Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the safety of prison officers in Durham prison and young offenders institute.

31 Jan 2020 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register: EU Nationals

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether EU citizens will be able to vote in local elections in 2020.

31 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Staff

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent staff work on the (a) digital, (b) culture, (c) media and (d) sport portfolios in his Department.

31 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Staff

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish an organisational chart of his Department.

30 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Openreach

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made an assessment of the accuracy of Openreach’s current map of fibre connections in estimating the potential for full-fibre roll-out.

30 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Buildings: Telecommunications

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the right of access to buildings for telecoms providers.

30 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department taking to ensure infrastructural competition in gigabit access to multi dwelling units.

30 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Openreach

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government response to the Ensuring tenants’ access to gigabit-capable connections consultation, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) fiscal, (b

30 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Housing: Broadband

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that full-fibre broadband that is competitively priced can be deployed in new build apartment blocks.

30 Jan 2020 · Treasury

Tyne and Wear Metro

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to allocate funding from the public purse for new rolling stock for the Tyne and Wear Metro.

30 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Advertising

To ask the Minister of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions has had with the Information Commissioner's Office on improving regulation of real time bidding.

30 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Carbon Emissions and Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has provided to NHS trusts on declaring a climate emergency and target for net zero emissions.

29 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Technology

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the Government's target is for achieving digital literacy among the UK population.

23 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Technology: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to reduce the carbon footprint of the digital economy.

22 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of retrofitting new build properties to meet carbon zero standards.

22 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Poverty: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to tackle food poverty in Newcastle upon Tyne constituency.

22 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of (a) the Future Homes Standard and (b) housing policy to the UK reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

21 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support local authorities in setting targets for lowering carbon emissions that go beyond the requirements of the Future Homes Standard.

21 Jan 2020 · Treasury

Manufacturing Industries: North East

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of trends in manufacturing output in the North East.

21 Jan 2020 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions and Renewable Energy: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to (a) take fiscal steps to reduce carbon emissions and (b) expand public funding for renewable energy.

21 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to tackling rough sleeping and homelessness.

21 Jan 2020 · Department for International Development

UK-Africa Investment Summit

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the outcomes of the UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020 were; and what plans he has to support to grassroots partnerships developed as a result of that summit.

21 Jan 2020 · Department for International Development

UK-Africa Investment Summit

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Africa-UK Investment Summit will be an annual event.

17 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Databases: Finance

To ask the Minister of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he is making with the National Data Strategy; and what the timeframe is for its publication.

16 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Ukraine: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made in achieving justice for the victims of flight MH17.

14 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Nissan: Import Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate her Department has made of the tariffs that will be imposed on Nissan's UK operations after the UK leaves the EU.

14 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Nissan: Import Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if she will publish the guarantees offered to Nissan with respect to tariffs upon the UK's exit from the EU.

14 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government has plans to diverge from the EU on employment rights after the UK leaves the EU.

14 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Dangerous Driving: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children aged 16 or under have been killed by negligent drivers in each year for which figures are available.

14 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Dangerous Driving: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence given to drivers whose negligence led to the death of a child was in each of the last five years; and what the sentencing guidance is.

Source: official written-questions record.