Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2019 to Question 241031 on Sexual Offences: Victims, for how long are victims supported by these services.

10 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer to Question 241031, whether victims includes people for whom prosecution has failed; and at what point in that process people become victims.

9 Apr 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Online Harms White Paper published on 8 April, whether the proposed duty of care applies to those (a) using algorithms in their business and service delivery proces

9 Apr 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Online Harms White Paper published on 8 April, whether the proposed duty of care applies to (a) internet of things manufacturers, (b) internet of things service pro

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

Company Accounts: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring companies to publish reports on on their R&D spend.

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

Animal Feed: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment he has made of the (a) number and (b) extent of trials of animal feed in the UK and Canada; and what estimate he has made of the level of funding avail

4 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support is available from (a) the police and (b) other organisations to victims of grooming and sexual exploitation following (i) Operation Optic in Newcastle and (ii) other examples of failed prosecutions.

4 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support is available from (a) the CPS and (b) other organisations for victims of grooming and sexual exploitation following (i) Operation Optic in Newcastle and (ii) other failed prosecutions.

2 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Growth Deals: Borderlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what process his Department is using to allocate Borderlands Growth Deal funding; and what progress he has made in allocating that funding.

2 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

5G

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Permitted Development Rights in allowing installation of infrastructure to develop the (a) existing and (b) proposed 5G mobile phon

2 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to assess the effectiveness of provisions in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 related to the private rented sector, including (a) rent repayment orde

2 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of school days lost due to protests on climate change (a) in Newcastle upon Tyne and (b) nationally.

2 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to (a) respond to the concerns on climate change raised by protesting school children and (b) incorporate those concerns into school activities and the curriculum.

28 Mar 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Cybersecurity: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to help protect businesses from cyber attack after the cyber attack on Metro bank in February 2019.

28 Mar 2019 · Home Office

Shoplifting: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to support retailers in Newcastle from shop theft.

25 Mar 2019 · Treasury

Holiday Accommodation: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the taxation rate for online accommodation booking businesses.

25 Mar 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Airbnb: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of AirB&B on tourism in the North East.

25 Mar 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hotels: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will ask the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the level and effectiveness of competition in online hotel booking.

25 Mar 2019 · Attorney General

London Capital & Finance: Company Investigations

To ask the Attorney General, what the timetable is for the Serious Fraud Office investigation into London Capital & Finance.

19 Mar 2019 · Treasury

London Capital & Finance: Insolvency

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the collapse of London Capital Finance, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of the financial regulatory framework and (b) effectiveness of that framework in relation to inexperie

19 Mar 2019 · Treasury

London Capital & Finance: Insolvency

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the collapse of London Capital of Finance, what steps he is taking to prevent investment schemes which engage in mis-selling from trading.

19 Mar 2019 · Treasury

London Capital & Finance: Insolvency

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to compensate people who invested in London Capital of Finance.

13 Mar 2019 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the exemption for PhD-level roles from visa caps announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Spring Statement includes exemption from the minimum salary requirement.

13 Mar 2019 · Home Office

Stop and Search: Impact Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department (a) has conducted or (b) plans to conduct an equality impact assessment on the proposal to increase police stop and search powers.

13 Mar 2019 · Treasury

Joint European Torus: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long he plans to fund the JET nuclear fusion reactor.

13 Mar 2019 · Treasury

European Bioinformatics Institute: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Spring Statement 2019, whether NPIF funding to the European Bioinformatics Institute refers to the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

13 Mar 2019 · Treasury

Research: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2017 to Question 191916 on research: finance, how the Government plans to protect R&D funding after the end of the implementation period.

13 Mar 2019 · Treasury

British Business Bank

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase funding for the British Business Bank to match the £2.1 billion invested by the European Investment Bank in the UK in 2017.

13 Mar 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Construction: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how the Construction Sector Deal funding will be disbursed; and how he plans to assess the effect of that funding on that sector.

13 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the ability of local authorities to re-house refugees in respect of the notice period refugees are given to vacate premises.

Source: official written-questions record.