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.