Nick Timothy MP: written questions 2025
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IslamophobiaMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the consultation on the Islamophobia/Anti-Muslim Hatred Definition will take evidence from (a) the Muslim Council of Britain, and (b) other organisations with whom the Go
Answer: The Working Group is an independent, non-statutory body which will provide advice to ministers on a definition of anti-Muslim hatred/islamophobia. Ministers will consider the advice that the independent working group provides. Any proposed definition by t...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSunnica Energy FarmDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he sought further information from (a) Sunnica and (b) its UK registered companies on their finances before making the development consent decision for Sunnica.
Answer: The full reasons for the Secretary of State’ planning decision on the Sunnica project are set out in the Decision Letter. Given the Secretary of State’s quasi-judicial role in taking such decisions it would not be appropriate to comment further.
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSunnica Energy FarmDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) he and (b) officials have had discussions with (i) Sumando Ltd and (ii) related stakeholders on Sumando Ltd's exclusion from the organogram of funding Statement No 3 when he made
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSunnica Energy FarmDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with Sumando Ltd on the nine-month delay in submitting its 30 April 2023 financial statements to Companies House in relation to the development consent decision
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSunnica Energy FarmDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the (a) transparency and (b) accuracy of the information provided to the Examining Authority by (i) Sunnica and (ii) its related UK registered companies during
Answer: The full reasons for the Secretary of State’ planning decision on the Sunnica project are set out in the Decision Letter. Given the Secretary of State’s quasi-judicial role in taking such decisions it would not be appropriate to comment further.
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordClean PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) his Department’s and (b) NESO’s estimate is of the likely (i) scale and (ii) cost of constraints of embedded generation up to 2030 and assuming that the Clean Power 2030 targets are
Answer: The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is responsible for operating Great Britain’s electricity system, which includes managing constraints. NESO publishes forecast constraint volumes and costs, but data is not available on the split of costs between ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) his Department’s and (b) NESO’s estimate of the magnitude in MWh and the aggregate cost of any constraints of embedded solar generation resulting from instructions at the distributio
Answer: The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is responsible for operating Great Britain’s electricity system, which includes managing constraints. NESO publishes total balancing costs, which can be found here: Constraint Breakdown 2025-2026 | National Energ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) his Department’s and (b) NESO’s projection of solar constraint costs is in (i) within and (ii) outwith the Balancing Mechanism up to 2030 and assuming that the Clean Power 2030 targe
Answer: The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is responsible for operating Great Britain’s electricity system, which includes managing constraints. NESO publishes forecast constraint volumes and costs, but data is not available on the split of costs between ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate (a) his Department and (b) NESO has made of constraint payments and the prices of constraint payments per MWh constrained to solar generation in the Balancing Mechanism for all
Answer: The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is responsible for operating Great Britain’s electricity system, which includes managing constraints. NESO publishes total balancing costs, which can be found here: Constraint Breakdown 2025-2026 | National Energ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOil: RefineriesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the oral contribution of Baron Wilson of Sedgefield in the House of Lords on 3 July 2025, Official Report, column 867, what plans he has to take up internationally fuel refi
Answer: Refining margins differ from site to site and are driven by the prices of the crude oils each refinery buys and of the products that they produce. These prices are largely set by international traded markets. The Government is determined to work with indu...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of foreign national offenders with indefinite leave to remain in the prison population by (a) nationality and (b) offence committed i
Answer: The requested information is not available from published statistics.Work is currently underway to improve the quality of information held by the department on FNOs. Further information can be found at: Statistics on foreign national offenders and the imm...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has considered mandating market payments from intermittent renewable generators for costs associated with system inertia provision.
Answer: The National Energy System Operator (NESO) continuously monitors the electricity system and ensures that there is sufficient inertia. In the transition to clean power, we are deploying the technologies needed for this. NESO is procuring technologies such ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSynchronous CondensersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information his Department holds on the timeline for the deployment of synchronous condensers that (a) have been contracted and (b) are planned; and what the scale of each deployment is.
Answer: The Department does not hold detailed information on the timeline or scale of synchronous condenser deployments. The responsibility for balancing the electricity system, including the contracting and deployment of synchronous condensers, lies with the Nat...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Power FailuresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward plans for hybrid backup power systems combining (a) diesel generators, (b) battery storage and (c) hydrogen fuel cells in NHS hospitals.
Answer: National Health Service trusts are responsible for ensuring adequate back-up power systems in line with national guidelines. This includes conducting risk assessments to determine which systems meet their specific needs. Health Technical Memorandum 06-01 ...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPower FailuresTreasuryTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65949More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether contingency planning is in place for potential macroeconomic disruption resulting from prolonged national electricity blackouts.
Answer: HM Treasury has a comprehensive framework for assessing and managing potential risks to the economic outlook, including those posed by national power outages. This framework involves systematic monitoring through internal risk monitors, risk governance fo...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Intensive Industries: FinanceTreasuryTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65948More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to allocate revenues from carbon pricing to help increase levels of (a) industrial resilience and (b) innovation in high energy-consuming sectors.
Answer: The Government is committed to maintaining an ambitious carbon pricing scheme to ensure that polluters continue to pay for their emissions. The UK’s lead carbon pricing policy is the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).The ETS raised c.£3.5 billion in the 2...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to Contracts for Difference liabilities if wholesale electricity prices remain elevated on levels of fiscal risk.
Answer: Scaling up homegrown renewables reduces the UK’s exposure to volatile global fossil fuel prices, which protects consumer energy bills against future price shocks. The CfD two-way payment mechanism protects consumers when electricity prices are high, as if...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: PricesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has undertaken economic modelling on the potential impact of sustained high industrial electricity prices on the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector until 2035.
Answer: Competitiveness depends on a wide range of factors. The Government recognises that high industrial electricity costs negatively impact the competitiveness in UK manufacturing, in line with the academic literature.The Government announced the British Indus...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGas Fired Power StationsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the combined potential impact of multiple gas-fired plant retirements on (a) grid stability and (b) inertia levels.
Answer: Great Britain has a highly stable and resilient energy system with diverse supplies. The National Energy System Operator (NESO) continuously monitors the electricity system and ensures sufficient inertia and negative and positive reserves to manage large ...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPower FailuresDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how he plans to improve the integration of (a) demand-side response and (b) distributed energy resources to help reduce risks of blackouts in the next five years.
Answer: Great Britain has a highly resilient energy network. The National Energy System Operator has all the tools it needs to operate the electricity system reliably and can call on a range of technologies to balance electricity supply and demand, including gas-...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordClean EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish a risk register outlining potential system stability risks under Clean Power 2030 decarbonisation scenarios.
Answer: There are no current plans to publish a risk register. Great Britain has a highly resilient energy network. The National Energy System Operator has all the tools it needs to operate the electricity system reliably and can call on a range of technologies t...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingency plans he has to maintain pharmaceutical cold chain logistics in instances of loss of load events that exceed 12 hours.
Answer: The Department works across the health and care landscape to monitor, manage, and where possible, mitigate risks to medical supply chains.The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has engaged with industry on disaster recovery plans i...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Power FailuresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has participated in cross-Government exercises simulating the potential impact of national blackouts on (a) health services, (b) emergency responders and (c) energy regulator
Answer: The Department has participated in a cross-Government exercise simulating the potential impacts of national power outages on health services and emergency responders. The Department has been working on the lessons identified from this exercise to improve ...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Power FailuresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of power outages on mental health (a) service delivery, (b) remote digital therapy and (c) crisis response platforms.
Answer: No such assessment has been made. Planning for power outages is a core function of business continuity arrangements for all National Health Service organisations, including mental health providers. NHS England monitors such incidents to identify root caus...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Power FailuresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS has made an assessment of the level of the resilience of digital health records systems to prolonged power outages during electricity system stress events.
Answer: In the event of a disruption, the National Health Service maintains business continuity and emergency preparedness arrangements, including fallback systems, and protocols to mitigate the impact on health and patient care.The NHS has long standing measures...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
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