Written questions

331 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Jun 2025 · Women and Equalities

Gender Recognition

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) modernise and (b) simplify gender recognition legislation.

10 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Buses: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to encourage bus manufacturers to produce zero-emission buses.

6 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Gambling: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of changes to annual revenue received from a single Remote Betting and Gambling Duty.

6 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Soft Drinks: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy thresholds on business competitiveness.

22 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the potential cost per year of universally restoring the Winter Fuel Payment.

20 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to suspend the remaining arms licences to Israel, in the context of remarks by Prime Minister Netanyahu on control of Gaza made on 19 May 2025.

20 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published 12 May 2025, whether her Department's proposed changes to the qualifying period for settled status w

20 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Scotland

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Thousands of Civil Service roles moved out of London in latest reform to the state, published on 14 May 2025, what assessment his Department has made of

19 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) the Scottish Government and (b) industry representatives on supporting the growth of Scotland’s offshore wind supply chain; and what steps he is

15 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Refineries: Grangemouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to complete its consideration of the relevant Project Willow recommendations.

15 May 2025 · Women and Equalities

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to provide for a fully trans-inclusive ban on conversion therapy.

14 May 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what engagement she has had with the Federation of Small Businesses on small businesses awareness of the change in eligibility for employment allowance announced in the Autumn Budget 2024.

14 May 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the awareness of small businesses of the change in eligibility for Employment Allowance announced in the Autumn Budget 2024.

14 May 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Short-Term Student (English Language) Route Visa applications refusals were due to belief that the applicant was applying to use the route without the intention to study.

14 May 2025 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the reforms to allow a limited pool of UNHCR recognised refugees and displaced people living overseas to apply for employment through existing sponsored worker routes.

13 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the eligibility of feedstocks in the SAF mandate to include dedicated energy crops.

12 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to end animal testing; and what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of progress towards the (a) development and (b) adoption of non-animal

12 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Geoengineering: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding his Department provides for solar radiation management experiments.

12 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to consult farmers prior to the commencement of Aria Solar Radiation Management experiments.

8 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the ranking of the use of municipal solid waste to produce sustainable aviation fuel in the waste hierarchy.

1 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Renewable Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on proposed changes to the hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) cap.

30 Apr 2025 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund: Grangemouth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the funding provided to Grangemouth through the National Wealth Fund must be spent on recommendations made through Project Willow.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Refineries: Grangemouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department considered Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil production facility within the recommendations of Project Willow.

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with prospective Sustainable Aviation Fuel producers on the viability of first mover projects.

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of commencing negotiations with prospective Sustainable Aviation Fuel producers prior to the anticipated introduction of the Revenue Certainty Mechanism in Q

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Alternative Fuels: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Waste Hierachy to place Sustainable Aviation Fuel produced by waste-to-liquid above that produced by energy-from-w

23 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Business Premises: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of instructing the Valuation Office Agency to carry out a revaluation of commercial properties in this Parliament.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Fuels: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a renewable liquid heating fuel obligation for off-grid heating fuel suppliers.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Oil: Renewable Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department's timetable is for bringing section 159 of the Energy Act 2023 into force.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuels: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using (a) debt and (b) equity from the National Wealth Fund to develop a business case for investment in Project Willow.

Source: official written-questions record.