Written questions
1,699 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy Performance Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of homes in fuel poverty that were upgraded from Energy Performance Certificate (a) Band D and below to (b) Band C and above due to works
12 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Fuel Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in England and Wales were in fuel poverty in October 2021.
12 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Liberty Steel: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of job cuts at Liberty Steel.
12 Jan 2023 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to help support a globally competitive semiconductor manufacturing sector in the UK.
12 Jan 2023 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of building a semiconductor fabrication facility to meet demand for semiconductors within UK industries.
11 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which stakeholders he has met with the discuss trends in the level of production of steel in the UK.
11 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of declines in the amount of steel produced in the UK on the (a) manufacturing, (b) rail and (c) automotive sectors.
11 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of people employed in (a) steel production and (b) the steel production supply chain in (i) 2015, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2022.
11 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will estimate how many people were employed in (a) steel production and (b) the steel production supply chain in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2010.
11 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing carbon costs for the steel sector on carbon leakage.
10 Jan 2023 · Treasury
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on funding for British Steel.
10 Jan 2023 · Department for International Trade
Iron and Steel: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate her Department has made of the volume of Russian steel entering the UK via third countries.
10 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of steel production in the UK compared to countries in the EU.
10 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the level of carbon emissions from the steelworks in (a) Scunthorpe and (b) Port Talbot.
10 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the (a) level of strategic importance of the UK steel sector as a British sovereign capability and (b) the role of the UK steel sector in (i) nation
9 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to support the decarbonisation of the UK steel industry.
9 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
British Steel: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the provision of financial assistance to British Steel.
9 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to take steps to support steelworks jobs in (a) Scunthorpe and (b) Port Talbot.
9 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Motor Vehicles and Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the steel industry on the production capabilities of the (a) rail and (b) automotive sectors.
9 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Government funding for the UK steel industry.
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Transport
Railways: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) financial and (b) environmental merits of mandating the use of composite materials in railway sleepers.
16 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Heat Pumps
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of heat pumps in (a) Victorian properties and (b) terraced houses built between the 1930s and 1990s.
15 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Small Businesses: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help support small businesses with their energy bills in winter 2022.
15 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will respond to the letter from the Federation of Small Business dated 8 November 2022.
15 Dec 2022 · Department for Education
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Sefton Central dated 11 November 2022 regarding schools funding.
14 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Osteoporosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations of the APPG report into osteoporosis published in November 2022.
14 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Buildings and Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 92183 on Green Homes Grant Scheme, what recent progress his Department has made on reducing energy demand from buildings and
14 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy Efficiency Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 92183 on Green Homes Grant Scheme, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Energy Efficiency Taskforce in
14 Dec 2022 · Treasury
North Sea Oil: Capital Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Investment Allowance on the investment commitments made by industry in the North Sea Transition Deal.
14 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Heating: Fossil Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his policy on phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating in homes off the gas grid on (a) house owners and (b) bu
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