Written questions

5,096 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

East Park Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed East Park energy solar park on (a) local and (b) national energy bills.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Aircraft Carriers: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of using the General Atomics MQ-9 for Royal Navy carrier based operations.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Early Warning Systems: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the feasibility of the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air Force, using uncrewed remotely piloted aircraft systems to provide airborne early warning.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish which (a) suppliers and (b) contractors to his Department are located in Huntingdon constituency; and what service they provide to the Department.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Firearms: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with Heckler & Koch to procure (a) MG5s and( b) HK421s.

12 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the road categorisation is of e-bicycles that do not require the rider to manually pedal.

12 May 2025 · Attorney General

Cycling: Crimes against the Person

To ask the Solicitor General, how many cyclists have been prosecuted under the provisions of Section 35 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 in each year since 2000.

12 May 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have (a) applied for and (b) had approved an Education, Health and Care Plan by Cambridgeshire County Council in each of the last five academic years.

12 May 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which county councils are failing to meet the 20-week timeframe for delivery of Education, Health and Care Plans.

9 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Beer: Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with UNESCO on the potential merits of recognising the (a) production and (b) serving of cask ale as an intangible cultural heritage.

9 May 2025 · Home Office

Police: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48630 on Police: Working Hours and with reference to the press notice entitled New measures to put neighbourhood bobbies back on beat, published on 9 A

8 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mayors: Police and Crime Commissioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which metro mayors (a) hold and (b) do not hold the Police and Crime Commissioner function; and in which locations will that responsibility change following the implementation of

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mortality Rates: Huntingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care,pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 46095 on Mortality Rates: Huntingdon, what the standardised mortality was ratio for people aged under 65 years old in each ward in Huntingdon.

8 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to prioritise the allocation of homes built on surplus military land to (a) serving armed forces personnel and (b) veterans to create opportunities for Armed Forces homeownership.

8 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Warrior Vehicles: Decommissioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 44696 on Warrior Vehicles: Decommissioning, how many warrior vehicles will be donated to (a) domestic and (b) international museums.

8 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release of 5 May 2025 entitled Thousands of veterans to benefit from new UK-wide support network, how many regional field officers will be deployed.

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 46103 on NHS: Energy, over what period he has estimated that these measures would pay for themselves.

8 May 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of privately-owned properties that are being used to house asylum seekers.

8 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether additional funding has been provided to fire and rescue services for protecting (a) large-scale solar farms that are nationally significant infrastructure projects and (b

8 May 2025 · Treasury

Bitcoin: Reserves

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits and (b) impact on the economy of using unclaimed digital assets to establish a bitcoin reserve fund.

8 May 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress she has made in implementing a new business rates regime.

8 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the 41% tariffs imposed by the United States on the Falkland Islands were discussed as part of the negotiations for the US-UK trade deal announced on 8 May 2025.

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries: Huntingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled GP surgery refurbs to enable over 8 million more appointments, published on 6 May 2025, which GP surgeries will receive funding to (a) expand their prem

8 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

East Park Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, at what stage the nationally significant infrastructure project application for the East Park Energy Solar Park from Brockwell Storage and Solar is at.

8 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the total acreage of land is within active applications for nationally significant infrastructure projects that are solar farms.

8 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Rifles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the (a) Land Industrial Strategy and (b) the manufacturing industry on Project Grayburn.

8 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Mortality Rates: Huntingdon

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 46095 on Mortality Rates: Huntingdon, whether the Office for National Statistics plans to repeat the special exercise to calculate the standardised mortality r

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 46097 on General Practitioners: Pay, when the New Earnings Survey was replaced by the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Practice Lists: Huntingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48627 on GP Practice Lists: Huntingdon, what proportion of patients registered at each surgery are (a) adults and (b) children.

7 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Councillors

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provisions his Department makes for serving personnel who are Parish Councillors in order to retain their Parish Council seat in the event that they are deployed for a period greater than six months.

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