Dame Chi Onwurah

11 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance and Personal Independence Payment: Newcastle Upon Tyne Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of Carer's Allowance and Personal Independence Payment at the same time in Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency in each of the last five years.

11 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the change to the national insurance credit system from a manual to automated system on the accuracy of NI figures distributed to

9 May 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science and Technology: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2023 to Question 181131, on Science and Technology: Grants, whether her Department will classify money allocated to UKRI or the National Academies whi

9 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure transparency in public procurement in relation to the pharmaceutical industry.

2 May 2023 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Public Expenditure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the data used by his Department's transaction explorer to analyse the cost of delivering Government services has been updated since the introduction of the explorer; and whether he plans to update this d

27 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Life Sciences: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what proportion of research grant applications submitted to the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council under responsive mode have received funding in each of the last fi

26 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support African leaders in responding to the conflict in Sudan.

26 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support the (a) growth and (b) commercialisation of scientific research in the North East.

25 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: Darlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support the commercialisation of research and development in the science and technology sectors in Darlington.

25 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Ministry of Defence: Research

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, published on 30 March 2023, if she will make

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovation: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that cities and towns which do not have a research-intensive university (a) benefit economically from innovation and (

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has a target for the (a) number and (b) percentage of staff employed within the Department who are science, engineering or technology experts.

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's Expert Exchange secondment scheme, announced on 19 April 2023, how many staff employed in her Department as of 24 April 2023 are considered to be scie

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department holds data on the (a) percentage and (b) total number of staff in the Department who have (i) a STEM degree or (ii) a STEM related employment history.

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Table 1c of the Office for National Statistics dataset entitled Research and development expenditure by the UK government, published on 30 March 2023, if she will make

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

UK Research and Innovation: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Table 1a of the Office for National Statistics dataset entitled Research and development expenditure by the UK government, published on 30 March 2023, if she will make

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science and Technology: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 181128 on Science and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the proportion of proposed Pioneer funding that wo

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science and Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether money from the public purse spent on the proposed Pioneer prospectus would count towards the Government’s target of £20 billion of spending on research and development investmen

20 Apr 2023 · Women and Equalities

Artificial Intelligence: Equality

Whether she is taking steps to help ensure that the use of artificial intelligence systems does not increase the risk of discrimination against people with protected characteristics.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether spending on Horizon was included in calculations of UK science spend prior to 2016; and whether spending on Horizon or Pioneer forms part of the Government's commitment to doubl

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Employment Savings Trust Corporation: Atos

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether NEST employed external advisers and consultants regarding the procurement contract between the National Employment Savings Trust and Atos which was cancelled.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Employment Savings Trust Corporation: Atos

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) all activities, (b) contract negotiation, (c) staffing costs and (d) general resource expenditure associated with the cancelled procurement contract between

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the extent to which tuition fees for home students cover the actual costs of degree delivery across various subjects for UK universities.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to take steps to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of STEM teachers; and whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of existing schemes at attracting and retaini

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Degrees

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the diversity of the (a) socioeconomic background, (b) ethnic heritage or origin and (c) gender of students who successfully secure a degree apprenticeship.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Degrees

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Degree Apprenticeships were (a) advertised and (b) completed in the North East in each of the last five years.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Degrees

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has a set a target on increasing the range of employers and industries offering Degree Apprenticeships in the (a) UK and (b) North East; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy o

18 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

UK Research and Innovation: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 142 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 of the UK Research and Innovation, for what reason there was a reduction in net operating expenditure from 2020-21 t

18 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Cosmetics: Sodium Hydroxide

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will take steps to ensure that manufacturers cannot label hair relaxers as containing no-lye if they include sodium hydroxide in the ingredients list; and if he will make an assessmen

18 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Questionnaires

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to guidelines on Streamlined asylum processing published on 23 February 2023, what steps her Department took to inform the offices of hon. Members of plans to require current asylum cla