Written questions

1,903 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications were submitted to the Feed-In Tariff scheme in each of the last nine years in each region and nation of the UK.

18 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to support the (a) use and (b) production of renewable (i) energy and (ii) infrastructure in each nation and region of the UK.

18 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are that qualify an extension application as complex.

18 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Visas: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the processing of extension applications may exceed the eight-week agreed service standard; and with what frequency that standard has been exceeded in each of the last three years.

18 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Visas: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of applications received in each of the last twelve months for Leave to Remain extension application as a Tier 1 Highly Skilled general migrant; and how of thos

12 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal for the aviation industry on (a) the passage of flights across EU countries and the UK, (b) air services agreements, (

12 Jul 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Public Houses

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the contribution of pubs to (a) local economies, (b) local employment and (c) the Industrial Strategy.

11 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2019 to Question 271500, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the changes to electric vehicle plug-in grants announced in November 2018 on the uptake of elec

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Offshore Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the financial contribution of the oil and gas sector to the economy of (a) each region of the UK and (b) the UK; and how many jobs the oil and gas sec

10 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Microgeneration

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support the incorporation of infrastructure for microgeneration in housing developments throughout the UK.

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Microgeneration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential for microgeneration of electricity and heat to contribute to the goals of (a) decarbonisation and (b) net zero emissions by 2050.

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Buildings: Electricity and Heating

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the most popular models of (a) electricity and (b) heat microgeneration in buildings throughout the UK.

9 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of which models of electric vehicle are most popular with consumers by region; and for which of those models are plug-in grants available.

9 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in each region of the UK have received electric vehicle plug-in grants in each year since 2011.

9 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2019 to Question 271509, what his Department's definition is of serious or persistent failure in relation to doctors failing to follow guidance on disclosing their

9 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of climate mitigation and natural disaster recovery throughout the regions of the country in the last ten years; and what

5 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Rivers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) prevent plastic entering rivers and (b) remove plastic pollution from rivers.

5 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Rivers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled, Upstream: Microplastics in UK Rivers, published by Greenpeace UK on 18 June 2019, what assessment he has made of the level plastic pollution in U

5 Jul 2019 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Casual Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the University and College Union report entitled, Counting the costs of casualisation in higher education, published June 2019, what assessment he has made of the (a) effect of job insecurity

5 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many meetings the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group has held.

5 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to publish the minutes of the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group meetings.

5 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to promote (a) reforestation and (b) prevent deforestation in each region and nation of the UK in the last five years.

5 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of The global tree restoration potential report, published in Science on 5 July 2019 that there are 1.7

5 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential for (a) tree-planting and reforestation and (b) the prevention of deforestation to help the UK meet its goal of net zero emissions by 2050.

5 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Buildings: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's policy is on mandatory asbestos testing in public sector buildings.

5 Jul 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the proportion of school buildings that contain asbestos; and if he will make a statement.

4 Jul 2019 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on adopting environmental, social, and governance criteria in relation to civil service pension funds.

3 Jul 2019 · Treasury

Fuels: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of reduced VAT for domestic fuels and tax reliefs for fossil fuel companies on the ability of the UK to phase out fossil fuel infrastructure in alignment with the goals of t

3 Jul 2019 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the capacity of civil service pension funds to engage in shareholder advocacy with the companies in which they have holdings; and to what extent those funds have exercised that cap

3 Jul 2019 · Treasury

Fossil Fuels: Subsidies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings by the Overseas Development Institute in their 2018 G7 fossil fuel subsidy scorecard that the UK ranks 7th among G7 nations for transp

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