Written questions
331 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Refineries: Grangemouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Grangemouth future industry board.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Refineries: Grangemouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he had with the Scottish Government on the future of Grangemouth oil refinery prior to September 2024.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Refineries: Grangemouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closure of Grangemouth oil refinery on national security.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Refineries: Grangemouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many meetings were held between Petroineos and the UK Government on the future of Grangemouth oil refinery between December 2019 and September 2024.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Refineries: Grangemouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the Government taking a transitional stake in the Grangemouth oil refinery.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will take steps to support small businesses following the introduction of US tariffs.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will take steps to support advanced manufacturing following the introduction of US tariffs.
7 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Digital Services Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of funding forecast to be raised by the Digital Services Tax between 2025-26 and 2029-30 will be generated by US resident companies.
7 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tennis
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to renew funding for the Park Tennis Project.
7 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tennis
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help improve the availability of indoors tennis courts to the public.
3 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Digital Technology: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of reducing the headline rate of Digital Services Tax by the end of this Parliament.
1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps with her counterpart in the Scottish government to help mitigate the impact of the closure of Rural Housing Scotland on (a) housing and (b) infrastruc
1 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Recycling: Hospitality Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of exempting businesses in the hospitality sector from charges under Extended Producer Responsibility.
1 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Deposit Return Schemes: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of applying VAT to unredeemed deposits in the deposit return scheme on revenues to the Exchequer.
31 Mar 2025 · Home Office
British Nationality
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria she plans to use in applying her discretionary powers to give an exception to the current ban on citizenship being granted to an asylum seeker who has arrived irregularly.
31 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of refugees received indefinite leave to remain in the latest period for which data is available.
31 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to refugees on the process of applying for indefinite leave to remain.
31 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on people who have been deported.
31 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether non-Syrian nationals displaced by the Syrian civil war seeking asylum have had their claims paused following the general pause of Syrian asylum claims from December 2024.
31 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the average time taken to process an asylum claim after July 2024.
27 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average non-salary recruitment cost is for a civil servant in her Department at Executive Officer grade.
24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Visas: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to protect (a) low-paid civil servants and (b) civil servants affected by recent increases to Skilled Worker visa salary thresholds who might be at risk of losing the
21 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of fast-tracking legislation to enable the Revenue Certainty Mechanism.
21 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for the introduction of legislation to enable the Revenue Certainty Mechanism.
21 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Project Willow report, published on 19 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the Hydrotreated Esters and Fatty Acids cap in the Sustainable Aviation
20 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Biofuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the availability of feedstocks for the production of renewable fuels.
19 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve clinical pathways for people diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.
18 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to resume processing asylum claims for people from Syria.
18 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's pause on processing asylum claims for people in Syria on the welfare of those people.
18 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed base-rate Extended Producer Responsibility fees on levels of use of different recyclable materials by th
Source: official written-questions record.