Written questions
595 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Renewable Energy: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to accelerate the use of (a) battery storage and (b) other energy storage installations to store renewable energy on the grid when it cannot accept it due
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many staff in her Department in grades (a) 6, (b) 7 and c) SCS are contractually located in (i) Scotland, (ii) London and (iii) the South East.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many staff in her Department at (a) Grade 6, (b) Grade 7 and (c) SCS are contractually based in (i) Scotland, (ii) London and (iii) the South East.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Hydroelectric Power: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many Renewable Obligation Certificates have been issued to hydroelectric power stations in Scotland since 2015, broken down by (a) the total over that period and (b) each year.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of civil servants on temporary contracts in her Department are women.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of FTE civil servants at pay band SCS2 in her Department are women.
13 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Thailand: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2023 to Question 196981 on Thailand: British Nationals Abroad, if she will publish raw, redacted data on unexplained deaths in Thailand
13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Military Aircraft: Engines
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of F-35B Block 4 upgrades on the (a) cooling and (b) power demands of F135-PW-600 engines installed in the UK fleet.
19 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Forests: Commodities
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to identify (a) cocoa, (b) coffee, (c) soy and (d) other forest-based commodities in secondary legislation under the Environment Act 2021.
15 Sep 2023 · Home Office
Refugees: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to use biometric data collection when processing asylum applications from Afghan nationals.
15 Sep 2023 · Home Office
Refugees: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a list split by gender of the number and proportion of biometric data exemptions that have been issued to Afghan asylum seekers since 2021.
15 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Forests: Commodities
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether statutory provisions are in place to prohibit legal deforestation where commodities have been produced legally in the country of origin but have caused significant damage to th
15 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Eskdalemuir Seismological Array
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when was the last occasion on which information from the Eskdalemuir Array was used to inform policy.
14 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the victims of sexual offences aged under 18 recorded in the Sexual Offences in the Service Justice System statistics published on 30 March 2023, how many perpetrators in those cases were based
14 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Forests: Commodities
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of UK's contribution to illegal deforestation through the importation (a) cocoa, (b) coffee, (c) soy and (d) other for
14 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Forests: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to introduce secondary legislation to implement the due diligence provisions for illegal deforestation of the Environment Act 2021.
14 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Forests: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of providing regulatory protection to wooded land.
14 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
HMS Queen Elizabeth: Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many days 607 Squadron operated from HMS Queen Elizabeth between (a) 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022 and (b) 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023; when it so operated; and for what exercises it operated.
13 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
F-35 Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to upgrade all its F-35B aircraft with new Block 4 modifications.
13 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
F-35 Aircraft: Engines
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to upgrade all its F-35B aircraft with the new Technology Refresh 3 software upgrade.
13 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
F-35 Aircraft: Engines
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the F-35B fleet has experienced cooling considerations requiring engines to regularly provide higher than the expected 15 kW of bleed air extraction to support system cooling.
13 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: LGBT+ People
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the LGBT Veterans Independent Review Final Report, published in May 2023, how many of that report's recommendations he plans to implement.
13 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Eskdalemuir Seismological Array
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria his Department uses to determine whether a potential wind farm development is acceptable in the area surrounding the Eskdalemuir Seismic Array.
12 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Clyde Naval Base and RNAD Coulport: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the condition of defence estate buildings at (a) HM Naval Base Clyde and (b) Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport constructed (i) in part and (ii) wholly by reinforced a
12 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to respond to the potential presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete on the defence estate.
11 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the number of buildings on the Defence Estate that have been constructed (a) partly and (b) wholly of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.
11 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) on buildings in the Defence Estate.
1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
F-35 Aircraft: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Service Inquiry into the loss of the F-35B Lightning ZM152 (BK-18) of 617 Squadron, embarked on HMS Queen Elizabeth on 17 November 2021, published by the Ministry of Defence and Defence Safe
1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Military Aircraft: Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status of the five H135 aircraft is procured for Project Matcha.
1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Ukraine: Defence Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment and training his Department is providing to Ukraine to aid mine clearance.
Source: official written-questions record.