Dame Chi Onwurah

17 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with insurance companies on recent trends in the level of the availability of insurance premiums that insure against (a) Research and Development Expenditure Credit and (b) Re

17 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claimants have been sanctioned for falsely claiming for (a) R&D expenditure credit and (b) small and medium-sized enterprise R&D tax relief.

17 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) Research and Development Expenditure Credit and (b) Research and Development tax relief for small and medium-sized enterprises claims were disallowed in each of the last five years for which f

17 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's policy paper entitled Merger of current small or medium enterprise (SME) and Research and Development Expenditure Credit (RDEC) schemes, updated on 23 November 2023, whether his Department h

17 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure consistency in the processing of claims for (a) Research and Development Expenditure Credit and (b) research and development tax relief for small and medium-sized ent

17 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that HM Revenue and Customs' definition of a competent professional is applied consistently when assessing research and development tax relief claims.

17 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of the change to the move-on period on levels of homelessness.

17 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cystic Fibrosis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NICE’s assessment of the costs and benefits of funding a medication takes into account the size of the community affected; and what discussions NICE has had with patients on the use of Kaft

17 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Public Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to help increase access to public transport for people who (a) unemployed, (b) have a low household income and (c) cannot drive.

16 Jan 2024 · Attorney General

Government Legal Department: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Government Legal Department Business Plan 2023-24, published on 23 May 2023, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the Pilgrim Quarter development as a worksite for the Governmen

16 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of notices given to asylum seekers to leave accommodation provided by his Department on trends in the level of demand for local government homeles

16 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of the use of Kaftrio in the NHS.

16 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the potential cost of Kaftrio for the NHS, in the context of the cost of Kaftrio in the EU market.

16 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department has taken in response to the recommendations of the UKRI Review of peer review, published on 3 July 2023.

16 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science and Technology: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the immigration system in meeting the objectives stated in the UK Science and Technology Framework, published on 6 March 2023.

16 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovation and Research: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 8 of the Government's R&D People and Culture Strategy, published in July 2021, what progress she has made on working with funders and the research and innovation

16 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Bullying and Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to tackle (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination in (i) her Department and (ii) research and STEM workplaces.

16 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page seven of her Department's policy paper entitled Research and development (R&D) people and culture strategy, published on 22 July 2021, what steps her Department i

16 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page six of her Department's policy paper entitled Research and development (R&D) people and culture strategy, published on 22 July 2021, what steps her Department is

11 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of public sector procurement processes for digital goods and services.

13 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Transport: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has commissioned research into the potential impact of transport poverty among 16 to 24 year olds on (a) unemployment and (b) productivity in Newcastle.

13 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education and Higher Education: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help increase transport choices to further and higher education for young people aged between 16 and 24 in Newcastle.

11 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of pending visa applications.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

STEM Subjects: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 3808 on STEM Subjects: Employment, what steps he is taking to promote diversity in the private sector STEM workforce.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who is responsible for continuous process improvement in (a) NHS England, (b) Integrated Health and Care Boards and (c) NHS Hospital Trusts.

5 Dec 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of differences in the time taken for (a) British Gas and (b) other energy providers to (i) increase the value of direct debit

5 Dec 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department's policy is on (a) British Gas and (b) other energy providers reducing direct debit payments when customers' accounts are in credit; and what information her Department ho

5 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is (a) conducting research on and (b) funding metascience.

4 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Technology: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, published in March 2021, CP 403, what steps her Department is taking to use the own-collabo

4 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 45 of her Department's publication entitled National Space Strategy, published on 27 September 2021, what assessment her Department has made of its performance in