Written questions

1,596 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hinkley Point B Power Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the price of electricity generated at Hinkley Point B and the wholesale market price of electricity.

14 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hinkley Point B Power Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the retirement of Hinkley Point B on (a) electricity prices, (b) security of electricity supply, (c) balancing c

14 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hinkley Point B Power Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department first received requests from third parties to extend Hinkley Point B.

14 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Nuclear Power Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department received requests from third parties to examine the possibility of life extensions for (a) Hinkley Point B and (b) Heysham I and Hartlepool.

14 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hinkley Point B Power Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions officials in his Department have had with EDF on a possible life extension for Hinkley Point B since 24 February 2022.

14 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Supply and Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish his Department's modelling and scenarios on the potential for (a) power cuts and (b) energy rationing.

14 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electricity Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his Department’s responsibility to ensure adequate national electricity supplies.

14 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Nuclear Power Stations: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the Government’s policy is on business rate retention for local communities which are to host new nuclear power plants; and if he will make a statement.

14 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Freedom of Information requests submitted to the Government in 2021 are still unanswered.

13 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost is of the charter flight to take asylum seekers to Rwanda on 14 June 2022; and whether that cost will be paid in full in the event that there are no asylum seekers on that flight.

8 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Parish and Town Councils: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much the council tax precept for town and parish councils has increased for each of the past five years.

8 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an estimate of the number of people who have accessed their pension pots to repay debt in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.

1 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Cybersecurity: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle cybercrime against retailers; and if she will make a statement.

1 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Tourism: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce a tourist tax.

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make the £650 one-off cost of living payment for people on means tested benefits also available to those claiming (a) contribution based Employment Support Allowance and (b) other non-means

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Risk Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what targets his Department maintains for the proportion of eligible schools in England that are covered by the Risk Protection Arrangement; and if he will make a statement.

31 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the number of people downsizing as a result of the bedroom tax.

30 May 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Cremation: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to remove doctor's fees for cremations.

27 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to exempt secondary residences from eligibility for the £400 energy payment grants; and if he will make a statement.

25 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to encourage cooperation between the Department for Transport and relevant stakeholders on the delivery of the increased hydrogen production ambition set out

25 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hydrogen Fuelling Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has held discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential merits of planning for the provision of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure for transport

25 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Transport: Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what analysis his Department has conducted of the role hydrogen transport can play in delivering the increased hydrogen production ambition set out in the British energy security

25 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Motor Vehicles: Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has held discussions with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (b) the Secretary of State for International Trade and (c) the Secretary of State for Transport on encour

25 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Hydrogen Refuelling Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the potential merits of planning for the provision of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure for transport

25 May 2022 · Department for Transport

British Energy: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent analysis his Department has conducted of the role hydrogen transport can play in delivering the increased hydrogen production ambition set out in the British energy security strategy, published in A

25 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Transport: Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to establish additional hydrogen transport hubs following the evidence gathered so far from the Teesside Hydrogen Transport Hub.

25 May 2022 · Department for Transport

British Energy: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the ambition set in the British energy security strategy, published in April 2022, of the doubling of the UK’s 2030 hydrogen production, whether he has held discussions with the Secretary of S

25 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation: Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has taken steps to reform the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation to help increase the use of hydrogen powered vehicles.

25 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Transport: Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the ambition set in the British energy security strategy, published in April 2022, of the doubling of the UK’s 2030 hydrogen production, whether his Department is taking steps to stimulate inv

25 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heat Pumps: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the proportion of air source heat pumps sold in the UK in the last year that were imported to the UK from abroad.

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