Written questions

1,131 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to consult (a) angling clubs and (b) fishery owners on reforms to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) Stagecoach and (b) Stephensons on the frequency of buses in (i) England, (ii) the East of England and (iii) Suffolk.

11 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Sri Lanka

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to authorise the transfer of any remaining Sri Lankan nationals on Diego Garcia to the UK before the eventual handover to Mauritius.

11 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Sri Lanka

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she obtained from the Sri Lankan government on the (a) criminal records of and (b) allegations of criminal behaviour made about the Sri Lankan nationals on Diego Garcia.

11 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Sri Lanka

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sri Lankan nationals on Diego Garcia were excluded from transfer to the UK due to them having (a) criminal convictions and (b) allegations of criminal behaviour.

11 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Vacancies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what senior leadership positions are vacant in the EU Directorate within his Department.

11 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Civil Servants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials at each civil service grade have been allocated to the EU Directorate within his Department.

11 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to remove (a) diversity and inclusion advisers and (b) champion positions in her Department.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Special Escort Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what statutory basis the Special Escort Group is able to disapply (a) highways and (b) speeding restrictions; and whether she has a statutory role in this process.

9 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Financial Services: Mortgages

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the regulation of mortgage brokers.

9 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff support central staff diversity networks in her Department.

9 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's equality training documentation on Windrush.

9 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-professional diversity and inclusion (a) advocates, (b) champions and (c) advisers work in each business area within her Department.

9 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to commence the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, and whether she plans to include China in the enhanced tier of that scheme.

9 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Artworks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2024 to Question 8515 on Home Office: Art Works and Cultural Heritage, which (a) portraits and (b) other works of art from the (i) Government Art Collection and (i

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made any declarations of interest to the Permanent Secretary of his Department relating to the direct appointments he has made.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Ecotricity

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers, and (c) officials in his Department have had with Ecotricity since 5 July 2024.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Quadrature Capital

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers, and (c) officials in his Department have had with Quadrature Capital since 5 July 2024.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Quadrature Climate Foundation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers, and (c) officials in his Department have had with the Quadrature Climate Foundation since 5 July 2024.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps: Carbon Dioxide

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the reduction in emissions in tCO2 due to the introduction of the Clean Heat Market Mechanism in each year from 2025 to 2030.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the financial impact of the Clean Heat Market Mechanism on the average household income.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to reduce curtailment payments.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to minimise delays in constructing new grid connections.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid: Norfolk and Tilbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to construct grid connections for (a) Norfolk and (b) Tilbury.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking with the National Energy System Operator to increase transmission network capacity by 2030.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is taking steps with the National Energy System Operator to increase demand flexibility in the electricity system by four to five times the current level by 2030.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Energy System Operator

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions (a) Ministers, (b) special advisors, and (c) officials in his Department had with the National Energy System Operator on modelling assumptions in the Clean Power 2030 report.

4 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Sri Lanka

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12545 on Asylum: Sri Lanka, whether her Department sought information from the Sri Lankan government on the criminal records of Sri Lankan nation

4 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Sri Lanka

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12545 on Asylum: Sri Lanka, what the serious welfare and safeguarding concerns for (a) children and (b) other people were on Diego Garcia.

4 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Sri Lanka

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has provided information to UK police forces on the Sri Lankan asylum seekers in Diego Garcia transferred to the UK.

Source: official written-questions record.