Written questions

138 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: East Riding

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-allocating the SEND per pupil funding allocation for the East Riding in line with other local authorities.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance: East Riding

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to fund the Hull and East Riding Mayoral Combined Authority.

25 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Local Transport Fund: East Riding

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much she plans to provide East Riding of Yorkshire Council from the Local Transport Fund.

25 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reform the provision of dental care.

25 Jul 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make it his policy to require fixed line operators to share infrastructure to help tackle the proliferation of telegraph poles.

22 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Electricity Generation: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a windfall tax on investment plans of electricity generators.

8 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Agriculture: Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including projects on protecting farmland from flooding in the next allocation round of Levelling Up funding.

17 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pain: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure that people with chronic pain have access to non-pharmacological interventions as outlined in the NICE guideline on chronic pain.

17 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pain: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) availability of pain services and (b) Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance’s core offer for pain services.

17 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pain: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate support is provided to people who live with severe chronic pain.

28 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hydrogen: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to provide further detail on the (a) twin track production strategy for hydrogen and (b) Industrial Decarbonisation and Hydrogen Revenue Support scheme.

28 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his planned timetable is for the six-month update on the Hydrogen Strategy.

28 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage and Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the UK maximises the potential economic opportunities of low carbon hydrogen and carbon capture, usage and storage.

28 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Hydrogen Strategy and Net Zero Strategy, what progress his Department has made on understanding the (a) costs and (b) benefits of introducing hydrogen into t

28 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hydrogen: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the levels of hydrogen storage capacity required to (a) facilitate the anticipated growth of and (b) help guard against price spikes in

28 Mar 2022 · 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 his Department has made of the levels of offshore CO2 storage capacity required to meet projections for (a) hydrogen production and (b) industrial and power carbon

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage and Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to ensure that policy and regulation in the development of hydrogen and carbon capture, utilisation and storage in the UK supports the development of UK ca

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Industry: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the wider infrastructure required to deliver industrial decarbonisation; and how those requirements will be including when assessing bids in Phase 2

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hydrogen: Foreign Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) attract foreign direct investment into and (b) strengthen UK supply chains for the UK’s emerging blue and green hydrogen sectors.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Industry: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of (a) the Hydrogen to Humber Saltend project and (b) other similar projects in making the UK a world leader in the (a) e

4 Jul 2016 · Department for Transport

Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will support the introduction of high-bioethanol blends into petrol to maintain future jobs in the bioethanol industry.

13 Jun 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigmeat: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the British delegation to the G20 agriculture ministers' meeting held on 3 June 2016 in China raised with its Chinese counterparts the matter of the continued delay to the impl

13 Jun 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigmeat: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to have obtained all the information required by the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China for the final response to the ins

13 Jun 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigmeat: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects her Department to have collated and put in a format ready to send all the information required by the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Re

18 May 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigmeat: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to speed up the process enabling UK pig producers to export trotters to China.

23 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Injuries Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time between application to initial decision was for awards issued by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.

19 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Injuries Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority have been made in each of the last five years.

2 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Sixth Form Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students were enrolled in (a) school sixth forms, (b) academy sixth forms and (c) 16 to 19 years free schools which have been established since September 2011 in the most recent year for which figures

17 Dec 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to increase parliamentary engagement in the implementation of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to make the certification process for the Basic Payment Scheme more efficient for farmers; and if she will include further accountability bodies who are ab

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