Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Mar 2015 · House of Commons Commission

ICT

To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2015 to Question 227500, what consideration was given to putting the contract for the supply of tablets for h

19 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

Self-assessment

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.108 of Budget 2015, whether people will be able to opt out of the digital tax accounts.

19 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

Broadband

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraphs 1.103, 1.122 and 2.231 of Budget 2015, on the availability of ultrafast broadband, what the Government's definition is of "available to".

19 Mar 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 1.185 of Budget 2015, which bodies he expects to provide co-funding for the Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure and Cities; and what steps he is taki

19 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

Electronic Government

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will provide additional funding to enable Government Digital Service (GDS) to work with local government on digital services; to which bodies that will be allocated; and whether he expects GDS to grow in s

18 Mar 2015 · Deputy Prime Minister

ICT: North of England

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to publish the business plan for Tech North.

18 Mar 2015 · Deputy Prime Minister

ICT: North of England

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what remit Tech North will have to work with existing business infrastructure in the North.

18 Mar 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

McDonalds Restaurants

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2015 to Question 227530, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on the planning system of the decision by McDonald's to move from busines

17 Mar 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015, Official Report, column 7, on translation costs, what progress he has made in looking into the matter of British sign language translation servi

17 Mar 2015 · Cabinet Office

Electronic Government

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Answer of 16 March 2015 to Question 227063, whether the Government Digital Service plans for the sixteen exemplars currently in beta show as going live by the end of March 2015.

17 Mar 2015 · Cabinet Office

Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2014 to Question 218376, if he will include digital or other technical skills in the Major Projects Academy Leadership course.

17 Mar 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Science: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether (a) the Centre for Life in Newcastle and (b) other service centres are eligible for funding from his Department's Inspiring Science Capital Fund.

16 Mar 2015 · House of Commons Commission

ICT

To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission made of the functionality and price of other devices and platforms before deciding to offer free iPads to all hon

16 Mar 2015 · House of Commons Commission

ICT

To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the effect of the provision of free iPads to hon. Members on the availability of parliamentary digita

16 Mar 2015 · Department of Health

Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including urban planning in the Public Health Responsibility Deal.

16 Mar 2015 · Department of Health

McDonalds Restaurants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department's agreement with McDonald's as a Public Health Partner in its Responsibility Plan included any commitments with regard to (a) the location of McDonald's sites and (b) other local authority p

16 Mar 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including urban planning in the Public Health Responsibility Deal.

16 Mar 2015 · Cabinet Office

Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2014 to Question 218376, if he will include digital leadership in the Major Projects Academy Leadership course.

16 Mar 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Centre for Life

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Centre for Life in Newcastle is eligible for funding from the Inspiring Science Capital Fund.

13 Mar 2015 · House of Commons Commission

ICT

To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what comparative assessment the Commission has made of the costs of offering iPads and equivalent Android devices free of charge to all hon. Mem

13 Mar 2015 · House of Commons Commission

ICT

To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the suitability of the iPad for the open source, open standards and open data approach to digital ser

13 Mar 2015 · House of Commons Commission

ICT

To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what discussions the Commission has had with (a) Apple and (b) providers of other devices and platforms in advance of the decision to offer iPad

13 Mar 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

McDonalds Restaurants

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on the planning implications of the strategy of McDonald's for opening fast food restaurants in residential areas.

13 Mar 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Fast Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications for fast food restaurants have been (a) approved and (b) rejected in residential areas in each local authority area in the last 12 months for which figures

10 Mar 2015 · Cabinet Office

Electronic Government

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of the Government Digital Service's 25 exemplar services are now live; and how many of those services he expects to be live by the end of March 2015.

9 Mar 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Research Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of reasons for regional per capita disparities in the distribution of Research Councils' funding.

9 Mar 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Medicine: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of reasons for regional per capita disparities in the distribution of medical research funding.

6 Mar 2015 · Cabinet Office

Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the executive summary of the Government's Digital Inclusion Strategy, published in April 2014, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of the adult population who will never gain basic di

5 Mar 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether social media news feeds are considered by Ofcom in their assessment of media plurality.

4 Mar 2015 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 225389, what representations he has received on the comparative terms of the East Coast Rewards scheme and the Virgin Stagecoach Nectar scheme.

Source: official written-questions record.