Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Technology: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the British Computer Society report The experiences of black women in the information technology industry, published in October 2022, what recent steps her Department h

18 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Technology: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the British Computer Society report The experiences of black women in the information technology industry, published in October 2022, what recent steps her Department h

18 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Industry: Economic Growth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.69 of the Autumn Statement, CP 751, published on 17 November, what steps in addition to reviewing retained EU law the Government is planning to take to increase growth in (a) digital te

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

Capital Investment

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, with which local stakeholders will the government be working.

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 estimate his Department has made of the (a) percentage of the total R&D budget and (b) monetary amount that R&D ta

18 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Industry: Economic Growth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.69 of the Autumn Statement, CP 751, published on 17 November, who will have oversight of delivery on (a) digital technology, (b) life sciences, (c) green industries, (d) financial servi

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

Energy Price Guarantee: Personal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November to Question 83815 on Energy Price Guarantee, what electricity and gas meter personal data is collected through the Energy Price Guarantee sch

18 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Research: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it remains Government policy to increase public investment in R&D to £22 billion a year by 2026-27.

18 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that the people convicted of the murder of people on Flight MH17 are brought to justice.

18 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of 17 November 2022, Official Report, col. 854, how he defines left-behind areas; and what specific financial support he will provide for th

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

Catapult Network

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Paragraph 5.65 of the Autumn Statement 2022, CP 751 published on 17 October 2022, whether the Government plans to create new Catapults in the next 12 months.

17 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paras 3.25 and 5.70 of the Autumn Statement, CP 751, published on 17 November 2022, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the expressions of interest which will not now be ta

17 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2022, published on 17 November 2022, and the planned adjustment of R&D, what assessment his Department has made on the current definition of R&D and the potential implications

17 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2022, published on 17 November 2022, what ratio of public to private R&D has his Department used in the projections for tax gains from adjustments to R&D tax credit relief.

17 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2022, published on 17 November 2022 and the planned adjustment of R&D tax credit relief, what percentage of claims are estimated to be fraudulent for the years (a) 2023-24, (b)

17 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Statement, CP 751 published on 17 November 2022, whether the £1.340 billion stated to be gained by the Treasury in 2027-28 through adjustments to R&D Tax Credit relief, include a decreas

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

Catapult Network: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to paras 3.27 and 5.65 of the Autumn Statement, CP 751, published on 17 November 2022, whether the extra funding for UK Catapults is included within the commitment

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

Catapult Network

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to para 5.65 of the Autumn Statement, CP 751, published on 17 November 2022, whether any new Catapults will be created.

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

Catapult Network: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to para 6.65 of the Autumn Statement, CP 751, published on 17 November 2022, whether the 35 per cent increase in funding for UK Catapults is a real terms increase;

17 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paras 3.25 and 5.70 of the Autumn Statement, CP 751, published on 17 November 2022, how his Department estimated the revenue that would be gained from research and development tax credit rebalancin

17 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what ratio of public to private research and development spending his Department has used in the projections for tax gains from adjustments to research and development tax credit relief set out in the Autumn Stateme

17 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the planned adjustment of research and development tax credit relief in the Autumn Statement 2022, how many and what proportion of claims were estimated to be fraudulent in the (a) 2023-24, (b) 202

17 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2022, published on 17 November 2022, whether the £1.340 billion stated to be gained by the Treasury in 2027-28 through adjustments to research and development Tax Credit relief

14 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Tech Nation: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2021 to Question 140074 on Tech Nation: Equality, what progress Tech Nation has made on (a) capturing data on the ethnic background of applicants to

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

Energy Price Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 72508 on Energy: Meters, if he set out how the Energy Price Guarantee complies with the Data Access and Privacy Framewo

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

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 77419 on Energy: Meters, in what ways the Energy Price Guarantee complements the Data Access and Privacy Framework for smart

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

Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 155732 on Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Pay, when the Advanced Research and Invention Agency plans to publish remuner

8 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, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of creating an additional ministerial role for science and investment security on the responsibilities of the Minister for Sci

8 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, for what reason the Government has created the role of Minister for Science and Investment Security in addition to the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation.

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

North Sea Oil: Exploration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of Equinor developing the Rosebank oil field with the decarbonisation targets for industry as described in the North Sea Transiti

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