Al Pinkerton MP: written questions
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Electricity: Heat PumpsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11841More
Question: 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.
Answer: The Department assesses that heat pump deployment, as part of the wider electrification of heat, is expected to increase annual and winter peak electricity demand over time. The precise impact depends on factors including the rate of deployment, heat pump...
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordElectricity: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11840More
Question: 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.
Answer: Increasing participation of renewables in the wholesale market means that over time, we can take advantage of the cheaper electricity produced by renewable technologies. Any seasonal variation in wholesale prices will be driven by seasonal variation in bo...
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordElectricity Generation: Renewable EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11839More
Question: 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.
Answer: Clean Power means that by 2030, Great Britain will generate enough clean power to meet our total annual electricity demand, backed up by unabated gas supply to be used only when essential. The Capacity Market remains the government’s primary mechanism for...
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordElectricity: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11838More
Question: 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.
Answer: Independent research confirms that renewables can cut electricity prices, having reduced wholesale electricity prices by up to a quarter (around £25/MWh) in 2024. The Department recognises the intermittent nature of renewables which is why we are investin...
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number PlatesDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with European counterparts on vehicle registration mark security.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with a range of partners including the Home Office, on ways to improve the identification and enforcement of number plate crime. As part of this work, the Home Office commissioned a series of quest...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSt Pancras Station: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10990More
Question: 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.
Answer: This Government, including UK Border Force officials, regularly review the feasibility of potential UK CITES Points of Entry and Exit. This Government’s most recent assessment in 2025 concluded that the terminal does not have the necessary capacity or inf...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCulture: Soft PowerDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10987More
Question: 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.
Answer: The UK’s thriving cultural industries are one of our greatest soft power assets. Contributing approximately 6% to our GDP, they play a vital role in supporting economic growth and the UK’s international standing.The UK is the world’s second-largest music ...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArts: EmploymentDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10983More
Question: 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.
Answer: We publish annual official statistics on the number of filled jobs in DCMS sectors, including the creative industries, as part of our DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates Employment series. Data from 2011 to 2024 can be found here. Data for 2025 will be availa...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArts: EmploymentDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10982More
Question: 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.
Answer: We publish annual official statistics on the number of filled jobs in DCMS sectors, including the creative industries, as part of our DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates Employment series. Data from 2011 to 2024 can be found here. Data for 2025 will be availa...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: Surrey HeathDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to incentivise summer rail travel in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer: The Government is taking action to make rail travel more attractive and affordable for passengers this summer, including in the Surrey Heath constituency. We have frozen rail fares so passengers can travel for less this summer, marking the first fares fre...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCreative EuropeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10810More
Question: 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.
Answer: The Government keeps abreast of many EU and international funding programmes across many sectors of the economy. Where participation is deemed in the national interest - including in terms of value for money and economic impact - the Government seeks to n...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCreative EuropeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10807More
Question: 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.
Answer: The Government keeps abreast of many EU and international funding programmes across many sectors of the economy. Where participation is deemed in the national interest - including in terms of value for money and economic impact - the Government seeks to n...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEntertainers: CustomsTreasuryTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10806More
Question: 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.
Answer: The Government has committed to supporting touring artists. We introduced digital ATA carnets on 1st June 2026, making the UK one of the first countries to do so alongside the EU, Switzerland and Norway. Digitising carnets replaces a paper-based process w...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMusicians: EU CountriesDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10803More
Question: 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.
Answer: UK road transport companies, including specialist events hauliers and drivers supporting touring artists and performers, are permitted to undertake a limited number of cabotage and cross-trade movements in the EU. The terms of these movements are governed...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEntertainers: EU CountriesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10801More
Question: 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.
Answer: This Government recognises the 90 / 180 day limits continue to pose a significant challenge for touring artists, including musicians and other performers, and their crews working across multiple EU Member States. That is why we have pledged to help tourin...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEntertainers: EU CountriesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10800More
Question: 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.
Answer: This Government recognises the 90 / 180 day limits continue to pose a significant challenge for touring artists, including musicians and other performers, and their crews working across multiple EU Member States. That is why we have pledged to help tourin...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPerforming Arts: ChildrenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10795More
Question: 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.
Answer: This Government is committed to revitalising arts education including through the reformed national curriculum. Programmes available to children in Surrey Heath that Arts Council England (ACE) fund include: Surrey Music Hub, which helps young people to si...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: Surrey HeathMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10794More
Question: 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.
Answer: My Department is taking no specific action to improve the accountability of housing developers operating in the Surrey Heath constituency. As the local planning authority, Surrey Heath Borough Council can attach enforceable conditions to planning permissi...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Plans: SurreyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10793More
Question: 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.
Answer: In 2025-26, the government provided over £15 million through the Local Plan Implementation Fund to support local planning authorities with plan-making. This included eight local authorities in Surrey who each received £108,474.57. I otherwise refer the ho...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: Surrey HeathMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10792More
Question: 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.
Answer: Fire and rescue services in England are locally led, with statutory responsibility for operational response resting with fire and rescue authorities. It is for each authority to determine how resources are deployed, including station locations, crewing an...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Delivery ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10453More
Question: 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
Answer: The Road Safety Strategy sets an ambitious target to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured in Great Britain by 65% and by 70% for children under 16, by 2035. Although an assessment has not specifically been made of the impact of measures...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Delivery ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10452More
Question: 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
Answer: The Road Safety Strategy sets an ambitious target to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured in Great Britain by 65% and by 70% for children under 16, by 2035. Although an assessment has not specifically been made of the impact of measures...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Delivery ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10451More
Question: 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.
Answer: The Road Safety Strategy sets an ambitious target to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured in Great Britain by 65% and by 70% for children under 16, by 2035. Although an assessment has not specifically been made of the impact of measures...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EUCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10445More
Question: 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.
Answer: The next UK-EU Summit will provide an opportunity to build on our Strategic Partnership, including implementing joint commitments and further strengthening our relationship with the EU. Further details around the Summit and its outcomes will be shared in ...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFrimley Park Hospital: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10397More
Question: 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.
Answer: No final decision has been made on the location for the new Frimley Park Hospital. The trust has secured a land option agreement on their preferred option to enable due diligence and survey work, supported by New Hospital Programme (NHP) technical special...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
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