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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