Written questions

1,492 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Hydrogen: Energy Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential role of hydrogen produced from surplus renewable electricity in improving energy security.

22 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the role of long duration energy storage in supporting renewable electricity generation.

22 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of heat pump deployment on winter peak electricity demand.

22 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of higher levels of renewable generation on seasonal variations in wholesale electricity prices.

22 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Generation: Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of maintaining gas fired generation as backup capacity in a renewables led electricity system.

22 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of renewable intermittency on future household electricity bills.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with European counterparts on vehicle registration mark security.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

St Pancras Station: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of designating the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras International station as a CITES Point of Entry.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Culture: Soft Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of cultural industries as a driver of soft power.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will publish annual data on the number of jobs in the creative industries, broken down year by year from 2016 to 2026.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will publish the most recent available data on employment in the creative industries sector.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to incentivise summer rail travel in Surrey Heath constituency.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Creative Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has undertaken economic modelling of the potential impact on GDP of the UK rejoining Creative Europe.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Creative Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the UK rejoining Creative Europe.

17 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Entertainers: Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to (a) simplify and (b) reduce the cost of ATA carnets for (i) touring artists, (ii) musicians, (iii) performers and (iiii) crews.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Musicians: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce cabotage barriers affecting UK-based professional drivers supporting touring artists and performers in the EU.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Entertainers: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the 90-in-180-day rule on UK (a) touring artists, (b) musicians, (c) performers and (d) crews.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Entertainers: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking to steps negotiate a reciprocal UK-EU mobility agreement for (a) touring artists, (b) musicians, (c) performers and (d) crews.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Performing Arts: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure children from less privileged backgrounds can access (a) music and (b) dance training in Surrey Heath constituency.

17 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve the accountability of housing developers in Surrey Heath constituency.

17 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Plans: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support local authorities in Surrey to (a) develop and (b) adopt local plans.

17 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help improve response times to fires in Surrey Heath constituency.

16 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Delivery Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with delivery platforms on ensuring that couriers using mopeds have the appropriate (a) licence, (b) insurance and (c) training for commercial delivery work in Surrey Hea

16 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Delivery Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of commercial moped delivery riding by learner riders on pedestrian safety around (a) schools, (b) high streets and (c) residential areas in Surrey Heath co

16 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Delivery Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of learner moped riders undertaking commercial delivery work in town centres on road safety in Surrey Heath constituency.

16 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

UK Relations with EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department will publish the provisional agenda for the UK-EU Summit scheduled for 22 July 2026.

16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Frimley Park Hospital: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has reviewed the scoring and determinations reached for each site considered for the relocation of Frimley Park Hospital.

16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Frimley Park Hospital: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with Surrey County Council on (a) road capacity, (b) traffic modelling and (c) access arrangements for the proposed relocation of Frimley Park Hospital to th

16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Frimley Park Hospital: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of relocating Frimley Park Hospital to the Frimley Fuel Allotments on the environment.

16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospitals in Wave 1 of the New Hospital Programme are planned to be built (a) on and (b) adjacent to existing sites; and which schemes are not planned to be built (a) on and (b) adjacent t

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