Dame Chi Onwurah

5 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people living in Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency are currently awaiting a decision on their claim for refugee status after submitting their asylum application in (a) 2018, (b) 2019,

5 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many seats were empty on each evacuation flight from Sudan since 25 April 2023.

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Tourism and Travel: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason level 3 travel and tourism qualifications will not be funded after 2025; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of this decision on (a) the North East and (b) Newcas

5 Jun 2023 · Women and Equalities

Employment: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress she has made in establishing an Inclusion at Work panel.

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 181548 on Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups, if she will provide instances in which ethnicity pay gap reporting may be inappropriate for tackling disparities

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking in response to the US Inflation Reduction Act to safeguard UK electric vehicle and battery manufacturing industries; and whether her Department has made an assessment of the po

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Shipbuilding: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason the duties of maritime and shipbuilding were transferred from the Office of the Minister for Science and Investment Security to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Aviation,

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Laboratories

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2023 to Question 185591 on Science: Laboratories, what proportion of the £500 million for research and innovation infrastructure has been invested in af

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Postgraduate Education: Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of including full-time Postgraduate researchers in free childcare support eligibility.

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Life Sciences: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the manual Flexible Apprenticeships in the Life Sciences Sector, published on 25 May, how much her Department spent on (a) Departmental staff hours, (b) capital expend

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Life Sciences: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the £48 million of new money for scientific innovation to prepare for any future health emergencies announced on 25 May, what health emergencies he expects this fundin

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Life Sciences: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which Department will (a) deliver and (b) oversee the £48 million of new money for scientific innovation to prepare for any future health emergencies announced on 25 May.

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Life Sciences: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the £650 million funding for UK life sciences announced on 25 May, what proportion of (a) new and (b) previously announced funding his Department plans to invest outsi

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Life Sciences: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's news story entitled Chancellor reveals life sciences growth package to fire up economy, published on 25 May 2023, whether the £650 million package for

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has had discussions with the artificial intelligence sector on ensuring that (a) the ingestion of content does not infringe IP rights and (b) companies seek licen

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made a recent estimate of the level of IP infringement being undertaken by developers of artificial intelligence.

17 May 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to promote scientific collaboration with the United States; and if she will publish examples of successful collaboration supported by her Department.

17 May 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science: Laboratories

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she is taking steps to help ensure the availability of suitable, affordable lab space for UK science start ups across the country.

17 May 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support research into and the development of large language models for artificial intelligence systems.

17 May 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Biology: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support the commercialisation of synthetic biology research in the UK.

17 May 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Biology: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support synthetic biology research.

15 May 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Table 1f of the Office for National Statistics dataset entitled Research and development expenditure by the UK government, whether expenditure by UKRI in the years 202

15 May 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's press release UK and India sign landmark research agreement, published on 26 April 2023, whether funding for the collaborative activities to be carrie

15 May 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's press release UK and India sign landmark research agreement, published on 26 April 2023: whether the £8.3 million of funding announced will be counted

15 May 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Newton-Bhabha Fund: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding the UK Government provided to the Newton-Bhaba partnership between 2014 and 2023.

11 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department have made of trends in the distribution of food parcels in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne Central (b) the North East and (c) the UK.

11 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to assess the accuracy of expiration dates on (a) oxygen masks, (b) blood bottles and (c) plastic pipes during procurement processes.

11 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Developing Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of offering unused and safe equipment with arbitrary expiry dates to the health departments of developing countries.

11 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Newcastle City Council on the adequacy of the level of support for homeless people in Newcastle.

11 May 2023 · Treasury

Child Trust Fund: North East

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of people who are unable to access their Child Trust Funds in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency and (b) the North East.