Written questions

681 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Employment: Veterans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her policy to provide National Insurance relief for eligible employers recruiting veterans in their first civilian role after leaving military service.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to appoint a National Veterans Commissioner.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Office for Veterans' Affairs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the operating budget will be for the Office for Veterans Affairs in each financial year of this Parliament.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Independent Review of UK Government Welfare Services for Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Independent Review of UK Government Welfare Services for Veterans, published on 17 July 2023.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Veterans Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made in implementing the remaining recommendations of the LGBT Veterans Independent Review. published in May 2023.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Identity Cards

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Veterans’ ID cards have been delivered.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Identity Cards

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications have been received for Veterans’ ID cards.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Soil

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support independent certification of agricultural land classification soil surveys by an appropriate body.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to expand the Renewable Energy Planning Database to include additional information on the types of agricultural land used by (a) existing solar projects and (b) solar project

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his polices on applications for large scale solar farms of the Written Ministerial Statement entitled Solar and protecting our Fo

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Small Modular Reactors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his planned timeline is for downselecting small modular reactor technologies for UK deployment.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Sizewell C Power Station: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to announce the amount of private investment raised for Sizewell C.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electric Cables and Electricity Generation: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to sections 8 and 62 of the Electricity Act 1989, what his policy is on ensuring the right to public enquiry for Scottish communities in the event that a relevant planning auth

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electric Cables: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the oral contribution of the then Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero of 23 May 2024, Official Report, column 1122, if he will make it his policy to conduct a review o

13 Oct 2022 · Scotland Office

North Sea Oil: Tax Yields

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the forecasted geographic share of North Sea Revenue for Scotland is in the next ten financial years from 2023-24.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heating: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to provide support with heating costs for households that use wood pellets for heating in the context of rises in the cost of wood pellets.

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Power Failures: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on the adequacy of compensation received by affected consumers of the Ofgem Quality of Service Guaranteed Standards Regulatio

28 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Offshore Industry: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the energy profits levy on investor confidence in the North Sea energy sector.

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the safety and security of independent council candidates in the context of the requirement to provide a visible address on election literature

8 Feb 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BT Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with British Telecom following Storms Arwen, Malik and Corrie on the rollout of the BT Digital Voice.

8 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with representatives of EE on improving the resilience of the Emergency Services Network following Storms Arwen, Malik and Corrie.

8 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether further resilience measures are planned for the Emergency Services Network following recent storms in the North East of Scotland.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadcasting: Scots Gaelic Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits of including in the forthcoming Broadcasting White Paper statutory provisions for the creation of a Gaelic language media servi

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Television: Scots Gaelic Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom and broadcasters on supporting Gaelic language television.

16 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Iraq: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the threat posed to UK forces by pro-Iran militia in Iraq.

16 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department are taking to ensure that UK humanitarian aid in Gaza is not diverted to the Hamas terror group.

21 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance the Government is providing to newly arrived Afghan nationals seeking to enter employment.

21 Sep 2021 · Department for Transport

A96: Dual Carriageways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he work with (a) Moray and (b) Aberdeenshire Councils to help ensure that the dualling of the A96 between Inverurie and Inverness goes ahead.

26 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the super deduction to unincorporated businesses.

23 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Hamas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) the EU, (b) the US, (c) Canada and (d) Israel on their classification of Hamas as a terror group in its entirety.

Source: official written-questions record.