Written questions

738 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Television Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how her Department plans to (a) work and (b) share data with the BBC to determine who will qualify for free TV licences.

24 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of pension credits in (a) the UK, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Haltemprice and Howden constituency.

24 Jun 2019 · Department for Education

Post-18 Education and Funding Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to implement the Augar recommendations to deliver a fairer higher education system.

24 Jun 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the BBC on the proposed removal of free television licences for people aged over 75.

18 Jun 2019 · Department for Education

Literacy: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Literacy Trust report, Children, young people and digital reading, published on 30 April 2019, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report's con

18 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Carbon Capture and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of progress on the carbon capture and storage project announced in November 2018.

18 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the statutory basis for the use of facial recognition technology by the police is.

22 May 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Shares: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made on the research into share buybacks initiated in January 2018.

22 May 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Shares: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of recent trends in the use of share buybacks.

22 May 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefit of Artificial Intelligence in the classroom.

14 May 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that social media companies respect freedom of speech when regulating content.

14 May 2019 · Home Office

CCTV: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of facial recognition in CCTV.

14 May 2019 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Tax Yields

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the amount of tax revenue accrued was from UK small businesses in 2017-18.

30 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle obesity.

30 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help tackle knife crime using public health methods.

30 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Birds: Pest Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons general licences for controlling certain species of bird were revoked before the Government was legally required to do so.

29 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether High Speed Two will be delivered (a) on time and (b) on budget.

25 Apr 2019 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Internet

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what companies provide cloud hosting services to the Government; and what proportion of the G-Cloud cloud hosting budget was spent on each of those companies in the last financial year.

25 Apr 2019 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Amazon Web Services

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Departments have contracts with Amazon Web Services for cloud hosting services; and what proportion of the G-Cloud cloud hosting budget was spent on Amazon Web Services in the last financial year.

24 Apr 2019 · Treasury

Amazon Web Services: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) the revenue of Amazon Web Services in the UK and (b) the tax paid on that revenue in the last financial year.

24 Apr 2019 · Cabinet Office

Data Protection: USA

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures are in place to prevent the US Government accessing confidential information on British citizens that is stored with US hyperscale cloud providers, following the passage of the US CLOUD Act.

23 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to improve the process for (a) personal independence payment and (b) disability living allowance assessments for people with fluctuating conditions.

23 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has been taken to improve the process for (a) personal independence payment and (b) disability living allowance assessments for people with long-term genetic conditions.

23 Apr 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Artificial Intelligence and Computers: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to support research into advanced computing and artificial intelligence.

23 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of good school places in Yorkshire and the Humber.

23 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the (a) quality and (b) choice of higher education provision in Yorkshire and the Humber.

3 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the recruitment of adequate numbers of staff to deliver planned Network Rail upgrades.

3 Apr 2019 · Treasury

Business: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to increase business investment in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.

2 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to improving technology in school classrooms.

2 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to support farming in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Source: official written-questions record.