Dr Alan Whitehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency’s budget will go towards supporting (a) climate and (b) environment-related projects in 2022-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the Advanced Research and Invention Agency invests in projects that are compatible with the (a) Climate Change Act 2008 and (b) Environm...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on additional ringfenced funding for the roll-out of water saving technologies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the inclusion of hybrid heat pumps coupled with renewable heating technologies, such as bioLPG, in the Boiler Upgrade Scheme...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to help ensure a fair transition to net zero for able to pay homes off the gas grid who cannot afford both the retrofit costs and upfront cost of installin...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of retrospectively adding water efficiency measures to (a) Energy Company Obligation and (b) other existing domestic retrofit p...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential role of water efficiency measures in helping achieve the Government’s net zero aims.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 25 February 2022 to Question 127248, on Energy Bills Rebate, how many households have so far received financial support from the £144 million discreti...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many households liable for council tax in bands A-D (a) have received and (b) are yet to receive the £150 non-repayable council tax rebate as announced by the Government on the 2...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential financial impact on (a) energy suppliers and (b) builders of ECO4 starting on 1 April 2022 before relevant legislative pro...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding has been allocated to climate and environment related projects from UKRI’s funding allocation in (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will guarantee that suppliers undertaking works under ECO4 from 1 April 2022 will be reimbursed in full for that work.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Energy Company Obligation ECO4: 2022 – 2026 Government Response published in April 2022, what his timescale is for laying draft affirmative regulations to br...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 21 April 2022 to Question 153690, on Southampton Hospital: Parking, what guidance is in place on the provision of free hospital car parking for people with long-term...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason hybrid heat pumps are not included in the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the capacity of the electricity distribution network to simultaneously run a heat pump, charge an electric vehicle and utilise hou...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the British energy security strategy, published on 7 April 2022, does not refer to the potential role of biomethane on helping the UK to decarbonise and reduce its...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will ensure as part of its Biomass Strategy that production pathways which generate multiple biofuels, such as sustainable aviation fuel and bio-LPG, are utilise...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help reduce the cost of living with cystic fibrosis by ensuring hospital car parking is free for adults and families of children with all long-term conditions who (a) frequ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many times his Department has been informed of any suspected fraudulent or dishonest practice on the part of a member or members as part of the Energy Assessor Accreditation Sche...