Written questions

1,131 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to ambulance trusts to help ensure adequate (a) coverage and (b) response times.

4 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list (a) ambulance substations and (b) the number of ambulances permanently located in the East of England in (i) January 2025 and (ii) February 2025.

3 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applicants trained abroad were rejected for residency positions with NHS providers in each year since 2020.

3 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applicants trained abroad were accepted for residency positions with NHS providers in each year since 2020.

3 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many domestically trained applicants were accepted for residency positions with NHS providers in each year since 2020.

3 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) British nationals, and (b) foreign nationals were given residency positions in each year since 2020.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Small Modular Reactors: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help remove barriers to the development of Small Modular Reactors.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Reactors: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average waiting time is for businesses to receive planning approval from the Office for Nuclear Regulation by nuclear reactor types since 1997.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Office for Nuclear Regulation: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many pages of paperwork businesses must complete on average to receive planning approval from the Office for Nuclear Regulation.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Office for Nuclear Regulation: Small Modular Reactors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions (a) Ministers, (b) advisors and (c) officials in his Department have had with the Office for Nuclear Regulation on Small Modular Reactors.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Office for Nuclear Regulation: Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of regulations from the Office for Nuclear Regulation on businesses.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to ensure that wind turbines manufactured in China are not vulnerable to foreign espionage.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Interconnectors: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the security of interconnector data.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Interconnectors: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help protect the security of sensitive data on multi-purpose interconnectors.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department made of the potential impact of spatial limits in the North Sea on (a) interconnectors, (b) fisheries, (c) wind farms and (d) other offshore infrastructure.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of reduced energy imports from Norway on energy prices in the UK.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Drax Power Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Written Statement of 10 February 2025 HCWS424, whether generation dispatched by the National Energy System Operator from Drax power station will count towards the maximu

26 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many domestically trained applicants were rejected for residency positions with NHS providers in each year since 2020.

26 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the career experience of British nationals and foreign nationals are compared when NHS providers are considering residency applications.

26 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS providers are obligated to (a) advertise residency positions for British nationals before foreign nationals and (b) hire British residents before overseas residents.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

National Highways: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of what the level of carbon emissions from National Highways will be in each year between 2025 and 2040.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

National Highways: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 27405 on Highways England: Carbon Emissions, what the carbon emissions were by (a) source and (b) activity in each year since 2014.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

National Highways: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles were purchased by National Highways by car manufacturer in each year since 2014.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

National Highways: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value was of vehicles (a) purchased and (b) sold by National Highways in each year since 2014.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

National Highways: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) hydrogen, (d) hybrid, (e) plug-in hybrid and (f) fully electric vehicles were purchased by National Highways in each year since 2014.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

National Highways: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles in the National Highways fleet are aged (a) up to one year, (b) between one and two years, (c) between three and five years and (d) older than five years.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Highways England: Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 26900 on Highways England: Vehicles, whether her Department plans to sell National Highway’s (a) diesel and (b) plug-in hybrid vehicles before 2027; and whe

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Data Centres: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 26897 on Data Centres: Planning, what assessment his Department has made of the grid (a) capacity and (b) infrastructure that will be req

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Higher Education: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to accept Research England’s proposed changes to the research excellence framework.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Higher Education: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether it is his policy to allow the Research Excellence Framework people, culture and environment pilot to go forward.

Source: official written-questions record.