Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Feb 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Publishing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, what role his Department will play in the review being conducted by UK Research and Innovation on Open Access policy; and whether his Department will be represented on the Open

11 Feb 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Publishing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to make an economic assessment of the policy options considered by UK Research and Innovation’s review of Open Access policy.

11 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the allocation of funding for universal credit for the 2019-2020 financial year will reflect the fact that it will be a fifty-three week year.

11 Feb 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government’s commitment to increase public investment in research and development by £7 billion by 2021-22 is dependent on the outcome of the forthcoming Spending Revi

5 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection

What assessment he has made of the potential effect of independent regulation on the conduct of rogue bailiffs.

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

Professions: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) his policy is on and (b) assessment he has made of the ability of UK professionals to continue to practise in the EU in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal

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

Professions: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of people in the UK who will be directly affected by the end of the mutual recognition of professional qualifications in the event that the

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

Mash Holdings: Company Accounts

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2019 to Question 212620 on Mash Holdings: Company Accounts, what steps have been taken to ensure that MASH Holdings will file those accounts w

25 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Newcastle Upon Tyne Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) all children and (b) children eligible for free school meals achieved a good level of development at age five in Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency in each of the last three years.

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

Mash Holdings: Company Accounts

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason Companies House have not taken action in relation to late submitting of statutorily required accounts by MASH holdings limited Company Number 06861426.

21 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) children and (b) children eligible for free school meals reached a Good Level of Development at age five in Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency in each of the last three years.

21 Jan 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EU citizens that do not have five years continual residency who are (a) married to a UK citizen and (b) have other long periods of residency will be entitled to settled status after the UK lea

21 Jan 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Tech City UK: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the business founders receiving funds from Tech City were female in each of the last five years.

21 Jan 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Tech City UK: Ethnic Groups and Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2018 to Question 193467 on Tech City UK: Ethnic Groups and Females, how many BAME members are on the Executive team of Tech City; and what proportio

16 Jan 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Film: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) financial effect and (b) effect on diversity in the film industry of the Film Diversity Action Group's November 2018 recommendation that

16 Jan 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Film: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to require film companies to include in paperwork submitted for film classification, data on the level of diversity of those companies.

16 Jan 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Film: Tax Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the recommendation made by the Film Diversity Action Group that film tax breaks should be conditional on the achievement of diversit

10 Jan 2019 · Home Office

Deportation: Saudi Arabia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of safety for female refugees that are returned to Saudi Arabia.

10 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a comparative assessment of the cost (a) to consumers and (b) of the provision of bus services in (i) London and (ii) Newcastle.

7 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what measures are available to (a) property owners and (b) local authorities to enforce minimum building noise insulation standards in (i) new build properties and (ii) conversio

4 Jan 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Fairs

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2018 to Question 203424, how the Government represents each region of the UK on trade show stands.

4 Jan 2019 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set a timescale for reinstating capital funding for fire and rescue services.

4 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will ensure that future funding settlements for fire and rescue services take account of geographical differences in council tax revenue.

20 Dec 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2018 to Question 202141 on UK Research and Innovation: Per Capita Costs, what assessment he has made of the disparities in per head funding f

20 Dec 2018 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Codes of Practice

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2018 to Question 193470 on Ministers: Resignations, which Department monitors the number of independent reviews commissioned by the civil service into the behaviour and acti

18 Dec 2018 · Home Office

Home Office: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) precedent and (b) approval process was for the commissioning of Sir Alex Allan to conduct an independent review of the support provided by Home Office officials to the then Home Secretary

18 Dec 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UK Research and Innovation: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2018 to Question 202141 on UK Research and Innovation: Per Capita Costs, what the same information was for (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.

18 Dec 2018 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to encourage UK businesses to increase the transparency and visibility of their global supply chains.

18 Dec 2018 · Department for International Trade

Trade Fairs

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 19141, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which the North East is represented by his Department's trade show stands; and if

18 Dec 2018 · Department for International Trade

Trade Fairs

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 191411, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that every region of the UK is represented in his Department’s trade show stands.

Source: official written-questions record.