Written questions
702 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Nov 2016 · Department for International Trade
Department for International Trade: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the number of staff in his Department who have responsibility for processing freedom of information requests.
23 Nov 2016 · Department for International Trade
World Trade Organisation
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when he expects the UK will be in a position to confirm its status at the World Trade Organisation after the conclusion of the Article 50 process.
23 Nov 2016 · Department for International Trade
World Trade Organisation
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will make available the analysis presented to the Cabinet sub-committee on Europe at the meeting of 18 October 2016 on the consequences for the UK economy of adopting World Trade Organisation ru
23 Nov 2016 · Department for International Trade
Foreign Investment in UK
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many inward investment projects have been confirmed by his Department in the first half of the 2016-17 tax year.
31 Oct 2016 · Department for International Trade
Department for International Trade: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many freedom of information requests have been submitted to his Department since July 2016; how many such requests the Department has responded to; how many such requests the Department has respon
7 Oct 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Carbon Capture and Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations of the report, Lowest Cost Decarbonisation for the UK: the critical role of carbon capture
7 Oct 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Hinkley Point C Power Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the security of the intellectual property of the European Pressurised Reactor technology to be used at Hinkley Point C.
7 Oct 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Nuclear Power Stations: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with President Xi at the September 2016 G20 meeting on separating the building of the Hualong One reactor at Bradwell from the agreement on Hinkley Poi
15 Sep 2016 · HM Treasury
Companies: Climate Change
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Prudential Regulation Authority, the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority are adequately ensuring that companies disclose the financial risk to their company
15 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Department for Education on reskilling in the energy industry.
15 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Hinkley Point C Power Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether EDF will incur a penalty in the event that Hinkley Point C starts to generate electricity by 2025.
15 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Hinkley Point C Power Station: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his oral statement of 15 September, how the measures announced in that statement will increase security at the Hinkley C project.
15 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Hinkley Point C Power Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his oral statement of 15 September 2016 on Hinkley Point C, how the measures proposed in that statement will affect the Contract for Difference for that project.
15 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Hinkley Point C Power Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons his Department has not renegotiated the Contract for Difference for Hinkley Point C; and if he will make a statement.
15 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Infrastructure: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the company annual turnover threshold is for government intervention to block any sale or transfer of the ownership of critical infrastructure; on what occasions that thresho
15 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Nuclear Power Stations: Cybercrime
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential risk of a cyber attack at the Hinkley C nuclear facility and other such nuclear facilities.
15 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Companies: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that the Financial Reporting Council has in place adequate processes to monitor disclosure on climate-related risk.
15 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Companies: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Financial Reporting Council's operating and enforcement procedures for reviewing corporate disclosures in deterring compani
15 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Financial Services: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the Financial Reporting Council's ability to work with other financial regulators in the UK to address the systematic financial risk of climate chan
14 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department of Energy and Climate Change: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many officials of the Department for Energy and Climate Change have not transferred to work at his Department; and what the cost has been to date of redundancy payments to suc
14 Sep 2016 · Cabinet Office
Clean Growth Ministerial Group
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Interministerial Group on Clean Growth plans to continue to meet.
21 Jul 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Montreal Protocol
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials from the Government plan to attend the Montreal Protocol meetings in July 2016.
21 Jul 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Environment Protection: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions Ministers in (a) his Department and (b) the Department for Energy and Climate Change before its merger with his Department have had with industry representatives
21 Jul 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Carbon Capture and Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which (a) groups and (b) individuals his Department has invited to work with the Government on developing a strategy for carbon capture and storage in the UK.
20 Jul 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Climate Change Convention
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to lay an explanatory memorandum before Parliament on the ratification of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
20 Jul 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Climate Change Convention
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the ratification of the Paris Agreement on climate change in the UK will follow the procedure for an EU external treaty.
20 Jul 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Climate Change Convention
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of whether it will be necessary to bring forward new (a) primary or (b) secondary legislation to implement the UK's obligations under the Paris Agreeme
20 Jul 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Climate Change Convention
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the UK plans to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change separately and independently of the EU.
20 Jul 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Climate Change: Conferences
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which (a) minister and (b) Government officials attended the Petersberg Climate Dialogue on 4 and 5 July 2016; and what the outcomes of that meeting were.
6 Jul 2016 · Department for Education
Schools: Playing Fields
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications for her consent for disposal of school playing fields by maintained schools or academies her Department has (a) received and (b) approved in each of the last five years; and in how many su
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