Written questions

1,041 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Land: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of proscribing uplift clauses in new land sale agreements.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Company Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the ECO4 scheme to 2028.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Company Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of inflation on the effectiveness of the ECO4 scheme.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Company Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential benefits of increasing the amount that can be claimed through the ECO4 scheme to match that of the Great British Insulation sche

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring quantitative assessments under the adaptation reporting power in the Climate Change Act 2008.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the regulation of (a) optional and (b) essential website cookies.

28 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to international students with Tier 4 visas who wish to switch from a student visa to a dependant visa based on their spouse's Tier 2 skilled worker visa.

28 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether international students with Tier 4 visas who wish to switch to a dependant's visa based on their spouse's Tier 2 skilled worker visa are permitted to (a) continue their studies, (b) maintain t

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring quantitative assessments under the adaptation reporting power in the Climate Change Act 2008.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of affordable housing.

24 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate her Department made of the number of people who would receive the Alternative Fuel Payment before its introduction; and how many people have received the Alternative Fuel Paymen

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to take steps to improve the application process for Personal Independence Payments.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a right of local supply that would enable community and smaller-scale low carbon generation schemes to sell directly to lo

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what representations he has received on the Government's proposal to class nuclear power as environmentally sustainable subject to consultation.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an impact assessment of his decision to class nuclear power as environmentally sustainable subject to consultation.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reason it is his policy that nuclear power will be classed as environmentally sustainable subject to consultation.

15 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support the introduction of zero-emission aircraft.

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Foie Gras

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of public opinion on introducing a ban on foie gras.

13 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Intellectual Property Office: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government has made an assessment of the adequacy of requirements for representation in ensuring only regulated and qualified practitioners can appear before the Intellectua

13 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Intellectual Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to help maintain the UK’s position near the top of the International IP Index.

13 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Visits Abroad

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide (a) the length in miles of each official trip the Prime Minister has taken by (i) train, (ii) plane, (iii) helicopter and (iv) car since 25 October 2022, (b) the length of time each of those t

13 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Visits Abroad

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many official trips the Prime Minister has taken by (a) train, (b) plane and (c) helicopter since 25 October 2022.

13 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Travel

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many private flights have been taken by Government Ministers and officials from RAF Northolt in each of the last ten years.

13 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Travel

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on helicopter travel in each of the last ten years.

13 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the level of funding for active travel budgets in the next two financial years on the Government's net zero targets.

13 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 March 2023, HCWS625 on Transport Investment, what estimate he has made of the expected cost to the public purse of delays to construction of HS2 Phase 2a between Bir

13 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to help encourage the development and use of zero-emission aircraft.

13 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Convention on Biological Diversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with her international counterparts on taking steps to meet target two and three of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

13 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Convention on Biological Diversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to meet target one of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

8 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Babies: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much Start for Life funding her Department budgeted for distribution to participating local authorities in the 2022-23 financial year; and how much and what proportion of that funding was received by those

Source: official written-questions record.