Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Mar 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Electronic Warfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what definition his Department uses for cyber warfare.

14 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Film and Television: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2016 to Question 28851, what assessment he has made of the potential benefit to international sales of British content of the commissioning of content with diver

11 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Travel Agents: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on the UK tourism sector of the French ban on parity clauses for online travel agents.

10 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential of the arts to contribute to mental well-being for people with mental illness; and what programmes his Department has in place to help deliver that co

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Education

Schools: Musical Instruments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2016 to Question 28761, what assessment she has made of whether musical education hubs are playing their core role of ensuing that every child aged between 5-18 learns to play

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Holiday Accommodation: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has conducted an assessment of the findings of the (a) French parliament and (b) German competition authority on the effects of rate parity clauses on competition in

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Travel Agents: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has carried out an assessment of the effect of high commission costs and the low transparency of such costs in the online travel agent sector on the ability of consumers to

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with local authorities on changes in the level of availability of library services providing access to digital connectivity for those who do not have access to broadba

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Children: Musical Instruments

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2016 to Question 28838, if he will make a comparative assessment of the proportion of children by (a) region and (b) socio-economic group who learn a musical ins

29 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Children: Musical Instruments

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the extent of regional disparities in publicly-funded opportunities outside schools for children to learn musical instruments without charge; and if he will make an

29 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Film and Television: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the role of international sales agents on diversity in film and television production.

26 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Schools: Musical Instruments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of state (a) primary and (b) secondary students who are learning a musical instrument; and how many such students are learning that musical instrument for fre

26 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

British Film Institute

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the proportion of British Film Institute funding that was allocated to Hollywood studio films in the latest period for which figures are available; and wh

26 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Tenancy Deposit Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many companies responded to his Department's invitation to tender for the protection of tenancy deposit scheme; and how many of those companies were small or medium-sized businesses.

26 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Airbnb: Payments

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether payments to AirBnB constitute remittances for the purposes of financial regulation.

23 Feb 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Africa: Diplomatic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalent officials are (a) budgeted for and (b) actually employed in each African country in which the UK has an Embassy or High Commission.

23 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) Ofcom has made of the number of (a) business parks which do not have superfast broadband and (b) businesses based in business parks which do not have su

22 Feb 2016 · Department for International Development

Nigeria: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's spending was allocated to (a) Nigerian state organisations, (b) non-governmental organisations and (c) the private sector in the last three years for which fi

22 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2016 to Question 26900, if he will request that Ofcom publish an assessment of the extent to which the indicative assessment of BT's ducts in the report, Tel

22 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he or Ofcom have made an assessment or hold information on the proportion of BT's ducts that were able to have fibre blown through them without further civil works in the superfast broadb

22 Feb 2016 · Cabinet Office

Government: Databases

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what requirements are in place for (a) the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and (b) other government agencies to collect data on a regional basis; and what discussions he has had with the ONS to collect the

22 Feb 2016 · Cabinet Office

Combined Authorities: Statistics

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Office for National Statistics on devolving statistics and data collecting powers and obligations when powers are devolved to combined authorities.

19 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to answer Question 23160 tabled on 19 January 2016, on the Code for America programme.

11 Feb 2016 · Cabinet Office

Data Steering Group: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2016 to Question 26056, when the Data Steering Group last met; who attended that meeting; and if he will publish the (a) minutes of that meeting and (b) programme of work of

10 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Buildings: Data Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of whether current arrangements for listed building status take account of potential measures that can be taken to improve the energy efficiency of data centres.

10 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2016 to Question 22981, if he will ask Ofcom to publish an assessment of whether the 26 per cent of BT's ducts identified as being empty in the report, Teleco

10 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Northstar Ventures

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2016 to Question 26044, which three of the five funds Northstar Ventures manages are closed to new investments; and when the decision was taken that N

9 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Domestic Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy has visited each region in the last year.

8 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the additional cost to rural broadband subscribers of paying separately for satellite broadband and telephony; and what the impact of such costs is on the rural econo

5 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Medical Records: Insurance Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what access insurance companies have to NHS health records; which insurance companies accessed such records in 2015; and what the process is for accessing such records.

Source: official written-questions record.