Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Jan 2023 · Treasury

Plastics: Recycling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 119000 on Plastics: Taxation, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of recycled content in plastic that is overclaimed as a result of using the mass bala

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to 53.4 percent of people renting from Newcastle City Council in Elswick South from 2021 ONS census data, what steps his department is taking to support local authorit

25 Jan 2023 · Treasury

Stamp Duty Land Tax: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2023 to Question 120109 on Affordable Housing: North East, how many and what proportion of sold residential properties met the Stamp Duty Land Tax threshold before any relief was

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Bridges: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to steps to repair and improve the condition of the Swing Bridge in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

25 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2022 to Question 120107 on Dementia: Research, whether money invested by (a) the Japanese government and (b) private investors in Japan as part of the Internati

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Qualifications: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to 30.5 percent of people with no qualifications in Benwell from 2021 ONS census data, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of people with qualifications in Newcastle Upon T

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Academies: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of academy trusts admissions policies and oversubscription criteria on the ability of local authorities to ensure school places for all children following period

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions his Department has had with Ofgem regarding energy suppliers’ compliance with existing rules on prepayment meters and vulnerable energy customers.

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to prevent energy companies from breaching licence agreements by forcing customers in vulnerable customers in Newcastle Central constituency on

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Innovation and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 122137 on Innovation and Research, if he will set out a timetable for publishing the report and interactive tool on clusters

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Government Office for Technology Transfer: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 118994 on Innovation: Public Expenditure, what specific (a) remit, (b) funding and (c) legislative powers the Office for Tech

23 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2022 to Question 111586, on Medical Records: Data Protection, how many legal gateways there are which set aside the common law duty of confidence.

23 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2022 to Question 111586, on Medical Records: Data Protection, in which specific circumstances personal health data can be used for purposes beyond individual c

23 Jan 2023 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 123935, on Trade Agreements: USA, whether any projects involving (a) new cooperation on digital trade or (b) securing supply chains have resulted

23 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Police: DNA

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of storing the DNA profile of police officers on the National DNA database.

23 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palantir: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Palentir Technologies has provided services to NHS organisations.

19 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to prevent dental practices from requiring the registration of family members as private patients before registering other family members as NHS patients.

19 Jan 2023 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Amazon Web Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made a recent estimate of the percentage share that Amazon Web Service holds of the market in which it operates; and if she will make an assessment of the impl

19 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons publicly-funded research in research institutions such as the National Oceanography Centre is not fully funded by Government.

18 Jan 2023 · Women and Equalities

Foreign Investment in UK: India

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of racial and accent prejudices towards Indian nationals and people of Indian heritage on the (a) investment of Indian tech firms into the

18 Jan 2023 · Department for International Trade

Research: Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to increase (a) the global profile of and (b) investment in research and development in cities outside the London-Oxford-Cambridge triangle; and what plans she has

18 Jan 2023 · Department for International Trade

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of increasing the involvement of the UK's diverse diasporas in trade delegations; and whether she has made a recent assessment of the diversi

18 Jan 2023 · Department for International Trade

Trade Promotion: India

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has taken steps to consult with the UK based Indian diaspora during the process of choosing (a) trade envoys and (b) delegations to India; and whether her Department holds a lis

18 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether scanning facilities are available in all visa application centres.

18 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report of the Africa APPG on Visas, what progress her Department has made on the availability of digital applications..

18 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Ghana and Nigeria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whatever Visa Decision Making Centres are (a) open and (b) fully operational in (i) Abuja, (ii) Accra, (iii) Lagos and (iv) Nairobi.

18 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for short term visit visas to the UK were made by people applying from African countries in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022; and how many of those were refuse

18 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa application centres have (a) opened and (b) permanently closed in African countries since January 2019.

18 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Visas: India

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tech Nation Visas (Tier 1 Visa or Exceptional Visas) were given to Indian nationals in (a) 2022, (b) 2021, (c) 2020, (d) 2019 and (e) 2018.

17 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent estimate of average waiting times for appointments at NHS dental practices in (a) Newcastle Upon Tyne Central constituency and (b) the North East; and what

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