Written questions

1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Small Modular Reactors: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of small modular reactors needed to power AI data centres across Britain.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Small Modular Reactors: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of storage capabilities of small modular reactors to power AI datacentres.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of small-scale nuclear production relative to larger plants.

21 Feb 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February to Question 30234, on British Nationality: Applications, how much of the revenue cited covered administrative costs; how much was profit; and if she will provide

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on the number of child sexual assault cases brought forward.

13 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children: Family Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department holds data on the (a) number of cases of child sexual assault brought forward at family court in the last five years and (b) proportion of those cases (i) upheld and (ii) dismissed.

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Recreation Spaces: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect women and girls in or around parks and commons in Clapham and Brixton Hill constituency.

12 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Travel: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to introduce mechanisms for regular updates to the Overseas Scale Rates to keep in line with inflation.

12 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Travel: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to conduct a comprehensive review of the Overseas Scale Rates.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were given a custodial sentence for not paying a fine further to a School Attendance Order by (a) race and (b) gender during the 2023-24 school year.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of people fined following the issuance of a School Attendance Order in the 2023-24 academic year, broken down by (a) race and (b) gender.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on actions they can take in cases where parents have opted educate their children at home due to (a) dissatisfaction with their school, (b) bullying,

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to require local authorities to identify the reasons for which parents opt for elective home education who fall under the category of (a) other, (b) unknown and (c) no reason given.

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025, to Question 28684 on British Nationality: Fees and Charges, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken to decide on fee waiver applicati

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 28684 on British Nationality: Fees and Charges, what the target timeframe is for deciding on fee waivers for child citizenship.

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025, to Question 28684 on British Nationality: Fees and Charges, if she will provide a breakdown of the time taken to approve fee waiver applications for child c

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025, to Question 28684 on British Nationality: Fees and Charges, what reasons were given for rejecting fee waiver applications for child citizenship in the last

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February, to Question 28684 on British Nationality: Fees and Charges, for what reason her Department does not hold specific data on the amount of revenue received from chi

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the environmental impact of running artificial intelligence technologies.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the environmental impact of running artificial intelligence technologies and the UK's Net Zero ambitions.

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much revenue has been raised from citizenship applications since the fee waiver was introduced.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what disability rights organisations and campaigners her Department is consulting with on planned reforms the disability welfare system; and whether any user-led organisations have been consulted.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Performance Certificates: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to protect private renters from potential evictions and rent hikes as unintended consequences of mandating all private rented accommodation meets EPC C by

6 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure the provision of adequate funding for demand-led local government services in the next spending review.

6 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Perinatal Mortality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his Department's policy that babies in the third trimester that have been removed from their mother after her death should not be (a) recognised and (b) recorded as stillborn.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to lift the 2011 cap on the amount of Local Housing Allowance that can be reclaimed by local authorities to cover the cost of temporary accommodation.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to increase Local Housing Allowance rates in line with inflation.

5 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made and assessment of the inclusion of measures of deprivation as part of funding reform for local government.

5 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Greater London Authority

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to give local authorities in London a formal decision-making role in any future Integrated Settlement applied to the Greater London Authority.

5 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to establish a formal shared decision-making arrangement between the Mayor of London and local authorities.

Source: official written-questions record.