Written questions
4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much public money has been allocated for the development and maintenance of the AI tools (a) Scout, (b) Connect, and (c) Humphrey; and from which departmental budgets those funds ha
6 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which organisations are responsible for (a) the development and (b) the maintenance of the (i) Scout, (ii) Connect, and (iii) Humphrey AI tools.
5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
USA: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the suspension of USAID programmes on his Department's international development programmes.
4 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Internet: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) resilience and (b) reliability of cloud services, in the context of its plans to designate cloud services as Critical National I
3 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support regional investment funds; and whether the Minister for Investment has met with (a) Northern Gritstone, (b) Midlands Mindforge and (c) other regional investment funds
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
River Tyne: Bridges
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21309 on River Tyne: Bridges, if she will meet the Port of Tyne to discuss the Swing Bridge.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
River Tyne: Bridges
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21309 on River Tyne: Bridges, what responsibilities the Port of Tyne has for (a) the navigability of the River Tyne and (b) the Swing Bridge.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Driverless Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's timeline is for making autonomous vehicles commercially available for use on UK roads.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits and disbenefits for (a) prospective and (b) current students of international student recruitment agencies operating in the UK.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the pause to the applications process for new entrants to the connections queue from 29 January 2025 announced by the National Energy Systems Operator on 15 January 2025, wh
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Driverless Vehicles: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of skills within the Civil Service to effectively regulate self-driving vehicles.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Driverless Vehicles: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the AI Opportunities Action Plan, published on 13 January 2025, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the alignment between the plan and other Government policies on the deployment
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Driverless Vehicles: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the AI Opportunities Action Plan, published on 13 January 2025, whether the plan will help support the introduction of regulations on UK-based self-driving vehicle companies.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
UK Research and Innovation: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2024 to Question 23744 on UK Research and Innovation: Staff, how many business growth advisors operate in each region.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
UK Research and Innovation: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2024 to Question 23744 on UK Research and Innovation: Staff, how much funding Innovate UK has allocated for business growth advisors in the 2024-25
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
UK Research and Innovation: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2024 to Question 23744 on UK Research and Innovation: Staff, whether Innovate UK has made an assessment of the value for money of business growth ad
15 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21604 on Department for Work and Pensions: Artificial Intelligence, whether her Department has taken steps to inform benefits claimants that machine
15 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Commercial Clinical Trials in the UK Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Full government response to the Lord O'Shaughnessy review into commercial clinical trials, published on 8 December 2023, if he will publish an assessment of progress on implem
15 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide (a) resources and (b) expertise to (i) assess digital health technologies and (ii) maintain the safety of its recommendations.
15 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timetable is for the UK National Screening Committee review of its advice on screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
14 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Small Modular Reactors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to Great British Energy's press release, Negotiations begin for UK’s small modular reactor programme, published on 11 November 2024, what steps he is taking to help ensure deci
14 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Nuclear Power: Energy Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department's target is for nuclear capacity in gigawatts by (a) 2030, (b) 2040 and (c) 2050.
14 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Small Modular Reactors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of full-time equivalent members of staff in Great British Nuclear work on the UK’s small modular reactor programme.
14 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Small Modular Reactors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of full-time equivalent members of staff in his Department work on supporting (a) advanced and (b) small modular nuclear reactors.
14 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Small Modular Reactors: Data Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on the potential for small modular nuclear reactors to power datacentres in the UK.
14 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Nuclear Fusion
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits nuclear fusion as a future energy source.
14 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Bioengineering: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether it remains his policy to invest £2 billion over 10 years in engineering biology.
14 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Patents
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Intellectual Property Office publication entitled Standard Essential Patents: 2024 forward look, published on 27 February 2024, what his planned timetable is for t
14 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Patents
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the SEPs Resource Hub launched by the IPO in October 2024 on small and medium enterprises.
14 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Patents
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to reform the regulation of Standard Essential Patents to support innovation and growth among UK technology small and medium enterprises.
Source: official written-questions record.