Written Questions

Environment Protection: Job Creation

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to meet the manifesto pledge to create 650,000 green jobs; what plans they have to create those jobs; and what progress has so far been made towards it.

USA: Trade Agreements

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implementation of the UK-USA Free Trade Agreement.

Energy: Prices

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to cut energy bills for households by up to £300 by 2030.

Power Failures: Temperature

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the independent review into allegations regarding risk of blackouts during heatwaves make by whistle-blowers from the National Energy System Operator in July.

Housing: Construction

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of planning consents for residential development which have expired without construction beginning in each of the last five years; and what assessment they have made of the reasons

Housing: Construction

To ask His Majesty's Government how many local authorities are currently failing to meet their housing delivery targets; and what assessment they have made of whether existing measures to ensure local authorities comply with their housebuilding targets ar

First Time Buyers

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the average age at which first-time buyers purchase a home in England; and what assessment they have made of the impact of housing affordability on younger households.

Infrastructure

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that communities affected by multiple nationally significant infrastructure projects are protected by coordinated mitigation efforts, kept informed about the cumulative impacts of projec

Housing: Construction

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of homes that have not been built as a result of delays in the planning system since 2019; and what assessment they have made of the contribution of delays in the planning system t

Housing: Construction

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of planning restrictions in London on the delivery of new homes; and what estimate they have made of the difference between the number of new homes built in London and the total

Green Belt

To ask His Majesty's Government whether it is their policy to build on the Green Belt.

Landlords: Enforcement

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of local authorities which have increased enforcement action against landlords in the private rented sector in each of the last five years; and what assessment they have made of th

Private Rented Housing

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proportion of private renters spending more than 30 per cent of their income on housing costs; and how this proportion compares with previous years.

Property Development: Flood Control

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given advice or guidance on the planning and environmental constraints of developing sites close to foot and mouth carcass burial sites in flood risk are

Housing: Construction

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of homes that could be delivered on lower-quality Green Belt land without affecting nationally significant environmental assets; and whether they have assessed the consequences of

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to support councils to improve planning enforcement against unauthorised traveller sites through the sub-division of land.

Housing: Construction

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether current housebuilding rates are delivering the correct balance of market, affordable, and social, housing required to meet household need.

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the difference between the number of affordable homes required in England and the number delivered in each of the last five years; and what steps they are taking to address any such shortfa

Gender Based Violence

To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure effective cross-government delivery of the Freedom from Violence and Abuse Strategy; and what mechanisms are in place to monitor progress towards halving violence against women and girls within a d

Deportation

To ask His Majesty's Government what test will be applied in determining whether the effect of a person’s deportation on their partner or child would be "unduly harsh" under section 117C of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, as amended by c

Artificial Intelligence: Insurance

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of existing insurance arrangements to cover liabilities arising from the use of autonomous artificial intelligence systems.

Offences against Children

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of religious confession as a regulated activity for the purposes of the mandatory reporting duty for child abuse.

PE and Sport Premium

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of replacing the PE and Sport Premium with the PE and School Sport Partnerships Network on the amount of funding received directly by individual primary schools.

Childcare: Universal Credit

To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure sufficient childcare availability following the expansion of the 30 hours free childcare offer to parents on Universal Credit; and what assessment they have made of where they will recruit addition

Health Hazards: Fire Resistant Materials

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment has been made of the average number of kilograms of tris(chloropropyl) phosphate and melamine present in sitting rooms across the UK.