Written questions
1,066 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Nov 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Wind Power: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that skilled workers in the offshore oil and gas sector can train to work in the offshore wind sector without incurring unreasonable extra cost o
22 Nov 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timetable is for the Government response to the consultation on the draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill.
19 Nov 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timetable is for the Government’s response to its consultations on (a) Employment status (b) Increasing transparency in the labour market (c) Agency workers and (d) Enfor
14 Nov 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Natural Gas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to answers provided to questions 106 and 117 at the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee Oral evidence session on gas storage on 31 October 2018, HC 1666, w
5 Nov 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 1 November 2018 to Question 182295 on Renewable energy: feed-in tariffs, what estimate he has made of the additional cost to consumer bills from (a) photovol
30 Oct 2018 · Treasury
Tree Planting: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to line 40, urban tree planting, of Table 2.1 and paragraph 4.71 of the Budget 2018, how the Government will fund the additional £50 million of carbon credits for qualifying tree planting under the Wo
29 Oct 2018 · Treasury
Research: Expenditure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the line entitled research and development funding in table 4.1 of Budget 2018, if he will publish a table detailing the allocation of research and development spending in each year included in tha
29 Oct 2018 · Treasury
Tree Planting
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to line 40 of table 2.1 of Budget 2028, how he plans to fund the additional £50 million of carbon credits for qualifying tree planting under the Woodland Carbon Guarantee Scheme announced in paragraph
29 Oct 2018 · Treasury
Research: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 4.4 of Budget 2018, whether the £1.6 billion research and development funding is in addition to the research and development funding announced in table 4.1 of Autumn Budget 2017.
23 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the change was to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills' budget in real and cash terms in each year from 2010-11 to 2016-17.
23 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of staff of companies subcontracted by Department are BAME.
23 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of staff of companies subcontracted by his Department are BAME.
23 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average hourly pay is of staff employed by companies subcontracted by his Department.
22 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Small Businesses: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many regulations made by his Department are applicable to SMEs.
22 Oct 2018 · 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 much funding his Department allocated to (a) photovoltaic and (b) non-photovoltaic installations through the export tariff of the Feed-in-Tariff for financial year 2017-2018.
22 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Contracts for Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and which services in his departmental are sub-contracted to private providers.
22 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many staff working in his Department are on (a) permanent, (b) fixed-term and (c) causal outsourced contracts.
22 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Contracts for Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which companies his Department has contracted for the provision of departmental services; and how many staff are employed under those contracts by those companies.
16 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the change has been to his Department's budget in real terms in each year since 2010; and what the projected real terms changes are for each year to 2022.
6 Sep 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Financial Reporting Council Independent Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timeframe is for the publication of the independent review of the Financial Reporting Council.
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 154 of the Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the review of the telecoms market.
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Innovation and Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 89 of the Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has launched the new international research and innovation strategy.
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Catapult Network: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 82 of the Industrial Strategy, when he plans to agree long-term funding for the Catapult Network.
11 Jul 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Financial Reporting Council Independent Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the terms of reference of the Independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council 2018, if he will publish summary meeting notes for all meetings of that revie
28 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Asda: Sainsbury's
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to support suppliers and consumer choice after the merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda.
28 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Supermarkets: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support SME suppliers to supermarkets.
28 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Financial Reporting Council Independent Review: Costs
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 the independent review of the Financial Reporting Council.
28 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Financial Reporting Council Independent Review: Trade Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether trade unions will be consulted as part of the independent review of the Financial Reporting Council.
28 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Financial Reporting Council Independent Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the first meeting of the advisory group of the independent review of the Financial Reporting Council will take place; and how often it will meet thereafter.
12 Jun 2018 · Department for Education
Salford Academy Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (a) reasons for and (b) evidential basis for his Department's decision on winding up Salford Academy Trust.
Source: official written-questions record.