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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