Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Chief Scientific Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department will appoint a Chief Science Advisor.

14 Sep 2017 · HM Treasury

Payments: EU Law

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration the Government has given to bringing forward legislative proposals to protect customers who use payment initiation services under the revised Payment Services Directive in the event that a product

14 Sep 2017 · HM Treasury

Treasury: Chief Scientific Advisers

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department will appoint a Chief Science Adviser.

12 Sep 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Scientific Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department has taken steps to ensure that its activities and decision-making is informed by independent scientific advice; to what extent his Department relies on other Departments

12 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Israel: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Israel and the UK have reciprocal visa requirements for visits of six months or less; and whether there are any additional requirements that Israel places on UK citizens visiting Israel that t

12 Sep 2017 · Department for Education

English Language and Literature: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9252, what assessment she has made of trends in performance at Progress 8 in the event that grades for both GCSE English language and GCSE English literat

12 Sep 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications: Misrepresentation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 8813, on telecommunications: misrepresentation, whether informed consent applies for the duration of the contract; and how informe

12 Sep 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Vulnerable Adults: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what rights relatives have to access data that belongs to vulnerable adults.

12 Sep 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Data Protection: Next of Kin

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what rights next of kin have to access data that belonged to deceased relatives.

11 Sep 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Chief Scientific Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if his Department will appoint a chief scientific advisor.

11 Sep 2017 · Department of Health

Cosmetics: Marketing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the marketing of skin bleaching on mental health and wellbeing.

11 Sep 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Chief Scientific Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will appoint a chief scientific advisor.

11 Sep 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Cosmetics: Video Recordings

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of videos demonstrating skin bleaching on young people; and if she will conduct an assessment of the potential merits of regulating s

11 Sep 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Science

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that proactive and independent scientific advice informs its activities.

11 Sep 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping and Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to reduce littering and fly-tipping.

11 Sep 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping and Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the capacity of local authorities to respond to incidents of littering and fly-tipping

7 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Self-employed: Average Earnings

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to raise wages for the self-employed.

7 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Agency Workers: Holidays

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations the Government has received from (a) employment agencies and (b) agency workers on holiday payments.

7 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Metals: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to support metal-recycling companies.

7 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 is fully and uniformly enforced.

7 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Modern Working Practices Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government plans to take as a result of the publication of the Taylor Review of modern working practices, published on 11 July 2017.

7 Sep 2017 · House of Commons Commission

Members: ICT

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what preparations the House authorities have made to apply big data analytics to House and hon. Member activities.

6 Sep 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Pornography: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on the implementation processes for age verification for online pornography; and how that data is stored and shared.

6 Sep 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Tech City UK and Tech North: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the gender balance is at Tech City and Tech North (a) overall and (b) among STEM staff.

6 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Chief Scientific Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the list of departmental chief scientific advisers was last updated.

6 Sep 2017 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers have been trained to teach the computing curriculum; and what the average length and cost was of such training.

6 Sep 2017 · Department for Education

English Language and Literature: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools and examination boards on whether English language and English literature should be (a) taught, (b) examined and (c) reflected in school tables separately; and w

5 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heat Networks: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what regulations apply to district heating schemes to protect consumers.

5 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Sales: Misrepresentation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of artificial intelligence on consumer mis-selling.

5 Sep 2017 · Department of Health

Genomics: Cambridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for funding for genome testing being centralised in Cambridge; and what the tendering process was for receipt of that funding.

Source: official written-questions record.