Written questions
1,699 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Iron and Steel: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress her Department has made on establishing a Clean Steel Fund.
22 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Levelling Up on the number of SMEs building houses.
22 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of skills shortages in small and medium construction businesses on housing construction.
22 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of fraudulent practices in the housebuilding industry on public confidence in the housebuilding industry.
22 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support his Department is providing to small housebuilders.
21 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to help increase the number of homes built by small and medium-sized housebuilders.
21 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a national retrofit strategy on the Government's ability to (a) reduce energy bills and carbon emissions and (b) increase private invest
21 Jun 2023 · Department for Education
Construction: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to address skills shortages in the construction industry.
21 Jun 2023 · Department for Education
Apprenticeship Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to reform the apprenticeship levy.
21 Jun 2023 · Department for Education
Apprenticeship Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Apprenticeship Levy for skills development.
19 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Company Obligation: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of delivery of the Local Authority Flexibility aspect of the ECO4 scheme.
19 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Owner Occupation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandatory energy efficiency standards for the owner-occupied homes.
19 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Boilers: Hydrogen
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the consultation on the technical specification of the Future Homes Standard on the use of hydrogen-ready boilers for new homes.
19 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to retrofit homes at risk of fuel poverty.
19 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Company Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to increase the rate of installation of energy efficiency measures under ECO4.
19 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electricity and Natural Gas: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to decouple electricity and gas prices.
19 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Industry: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she is taking steps to increase levels of private investment in industrial decarbonisation projects.
19 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Emissions: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average time taken by his Department was to reach a decision on granting planning permission for low carbon infrastructure projects in the latest period for which data is available;
14 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
National Grid
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with businesses in the electricity supply chain on the construction of national grid infrastructure.
14 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Infrastructure: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to increase the speed of (a) granting planning permission and (b) approving low carbon and network infrastructure projects.
14 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Public Procurement Note 04/23: Procuring Steel in Government Contracts, published 11 April 2023, on the domestic steel industry.
13 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
National Grid
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to take steps to (a) increase the capacity of the grid and (b) improve grid infrastructure.
13 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
National Grid
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential need to increase the capacity of the grid.
13 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electricity: Carbon Emissions and Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report by the Aldersgate Group entitled A zero carbon power grid and the electrification of heavy industry: how to deli
12 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Heat Pumps: Production
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to increase the Government's current target for the number of heat pumps that should be produced in the UK.
12 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Heat Pumps
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Clean heat market mechanism on consumer demand for heat pumps.
12 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Hydrogen: Boilers
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support the development of hydrogen boilers.
12 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Heat Pumps: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the Clean heat market mechanism on (a) research and development funding, (b) domestic manufacturing and (
12 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Heat Pumps: Production
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to take steps to increase the proportion of heat pumps produced in the UK.
8 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Emissions: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Government's Public Sector Decarbonisation Summary Reports for (a) Phase 1 and (b) Phase 2, for what reason 628 for Phase 1 (b) 83 for Phase 2 difference in the number o
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