Written questions
460 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Oct 2023 · Scotland Office
Whisky
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support the whisky industry.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Community News Project
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the potential impact of Meta's reduction to the Community News Project on local journalism.
19 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Farmers: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support rural farmers.
4 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Libraries: Concrete
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has taken recent steps to determine the prevalence of reinforced autoclave aerated concrete (RAAC) in libraries.
4 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Leisure Centres: Concrete
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has taken recent steps to determine the prevalence of reinforced autoclave aerated concrete (RAAC) in leisure centres.
4 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Buildings: Concrete
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to compile a list of public buildings affected by construction with reinforced autoclave aerated concrete (RAAC).
1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the provision of incentive schemes that encourage businesses to shift from road to rail freight.
4 Jul 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Community Development and Sports: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase funding for (a) community groups and (b) sports clubs.
20 Jun 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Service Broadcasting: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has asked Ofcom to have regard to its statutory duty to maintain a plurality of television channels as part of its proposed revisions to the rules governing the quantity and schedulin
20 Jun 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Service Broadcasting: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will conduct an impact assessment into the effect of the proposed changes to Ofcom’s rules governing the quantity and scheduling of television advertising on public service channels.
20 Jun 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Television Channels: Minority Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of the effectiveness of smaller TV channels in catering to (a) faith groups, (b) specific ethnic groups, (c) minority groups and (d) local a
2 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps he has taken to progress the review of the planning barriers that households face when installing energy efficiency measures, due at the end of 2022.
25 May 2023 · Treasury
Theatres: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of extending Theatre Tax Relief on the Government's levelling up policies.
25 May 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Theatres: Regional Planning and Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of theatre touring on the Government's levelling up agenda.
25 May 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Theatres
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to support touring theatre (a) companies and (b) productions.
25 May 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Theatres: Capital Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the availability of capital investment to theatres.
25 May 2023 · Treasury
Theatres: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending Theatre Tax Relief after 2025.
11 May 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuel Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including measures in the contracts for difference scheme that allow developers to prioritise projects within geographical areas that ha
22 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office
Home Office: Media
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the Government Communications Service Propriety Guidance.
22 Mar 2023 · Home Office
Home Office: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she made an assessment of the impact of the Government Communications Service Propriety Guidance on the list of organisations invited to accompany her on the visit to Rwanda in March 2023.
1 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Whisky: Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government has plans to provide funding to whiskey distilleries in the Highlands to assist the transition from fossil fuels to green energy, such as biogas and hydrogen.
1 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Clean Energy: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Government is taking to secure manufacturing investment in the renewable energy industry to help ensure that the UK remains a competitive market for clean energy investment.
31 Jan 2023 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Sportsgrounds: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) her Department and (b) bodies directed by her Department have responsibility for ensuring that (i) walls, (ii) advertising hoardings and (iii) other fixed objects around the
6 Jan 2023 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Channel Four Television: Privatisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much from the public purse her Department spent on its proposals to privatise Channel 4.
22 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Care Homes and Supported Housing: Television Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of (a) the number of care homes and supported living accommodation sites which have shared facilities but have no common and exclusive boundary, and (b) the
8 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Sustainability of the Press Review: Local Press
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Cairncross Review, what steps her Department is taking to support local journalism.
31 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Cost of Living Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants on a non-monthly earning cycle missed out on each of the first and second Cost of Living Payment instalments due to receiving a nil Universal Credit award as a result
31 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Commemorative Plaques
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) supporting the English Heritage Scheme to expand the Blue Plaque scheme outside of London and (b) including expansion of
21 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Commemorative Plaques
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with English Heritage on the potential merits of expanding the blue plaque scheme outside of London.
21 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Defence
USA: Army
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment the potential impact on British Army personnel of possible exposure to dangerous levels of contaminated water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina between 1953 and 1987.
Source: official written-questions record.