Written questions
2,491 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
High Rise Flats: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if local authorities will provide housing assistance to leaseholders at risk of (a) bankruptcy or (b) homelessness as a result of capital costs of removing and replacing unsafe non-A
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Building Safety Fund: Leasehold
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will provide any financial support to leaseholders who own properties in buildings which are under the 18 metre threshold with unsafe cladding.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support he is giving to leaseholders who are unable to sell their properties without a valid EWS1 form, despite that form not being legally required for the sale of the property
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Building Safety Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support he is giving to leaseholders who own properties in buildings which are under the 18m threshold for financial support from the Building Safety Fund.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ofwat: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that Ofwat’s strategic decisions align with the Government’s 25 year environment plan.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ofwat: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with industry representatives on the potential merits of strengthening Parliamentary oversight of Ofwat and its performance.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Water Treatment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to prioritise the distribution of sewage treatment chemicals to waste water treatment works in England.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Water Treatment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in the context of the Environment Agency permitting the removal of the third stage of sewage treatment in the event that the appropriate chemicals are not available as a result of supp
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Water Treatment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that water company employees are safeguarded from being ascribed fault for incidents occurring as a result of the shortage of sewage treatmen
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Water Treatment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effectiveness of using military drivers to deliver sewage treatment chemicals that are stuck in transit as a result of driver shortages.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Water Treatment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing extra funds to water companies for the purposes of mitigating the risks posed by the sewage treatment chemical supply c
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Water Treatment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential to stockpile sewage treatment chemicals at regional centres in an emergency.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Water Treatment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the likely date of exhaustion of sewage treatment chemical stockpiles in the event that they are not replenished.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has set an emissions reductions plan.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the projected emissions resulting from waste are over the (a) fourth, (b) fifth and (c) sixth carbon budget periods.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the projected resulting emissions for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use are over the period of the (a) fourth, (b) fifth and (c) sixth carbon budget periods.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what emissions reductions his Department’s (a) existing and (b) proposed policies deliver in the (i) fourth, (ii) fifth and (iii) sixth carbon budget periods.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Building Safety Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of expediency of funds disbursed under the Building Safety Fund.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to reform the triple lock on the State Pension.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ivory Act 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many powers have been (a) implemented or commenced and (b) used by prosecuting authorities under the Ivory Act 2018.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he has provided to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution on the potential risk of that organisation's activities being defined as illegal when rescuing migrants from the English Channel in respe
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to announce a water demand target.
15 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many buildings across the defence estate have combustible cladding attached to them.
9 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Building Safety Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria will be used to prioritise applications to the Building Safety Fund.
9 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Building Safety Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many housing officers are available to process Building Safety Fund applications in (a) Plymouth, (b) the South West and (c) in the UK.
9 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Building Safety Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support is being offered to (a) leaseholders and (b) freeholders of buildings awaiting access to the Building Safety Fund.
9 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Building Safety Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the latest Building Safety Fund will open for applications.
9 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Building Safety Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications to the original Building Safety Fund has been allocated a Case Officer.
9 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Building Safety Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many funding applications for the original Building Safety Fund have been progressed.
18 Aug 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: CCTV
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Ministerial departmental office (a) has been and (b) is currently covered by CCTV cameras.
Source: official written-questions record.