Written questions
4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cosmetics: Sodium Hydroxide
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the impact of hair relaxers that are labelled as including no-lye when sodium hydroxide is listed in the
17 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cosmetics: Sodium Hydroxide
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies on breast cancer of research linking lye hair product usage and breast cancer incidence amongst black women.
17 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Cosmetics: Sodium Hydroxide
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of hair relaxers containing lye on (a) the health of black women and (b) associated health outcomes and inequalities experienced by black wom
17 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Parkinson's Disease: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) reduce waiting times for a Parkinson’s diagnosis and (b) increase the number of Parkinson’s specialists in (i) Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency
17 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Parkinson's Disease: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to support the mental health of people diagnosed with Parkinson’s in Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency.
17 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March to Question 158909 on Mental Health Services: Children, what proportion of responses received included reference to mental health support for babies and toddlers.
17 Apr 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Questionnaires
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department provides for asylum claimants required to complete an Asylum Claim Questionnaire where (a) English is not their first language and (b) they are living with a mental health
17 Apr 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Questionnaires
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of people in the (a) Newcastle Central constituency and (b) UK who need to complete an asylum claim questionnaire, as at 17 April 2023.
17 Apr 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Uganda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safe and legal routes her Department has made available to the UK for asylum seekers from Uganda who identify as LGBT.
17 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Horizon Europe: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 4 of the Pioneer Prospectus, published on 6 April and to page 295 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23, HC 1133, whether the remaining funding alloc
17 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Science and Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 5 of the Pioneer Prospectus, published on 6 April, how Pioneer would work alongside the Advanced Research and Invention Agency.
17 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Science and Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 13 of the Pioneer Prospectus, published on 6 April, when she plans to specify the sector or missions of the inspiring moon shots in Pioneer Innovation.
17 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Science and Technology: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Pioneer Prospectus, published on 6 April, how much and what proportion of the funds allocated to Pioneer will be available as research grants.
17 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Horizon Europe
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 4 of the Pioneer Prospectus, published on 6 April, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the UK would have been a net contributor to Horizon; and wh
17 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Science and Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) set-up and (b) annual costs of Pioneer.
17 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Horizon Europe
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when her Department plans to decide whether to extend the Horizon Europe guarantee scheme; and whether researchers will be notified in advance of the scheme ending.
17 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Science and Technology: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much and what proportion of the £14.6 billion budget for Pioneer is allocated outside of the period covered by the Spending Review 2021.
17 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Horizon Europe: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what her negotiating position is on the level of contribution that the UK would be willing to make to Horizon Europe.
30 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Industry: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of the US Inflation Reduction Act on investment in low carbon industries in the UK.
27 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Technology: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer given on 10 March 2023 to Question 158906, on Technology: Finance, on what evidential basis he has estimated that the technology missions will attract £250
27 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Research: Regional Planning and Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the dataset entitled Gross domestic expenditure on research and development, by region, UK, published on 4 August 2021, what recent discussions her Department has had
27 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Research: Regional Planning and Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the White Paper on Levelling Up the United Kingdom, published on 2 February 2022, whether her Department is on target to increase domestic public spending on R&D outsi
27 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Research: Regional Planning and Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the White Paper on Levelling Up the United Kingdom, published on 2 February 2022, what progress her Department has made towards its target of spending at least 55 per
27 Mar 2023 · Treasury
Small Businesses: Research
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2023 to Question 167111 on Research and Development Tax Credit, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number and proportion of SMEs claiming R&D tax credits that have
24 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Science: Regional Planning and Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much science funding was spent on projects located outside of the South East in this financial year; and whether her Department will take steps to increase the proportion of science
24 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Technology: International Cooperation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to The UK’s International Technology Strategy, published on 22 March 2023, CP 810, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of (a) establishing and (b
24 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Trade Promotion: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK Tech Envoys his Department currently has; and whether his Department plans to take steps to increase the number of Tech Envoys.
24 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Technology: International Cooperation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UK International Technology Strategy published on 22 March 2023, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) cost of establishing and (b) annual ru
24 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Technology: International Cooperation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UK International Technology Strategy published on Published 22 March 2023, where the Technology Centre of Expertise will be based.
24 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Horizon Europe
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the UK International Technology Strategy published on Published 22 March 2023, for what reasons that document does not reference (a) association with Horizon Europe an
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