Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,266 questions
Housing: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households unable to afford cooling appliances during periods of extreme heat.
Heat Networks: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department's planned timetable is for the full implementation of the heat network regulatory framework.
Heat Networks: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what protections are in place for consumers on heat networks wishing to challenge charges before the completion of the Ofgem authorisation process in January 2027.
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of community batteries on household electricity bills.
National Grid: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to accelerate private capital investment in grid infrastructure.
Universities: Antisemitism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with University Vice Chancellors on tackling antisemitism on campuses.
Schools: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to safeguard the health and wellbeing of children in schools during periods of extreme heat.
Public Houses: Electronic Cigarettes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the proposed ban on vaping inside pubs would be scored as a regulatory burden on pubs.
Energy: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that future home retrofit programmes incorporate measures to improve low-income households' resilience to extreme heat.
Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department for Business and Trade has made any assessment of the potential effect of the measures in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill on (a) restaurants, (b) pubs, (c) small and independent r
National Grid
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current electricity grid capacity to meet projected demand by 2035.
Air Pollution: Public Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of air pollution on public health outcomes.
Railways: Chichester
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to incentivise summer rail travel in Chichester constituency.
Heat Networks: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what powers Ofgem has to intervene where heat network prices are considered excessive.
Community Energy: Batteries
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of barriers to community ownership of battery storage infrastructure.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of eligibility criteria for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccination programme for adults with serious underlying respiratory conditions, including pu
Warm Homes Plan: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that households deemed financially eligible under the Warm Homes Local Grant are able to receive measures where local delivery agents are unable to provide t
Revenue and Customs: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the extent of the use of Large Language Models in cases of (a) tax evasion and (b) fraud.
Solar Power: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support innovation in the solar sector.
Neurology: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England's neurology service specifications require providers to include structured mental health and medication safety fields in headache referral, assessment and prescribing templates.
Property: Income
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 7262, what proportion of taxpayers reporting a gross property income greater than £1,000 claimed property allowance, and at what cost to the treasury.
Nuclear Power: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, in what way a fleet-deployment approach to gigawatt-scale nuclear development will support the civil nuclear supply chain and help ensure its long-term readiness and competitiveness.
Nuclear Power: Economic Growth and Job Creation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of large-scale nuclear in creating jobs and on economic growth.
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of air pollution between the most and least deprived communities.
Revenue and Customs: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the extent of the use of Large Language Models in providing inaccurate advice to HMRC customers relating to (a) self-assessment and (b) corporation tax returns.