Written questions

1,565 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 May 2023 · Treasury

Railways: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of each element of the Integrated Rail Plan core pipeline, including (a) Northern Powerhouse Rail, (b) Transpennine Route Upgrade and (c) other rail schemes i

19 May 2023 · Treasury

Railways: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) Northern Powerhouse Rail, (b) Transpennine Route Upgrade, (c) other rail schemes in the North and Midlands and (d) each element of the Integrated Rail Plan core pipeline are (i) classed as England and Wa

15 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Meat: Origin Marking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will work with supermarkets to ensure that customers can filter for and select cuts of meat with (a) Welsh and (b) UK origin when shopping online.

3 May 2023 · Treasury

Devolution: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the next Statement of Funding Policy.

3 May 2023 · Treasury

Railways: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparability factor is applied to Wales in order to calculate Barnett consequential funding for each element of the Integrated Rail Plan core pipeline including (a) Northern Powerhouse Rail, (b) Transpennine R

3 May 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help ensure that companies that provide customer review services ensure the authenticity of such reviews.

3 May 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to tackle fake negative reviews made online by individuals against small businesses.

24 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pethidine: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken with the Welsh Government to secure increased supplies of pethidine.

24 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pethidine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of pethidine supplies in April 2023.

20 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

World Bank

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2023 to Question 174402 on Development Aid to India, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the World Bank’s adherence to the Envir

20 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2023 to Question 174402 on Development Aid to India, if he will hold discussions with (a) his Indian counterparts and (b) representatives o

17 Apr 2023 · Treasury

Meat: Overseas Trade

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tonnes of beef and veal were (a) imported to the UK and (b) exported from the UK in each of the last five years.

17 Apr 2023 · Treasury

Pigmeat: Overseas Trade

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tonnes of pig meat were (a) imported to the UK and (b) exported from the UK in each of the last five years.

17 Apr 2023 · Treasury

Sheep Meat: Overseas Trade

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tonnes of sheep meat were (a) imported to the UK and (b) exported from the UK in each of the last five years.

17 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Minimum Wage: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that the minimum wage for workers aged between 16 and 18 reflects the level of inflation.

17 Apr 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of whether Ofgem’s proposed Inflexible Offers Licence Condition will prevent energy companies from cutting off electricity capacity in one plant and offering

14 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time it takes her Department to process applications submitted to (a) the Homes for Ukraine Scheme and (b) the Ukrainian Family Scheme.

14 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Regugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications under the (a) Homes for Ukraine scheme and (b) Ukrainian Family Scheme were awaiting a decision as of 13 April 2023.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Rebate: Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that Gypsy and Traveller households can access (a) Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding and (b) the Alternative Fuels Payment.

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much and what proportion of the funding released for Project Gigabit has been spent on projects in Wales.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of projects announced under the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund involve the installation of ground source heat pumps.

27 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Indian counterpart on the land procurement process being undertaken to develop a solar park in Madhya Pradesh under the Madhya Pra

27 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much aid the UK has given India (a) directly and (b) via contributions to multilateral organisations in each of the last five years; and what proportion of that aid was f

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to encourage private sector funding for renewables.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to install 600,000 heat pump installations by 2028.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to make an annoucement on the future use of domestic hydrogen.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Company Obligation: Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the impact of inflation on the delivery of the Energy Company Obligation.

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

Water: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the potential merits of using water efficiency technologies to help reduce household carbon

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

Water: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of using water-saving technologies to help reduce the number of households in fuel poverty.

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

Water: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential role of water efficiency measures in helping achieve the Government's net zero aims.

Source: official written-questions record.