Written questions

Dame Chi Onwurah

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Skynet: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the budget for SKYNET 6 has been spent as of 4 December 2023.

4 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Satellites

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent estimate she has made of when the next satellite launch will take place in the UK.

4 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Space Technology: Civil Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent steps her Department has taken to establish a civil-defence national space operations centre.

4 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research Bureaucracy Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2023 to Question 4147 on Research Bureaucracy Review, which recommendations of the Independent Review of Research Bureaucracy have been implemented;

4 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what anonymisation process her Department plans to use for the federated data platform.

4 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palantir: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which sites have piloted Palantir software.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 27 November 2023 to Question 3220 on Research: Finance and with reference to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 150475 on Euratom and Horizon Europe: F

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

STEM Subjects: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Third Special Report of Session 2022/23 of the Sconce, Innovation and Technology Committee Diversity and inclusion in STEM: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report, HC 1427, pu

29 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Prime Minister launches Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission, published 14 August 2022, what progress her Department has made on its commi

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line: Railway Signals

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2023 to Question 800 on East Coast Main Line: Weather, how many signalling failures there were on the East Coast Main Line in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022; and what assessment he

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 36 of the National Space Strategy, published in September 2021, what steps her Department has taken to (a) set long-term space science and exploration goals and (

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Defence: Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 34 of the National Space Strategy, published in September 2021, what steps her Department is taking to ensure robust controls on downstream activities that could potentially be u

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Space Debris

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the press release G7 nations commit to the safe and sustainable use of space, published by the UK Space Agency on 13 June 2021, what steps her Department is taking to

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2023 to Question 3220 on Research: Finance and with reference to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 150475 on Euratom and Horizon Europe: F

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Future Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the British Business Bank has invested directly in companies through its Future Fund: Breakthrough programme as of 28 November 2023.

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Prime Minister unveils £29.5 billion of investment at historic Global Investment Summit, published on 27 November 2023, how much and what propo

28 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kenya: Ogiek

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Kenya on potential human rights violations on the Ogiek people of Mau.

28 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cystic Fibrosis: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve health outcomes for children with cystic fibrosis.

28 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November to Question 1561 on Visas: Applications, what is the (a) target time and (b) average time taken to process a skilled worker visa.

28 Nov 2023 · Treasury

Pro-innovation Regulation of Technologies Review

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government's response to Professor Dame Angela McLean's Pro-Innovation Regulation of Technologies review, published November 2023, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of accep

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research Bureaucracy Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 38 of her Department's publication entitled, Government’s response to the Independent Review of the UK’s Research, Development and Innovation Organisational Lands

27 Nov 2023 · Cabinet Office

Technology: Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the GREAT Tech campaign on (a) overseas investors' perceptions of the UK’s technology ecosystem and (b) the propensity of overseas i