ireland; and what steps she has taken to avoid veterinary regulatory divergen

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer and Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was provided for (a) dementia and (b) cancer research in the 2022-23 financial year.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alzheimer's Disease: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to support research and development of the ACI-24 Alzheimer’s disease treatment.

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lord-Lieutenants

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his Department’s policy to reintroduce Lord Lieutenancies of the historic counties abolished upon the creation of Greater London in 1965.

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Supply: Self-sufficiency

What steps she is taking to promote energy self-sufficiency in the UK.

26 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Police: Havering

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve police recruitment and retention in the London Borough of Havering.

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of threatening calls that were made to schools in (a) Romford constituency and (b) the UK in the last 12 months.

26 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Tourism: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of re-introducing tax-free shopping for international visitors on retail businesses.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many gigawatt hours of electricity was exported via interconnectors in the last 12 months.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many gigawatt hours of electricity was produced domestically in the last 12 months.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Interconnectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many electricity interconnectors are operational; and what the megawatt capacity is per interconnector.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many gigawatt hours of electricity was imported in February.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Interconnectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many gigawatt hours of electricity has been imported by individual interconnectors since 2019; and what proportion of total electricity output was generated by interconnectors in (i) 2020

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Interconnectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which electricity interconnector projects (a) have received approval and (b) are awaiting approval; and what the megawatt capacity is of each proposed project.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Interconnectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department's policy is on the future capacity of new electricity interconnectors in (a) 2025, (b) 2030 and (c) 2040.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Generation and Electricity Interconnectors: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an estimate of the average transmission network costs for (a) inter connectors and (b) domestic generators of electricity in the last 12 months.

25 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance: Bankruptcy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been issued section 684 notices by HMRC in relation to disguised remuneration schemes in the last 12 months.

25 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance: Bankruptcy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will become bankrupt as a result of the (a) loan charge and (b) associated activity.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Havering

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help expand the support offered by Jobcentres in (a) Romford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Havering.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Vacancies: Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help fill job vacancies in Romford constituency.

25 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South Sudan: Christianity

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department has taken to help support persecuted Christians in South Sudan.

21 Mar 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Clothing: Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to support traditional English sartorial culture and the related industry.

21 Mar 2024 · Cabinet Office

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the number of illegal drug related deaths in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.

21 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Cars: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with relevant authorities to help reduce instances of car theft in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.

21 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Shoplifting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken with relevant authorities to reduce shop lifting in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.

Source: official written-questions record.