Ben Lake

15 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether people who are applying for Alternative Fund fuel bill support can submit receipts for fuel purchased after the date on which the portal was opened.

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of staffing assigned to the Future Pension Service public call lines.

14 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Office for National Statistics on the pause to the Covid-19 Infection Survey; what assessment he has made of the potential impact on his Department’s ability to

7 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Cabinet colleagues and (b) her global counterparts on the potential merits of proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisa

7 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Alternative Fuel Payments: Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total expected cost to the public purse of the (a) Alternative Fuel Payment scheme, (b) Alternative Fuel Payment Alternative Fund and (c) non-domestic Alternative Fuel Payment scheme

7 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Imports: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the next round of negotiations on the UK-Israel Free Trade Agreement, what steps she plans to take to help ensure that goods imported from illegal settlements will not be entitled to

6 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Horizon IT System: Compensation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to exempt compensation payments issued by the Post Office Historical Shortfall Scheme from income tax.

6 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he make an estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of reducing the rate of VAT levied on hospitality businesses to 10 per cent.

6 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Fuels: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of an essential user rebate of 15ppl on fuel duty; and whether he has had recent discussions on that topic with representatives of the Road Haulage Association.

1 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of expanding reciprocal healthcare arrangements with the EU to include elective treatment.

1 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

East Africa: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to help support countries in East Africa with drought; and whether his Department will increase funding to East Africa.

1 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Famine: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to help prevent famine, including in East Africa.

1 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

East Africa: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much humanitarian funding his Department plans to allocate to help tackle hunger in (a) Ethiopia, (b) Kenya, (c) Somalia, (d) South Sudan and (e) other parts of East Afri

1 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the viability of pubs of the increased rates of alcohol duty after August 2023.

1 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of (a) the completeness of postcode data supplied to energy companies for administrating the Domestic Alternative Fuel Payment Scheme, (b) whether postcodes SY23

27 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Future Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 147247, what the total value of the Future Fund loans taken up by those 83 companies is.

27 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Smart Export Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether people with feed-in tariff agreements for existing renewable energy systems are eligible for the smart export guarantee for new renewable energy generating systems.

27 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Smart Export Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether people on feed-in tariffs will be able to move to the smart export guarantee when their contracts come to an end.

27 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling people on feed-in tariffs who export more than 50 per cent of their electricity to the grid to receive compensation for elect

22 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average it takes her Department to implement appeals that have been allowed by the First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber.

22 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of appeals allowed by the First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber up to 4 November 2022 have not yet been implemented.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the amount of plastic entering (a) water courses and (b) the sea.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor and assess the impact of plastic waste in the ocean on marine life.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit: Wales

To ask the Secretary for State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to launch the next round of Project Gigabit procurement projects in Wales.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Future Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the data by the British Business Bank on Companies in which the Future Fund has an equity stake, what the total value is of the equity interest retained by the Future Fund in the 83 c

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Future Fund: Ceredigion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many companies registered in Ceredigion received financial support under the Future Fund.

17 Feb 2023 · Treasury

VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the threshold above which businesses are liable to pay VAT.

17 Feb 2023 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment on the potential merits of reducing the rate of VAT paid by hospitality businesses.

8 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Plastics: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a fund for research into the potential impact of plastic on human health.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Verra: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the REDD+ Early Movers Programme uses the company Verra to verify carbon emissions reductions from avoided deforestation.