Dame Chi Onwurah

9 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Horizon Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, to which department funding returned to the UK under the terms of the clawback mechanism of the UK Horizon Europe association agreement will be returned.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the operational resilience of the East Coast Main Line to extreme weather events.

8 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the National Institute for Health and Care Research's Dementia Translational Research Collaborative plans to work with a Clinical Trial Acceleration Network for dementia to increase the UK’s sh

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Office for Life Sciences

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many times she has met officials from the Office for Life Sciences since 7 February 2023; and what correspondence she has had with the that organisation in the same time period.

8 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of defence technology start-ups that have been established in the UK since 2010; and what steps he is taking to support the establishment of defence technology

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to meet its public sector equality duty.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

STEM Subjects: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much her Department has spent on communications campaigns related to diversity in the STEM workforce in the latest period for which data is available.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had recent discussions with counterparts in the European Union about UK participation in framework programme 10.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Science and Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on developing a science and technology skills dashboard.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Francis Crick Institute

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support spin-outs from the Francis Crick Institute.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Space

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the national space programmes in (a) the UK, (b) USA, (c) China, (d) France, (e) Japan, (f) Russia, (g) India, and (h) Germany.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Space: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to reduce skills shortages in the UK space industry.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

OneWeb

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she holds first-preference rights over OneWeb supply chain, manufacturing and launch opportunities that might be covered by UK companies.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

OneWeb

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government possesses a veto over the location of OneWeb’s headquarters following the merger of OneWeb and Eutelsat.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

OneWeb

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has a veto on sales of OneWeb services that could post a risk to UK national security.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding has been allocated to the Project Gigabit scheme by region as of 8 November 2023.

20 Oct 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Space Technology: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support the space sector in the North East of England.

20 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) his Department or (b) Great British Nuclear is taking steps to amend the National Policy Statements to enable (i) small modular reactors and (ii) advanced nuclear technologies dev

20 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

STEM Subjects: Ethnic Groups and Girls

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Government spent on encouraging (a) girls and (b) people from BAME backgrounds to pursue STEM careers in (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23.

20 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Fusion: Research and Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, from what budget line and over what time period funding will be provided for the commitment of up to (a) £200 million for a Fuel Cycle Testing Facility, (b) £200 million for vital R&D ensurin

20 Oct 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

AI Council and Frontier AI Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what reason the AI Council was disbanded; whether the AI taskforce includes any members of the AI council; and what the terms of reference are for each of those bodies.

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of the cancellation of the second phase of HS2 on the value for money of the project.

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Press

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support the capacity of local news media in the context of the withdrawal of funding for that sector by Facebook.

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Economy Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when the digital economy council last met.

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

STEM Subjects: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help encourage entrepreneurship amongst STEM higher education students.

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the (a) proportional and (b) absolute change in expenditure on science outside the Greater South East has been over each of the last five years for which figures are available.

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made with bus companies on ensuring that real-time bus information is available to passengers in Newcastle.

19 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of (a) the potential impact of the level of the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access payment percentages on and (b) other factors affecting th

17 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

UK Health Security Agency: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the UK Health Security Agency Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre spent on research and development in the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 financial years; and how much it expects to spe

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

National Space Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many times the National Space Council met before it was disbanded; and how many times it has met since it was re-established.