Written questions
1,887 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2024 to Question 19567 on Energy: Payments, what the cost of (a) curtailing generation of renewable energy and (b) increasing generation of gas power was in
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of projected annual network constraint costs for (a) 2024, (b) 2025 and (c) 2030.
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) barriers to achieving net zero and (b) solutions the Net Zero Council has identified; and what steps the Government is taking to support the council's work.
18 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which consultations (a) published and (b) inherited by her Department are awaiting a response; and when she plans to publish each of those responses.
16 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Emissions: Business Premises
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the 2023 UK greenhouse gas emissions, provisional figures, published on 28 March 2024, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the increase in emissions from commerc
16 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Marine Environment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) preserve and (b) expand blue carbon habitats.
16 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Marine Environment: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support private investment in ocean recovery.
15 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Poultry: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) issuing a moratorium on intensive poultry-farming units and (b) lowering the population threshold at which an environmental
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Performance Certificates: Business Premises
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when she plans to respond to the consultation entitled Non-domestic Private Rented Sector minimum energy efficiency standards: EPC B implementation, published on 17 March 2021.
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Emissions: Business Premises
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when she plans to publish a response to the consultation on Introducing a performance-based policy framework in large commercial and industrial buildings, which closed on 9 June 2021.
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the target set in the Autumn Statement 2021 for private finance to support nature’s recovery, what proportion of the £1 billion relates to the marine environment.
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the level of private investment in (a) terrestrial and (b) marine nature recovery in the last year for which figures are available.
12 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
International Seabed Authority
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he plans to support a third term for the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority.
22 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Microplastics: Washing Machines
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent microplastics entering waterways from washing machines.
21 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Public Service Obligations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 20th July 2023 to Question 194351 on Bus Services: Public Service Obligations, when his Department plans to issue new guidance on socially and economically necessary bus services
21 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
IVF: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in the South West have been eligible for pre-implantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders in each of the last five years.
20 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Supply: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to encourage investment in the energy supply chain industry.
20 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: National Grid
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an estimate of the number of energy projects waiting to be connected to the national grid.
20 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on steps to improve the efficiency of processing planning applications for large energy proj
20 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made a recent estimate of the total cost to (a) consumers and (b) the Exchequer of issuing curtailment payments to energy companies in the last 12 months.
20 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Research: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing further funding for Researchers at Risk Fellowships to be made available to Palestinian researcher
20 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing physical back-up copies of immigration documents for people on the EU Settlement Scheme.
20 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Microplastics: Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of the impact of the (a) design and (b) manufacture of textiles on microplastic pollution.
19 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Continuing Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the assessment process for NHS continuing healthcare funding in accurately capturing the needs of people living with dementia.
19 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Microplastics
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the average amount of microplastics present in sewage sludge.
18 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Treatment: Microplastics
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of wastewater treatment networks in filtering out microplastics.
14 Mar 2024 · Women and Equalities
Neurodiversity: Public Sector
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that people with neurodivergent conditions receive appropriate and accessible support when using public services.
14 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Microplastics: Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help tackle microplastic pollution originating from textiles.
14 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Solar Power
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment has spent on increasing the capacity of solar photovoltaic manufacturing.
14 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Solar Power: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she plans to take to ensure that companies bidding for support under the Contracts for Difference Scheme are not solely reliant on China’s solar photovoltaic supply chain.
Source: official written-questions record.