Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Dec 2017 · Department of Health

Mechanical Thrombectomy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the number of trained interventional neuroradiologists to perform mechanical thrombectomies.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Personal Records: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote the portability of personal data between different digital platforms.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether he plans for a new regime for state aid and competition rules to be covered by a future deal between the UK and the EU.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Legal Profession

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the level of legal expertise on state aid and competition law is in his Department .

18 Dec 2017 · Department of Health

Mechanical Thrombectomy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of variations in the level of access to mechanical thrombecomy across England, Scotland and Wales; and how his Department plans to address those variations.

18 Dec 2017 · Department of Health

Mechanical Thrombectomy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department provides to NHS England to ensure that NHS Trusts can provide mechanical thrombectomies for the treatment of stroke.

18 Dec 2017 · Department of Health

Mechanical Thrombectomy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government plans to take to (a) promote innovation within the NHS and (b) support existing drives for innovation such as the recently commissioned stroke treatment mechanical thrombectomy.

18 Dec 2017 · Department of Health

Mechanical Thrombectomy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to support the NHS roll-out of new and innovative mechanical thrombectomy techniques in the treatment of strokes.

18 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Financial Services: Disclosure of Information

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Financial Conduct Authority and Open Banking Implementation Entity have to ensure that financial data aggregation platforms that are not defined as Account Information Service Providers can gain direct

18 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Financial Services: Disclosure of Information

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Financial Conduct Authority and the Open Banking Implementation Entity on ensuring that financial data aggregation platforms that are not defined as Account Informatio

18 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Financial Services: Disclosure of Information

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the Financial Conduct Authority uses a different definition of Account Information Service Providers to that used in other EU member states.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the six priority areas for the Office of Artificial Intelligence to include financial services.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to enable private sector companies to manage the risks associated with artificial intelligence.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Competition and Markets Authority

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Competition and Markets Authority continues to have access to confidential data held by other regulatory bodies (a) within the EU and (b

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Competition and Markets Authority: Public Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding the remit of the Competition and Markets Authority to ensure that Critical National Infrastructure is protected by

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Competition and Markets Authority: Public Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding the remit of the Competition and Markets Authority to create a research and development public interest test for p

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Competition and Markets Authority

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the potential need to increase funding to the Competition and Markets Authority to enable it to take on new responsibilities after the U

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Government plans to publish its devolution framework to allow new areas to take advantage of devolution deals.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Local Enterprise Partnerships

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to consult businesses as part of its review of the activities and objectives of Local Enterprise Partnerships.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Local Enterprise Partnerships

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to continue to fund Local Enterprise Partnerships in areas which have Mayoral Combined Authorities.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: Productivity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has received as part of his Department's review of SME productivity.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government's Industrial Strategy, how the Department defines world-leading as it applies to (a) technologies and (b) industries.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) remit, (b) membership and (c) reporting requirements of the future sectors team as part of the industrial strategy will be.

18 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on levels of financial inclusion of the LINK network's recent proposals to reduce the interchange fee paid by banks to independent ATM operators.

18 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Payments: EU Law

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the Financial Conduct Authority uses a different definition of Account In formation service Providers to that (a) defined by his Department in the Payment Services Regulations 2017 and (b) set out in

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what criteria the Government used when deciding the six priority areas for the Office of Artificial Intelligence.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Competition and Markets Authority

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the work of the Competition and Markets Authority.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: Productivity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the terms of reference for the SME productivity review will be.

15 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Ofcom: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including data from Alternative Dispute Resolution schemes in Ofcom’s quarterly telecoms complaints data in order to enable

15 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Ofcom: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the comprehensiveness and quality of Ofcom’s quarterly telecoms complaints data in terms of enabling consumers to make informed decisions; and if sh

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