Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Public Sector Reform and Innovation Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, and his Department's press release entitled Pat McFadden vows to make the state more like a start up as he deploys reform teams across country,

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Health: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to his Department's press release of 12 December 2024 entitled £100 million public-private health research boost from which budget is the public sector funding coming; a

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Public Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to increase the transparency in the use of artificial intelligence by public bodies.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Business and Universities

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the State of the relationship report 2024, published by the National Centre for Universities and Business on 5 December 2024, what steps he is taking to increase the n

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what training has been provided to civil servants in his Department on the public sector equality duty.

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science and Technology: New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) housing costs and (b) the cost of living on (i) start-ups and (ii) innovation in the (A) science and (B) technology sectors.

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Office for Technology Transfer

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government Office for Technology Transfer has a role in supporting his Department to provide digital expertise to other Government Departments.

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Departments: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the oral evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee of 3 December 2024, HC 504, whether the moratorium on government IT procurement decisions

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Turing Scheme: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16156 on Turing Scheme: Free School Meals, how many and what proportion of students with Turing grants are from disadvantaged backgrounds.

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16157 on Railways: Nationalisation, whether her Department plans to maintain regional livery as railway franchises are brought into public ownership.

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve the accessibility of information at bus stops for disabled people.

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Timetables

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve the provision of real time information at bus stops.

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what training civil servants in his Department receive on the public sector equality duty.

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Office for Technology Transfer: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the budget is for the Government Office for Technology Transfer in the 2025-26 financial year.

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Government’s response to the Independent Review of the UK’s Research, Development and Innovation Organisational Landscape, what steps he has taken to explore a sus

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovation: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which Minister is responsible for the interface between innovation and business to drive growth.

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Departments: Microsoft

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 between Microsoft and the Crown Commercial Service, what guidance is available to civil servants on the use of Microsoft Co-

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Departments: Microsoft

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 between Microsoft and the Crown Commercial Service, what guidance is available to civil servants on securing official docume

4 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2024 to Question 12938 on Research Finance, what proportion of the £500m allocated to his Department for spend on research and developmen

4 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2024 to Question 11881 on Research Finance, what proportion of the £335m allocated to his Department for spend on research and developmen

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

London North Eastern Railway: WiFi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November to Question 13473 and the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 14457 and 16158 on London North Eastern Railway: WiFi, what proportion of complaints about facilities on bo

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

London North Eastern Railway: WiFi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November to Question 13473 and the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 14457 on London North Eastern Railway: WiFi, whether complaints about WiFi are included in the category ent

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of maintaining regional livery designs as railway franchises are brought back into public ownership.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Turing Scheme: Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students with Turing grants who are eligible for free school meals attend an independent school.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Turing Scheme: Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) schools that have students with Turing grants are independent schools and (b) students that receive Turing grants attend independent schools.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Turing Scheme: Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) schools and (b) students with Turing grants receive free school meals.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit and Shared Rural Network

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 14940, on Project Gigabit and Shared Rural Network, how Ofcom tests areas for compliance with their standard for good coverage.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit and Shared Rural Network

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 14940 on Project Gigabit and Shared Rural Network, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the minimum signal strength to s

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of reports of incidents involving (a) e-bike batteries and (b) conversion kits on consumer trust in e-bike technology.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) adequacy of safety standards of imported e-bikes from outside the EU and (b) implications for his policies of risks associated with non-EU lithium-ion

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