Written questions
4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Swaziland: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the (a) Trade Union Congress of Swaziland's complaint against the Government of Eswatini for violating co
28 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Racial Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to improve the complaints procedure for incidents of workplace racism in medical settings, as recommended in the British Medical Association’s report entitled
27 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Racial Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendation in the British Medical Association’s report entitled, Delivering Racial Equality in Medicine, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the complaints
27 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Racial Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the British Medical Association’s report entitled, Delivering racial equality in medicine, what steps he is taking to (a) protect and support medical professionals from racist abu
23 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Innovate UK: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Innovate UK uses agile project management as a criteria for performance management for recipients of its grants.
14 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Research: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make a comparative assessment of the level of funding available for research and development from (a) European Structural Funds and (b) the Shared Prosperity Fund.
13 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Fuels: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the difference in petrol pump prices in (a) June 2022 and (b) 2014; and whether he has made an assessment of the implications of those prices on UK
9 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the suitability of the current 3.5 percent discount rate applied for assessing cost effectiveness of Advanced Therapy Medicina
8 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Hikvision: CCTV
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has asked the National Cyber Security Centre to investigate the security of the HIKVISION surveillance cameras; and if she will make a statement.
8 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Diseases: Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the use of the NICE Highly Specialised Technologies evaluation process for Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products to treat
8 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to de-risk innovative, high tech spinouts from universities for investors.
8 Jun 2022 · Department for Education
Overseas Students: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of (a) levels of reliance of UK universities on (i) international student fees from students who come from geopolitically insecure nations and (ii) all other international fees
7 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Medical Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the review by Professor Ben Goldacre entitled Better, broader, safer: using health data for research and analysis, published in April 2022, if he will make an assessment of the po
7 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of funding for clinical cancer research has been spent in each region of the UK in the latest period for which data is available.
7 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) increase the diversity of the UK cancer research workforce and (b) ensure that it has the (i) capability and (ii) capacity to advance research.
7 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which the NHSE guidelines on improving multidisciplinary meetings for cancer treatment have been rolled out across the NHS.
7 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of research into early detection and diagnostics for cancer; and how much his Department plans to spend on funding that research over the nex
7 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to restrict advertising for foods that are high in fat, sugar or salt to help reduce obesity.
7 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Data Protection: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled Data: a new direction, for what reason that consultation did not assess the risk of not having an adequacy agreement relating to
7 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Data Protection: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she had discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice, prior to publication of that Department's proposals in the document entitled Human Rights Act Reform: a Modern Bill o
7 Jun 2022 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: North East
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed reduction of civil servants on employment in the North East.
7 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products: Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of new clinical trial starts in the UK for Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products within the last 12 months; and whether his Depar
7 Jun 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of delays in providing short term visas to visiting academics who are on international research commissioned by UK universities; and if she w
7 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Postgraduate Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what data his Department collects on PhD students who fail (a) to complete their projects or (b) at the viva stage, broken down by (i) gender, (ii) race and ethnicity, (iii) socia
7 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Local Enterprise Partnerships: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of the 50 per cent reduction in funding for business support teams in Local Enterprise Partnerships on (a) start-ups and (b) small and me
6 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of trends in the number of employees in the DVLA on delays in processing licence applications.
6 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the DVLA is taking to tackle delays in providing driving licences.
6 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Data Protection: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish any risk assessment undertaken on the loss or revocation of the Adequacy Agreement with the European Commission relating to data transfers from the UK to the EU and v
6 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Arts: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact on the creative industries of the ending of the Adequacy Agreement with the European Commission in data protection.
6 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Digital Technology: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on the role of data intermediaries to provide citizens with a means to gather copies of the
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