Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2022 to Question 62832 on Healthy Start Scheme: Newcastle Upon Tyne, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on

29 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage collaboration between regulators, researchers and patients in order to improve clinical trial guidelines.

29 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lung Cancer: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve the (a) care and (b) diagnosis of lung cancer patients in (i) the North East and (ii) Newcastle upon Tyne.

29 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of reclassifying care workers as skilled workers on care worker (a) recruitment, (b) retention and (c) retraining.

29 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Trials: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to legislate to make clinical trial costs public information.

29 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antidepressants: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report Anxiety nation? Economic insecurity and mental distress in 2020s Britain, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 10 November 2022, what assessment his Departmen

29 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will (a) establish and (b) chair a Cabinet committee on science and technology; and which Minister is responsible for the Office for Investment.

29 Nov 2022 · Department for International Trade

Foreign Investment in UK: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether a new Minister for Investment will be appointed.

29 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 82299 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Departmental Responsibilities, whether the Minister for In

28 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Science: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the (a) Office for National Statistics and (b) Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on gathering data to measure levelling

28 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to 93536 on Research: Finance, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the reduction of the European Regional Development Fund'

28 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 93537 on Research: Investment, at what geographic level the further detailed data on regional spend will be aggregated; when

22 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of ONS's decision not to publish a calculation of R&D as a percentage of GDP; and what assessment he made of the impact of only knowing t

22 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Office for National Statistics dataset entitled Business enterprise research and development, UK, published on 22 November 2022, whether his Department has m

22 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the ONS data on Business Gross domestic expenditure on research and development published on 22 November 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the imp

22 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the ONS data on Business Gross domestic expenditure on research and development, published 22 November 2022, for what reason regional data on spend is no longer

22 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the ONS data on Gross domestic expenditure on research and development published on 22 November 2022, if his Department will make an estimate of total research a

21 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2022, HCWS 376 on Programmes: Announcement of £484 million immediate investment for the UK R&D and fusion sectors, which bod

21 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2022, HCWS 376 on Programmes: Announcement of £484 million immediate investment for the UK R&D and fusion sectors, whether t

21 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2022, HCWS 376 on Programmes: Announcement of £484 million immediate investment for the UK R&D and fusion sectors, from whic

18 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Investment Zones: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to paragraph 5.70 in the Autumn Statement, CP751, published on 17 November 2022, whether local authorities which have previously expressed an interest in Investment Zo

18 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Investment Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to paragraph 5.70 in the Autumn Statement, CP751, published on 17 November 2022, what indicators will be used to identify high potential clusters; and if he will publi

18 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Research and Development Expenditure Credit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November to Question 74669, answered 3rd November on Research and Development Tax Credit, what resources HMRC allocates to (a) undertake compliance checks and (b) improve data-led risking

18 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Innovation and Technology

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his statement of 17 November 2022, Official Report, col 853, which aspects of silicon valley his Department seeks to replicate in the UK.

18 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Economic Growth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.69 in the Autumn Statement, CP751, published on 17 November 2022, how the five key growth industries were identified.

18 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.52 in the Autumn Statement, CP751, published on 17 November 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of decreasing the SME credit rate from 14.5% to 10% on

18 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.52 in the Autumn Statement, CP751, published on 17 November 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of decreasing the SME additional deduction rate from 13

18 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.52 in the Autumn Statement, CP751, published on 17 November 2022, what assessment has his Department made of the potential impact of increasing the RDEC rate from 13% to 20% on the numb

18 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.52 in the Autumn Statement, CP751, published on 17 November 2022, over what timeframe will the Government seek to merge the SME scheme towards a single RDEC-like scheme for all R&D Tax

18 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Economic Growth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.69 in the Autumn Statement, CP751, published on 17 November 2022, what retained EU law the Government has identified as a barrier to growth in (a) life sciences, (b) digital technology

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