Dame Chi Onwurah

6 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Universities: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with universities on threats to deduct 100 per cent of staff pay in response to marking boycotts by employees.

6 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antimicrobials: Developing Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support British expertise in water, sanitation and hygiene and public health to prevent infections and reduce the need for, overuse of, and misuse of antimicrobials in th

6 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that new, innovative medicines are recommended by NICE as quickly as is possible; and what assessment he has made of the difference between the average wait time f

6 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) provision and (b) capacity of NHS dentists in (i) Newcastle and (ii) the North East.

6 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to minimise delays and bureaucracy for short term working visa applications for academics involved in international research visiting the UK as part of international collabora

6 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the target time is for responding to hon. Members' correspondence on immigration and asylum representations made on behalf of constituents; how often that target is met; and what steps she is tak

6 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce delays in processing passport renewal applications.

6 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time is it takes to issue a visa for Ukrainian families after the point they are approved.

6 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Asylum and Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of trends in the number of employees in her Department on delays in processing (a) passport applications and (b) visa and asylum applications.

6 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impacts of storms over the winter of 2021-22 on (a) social housing and (b) the number of outstanding repair requests in (i) Newcastle and (ii) the

6 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what additional funding the Government has provided to local authorities for the repair of social housing following significant damage from storms (a) Arwen, (b) Malik and (c) Corrie

6 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Quantum Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure UK capability for the manufacture of quantum (a) devices and (b) systems.

26 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Newcastle United FC: Takeovers

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2021 to Question 181471 on Football: Takeovers, whether the Government was involved in discussions on the sale of Newcastle United football club; and whe

23 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking in response to the All Party Parliamentary Group on state pension inequality for women's submission to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's investigation

23 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many state pension claimants face delays to the first payments of their pension in (a) Newcastle and (b) the North East of England.

23 May 2022 · Home Office

Immigration: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support family reunion for people fleeing Afghanistan whose relatives escaped to other countries.

23 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development: Civil Servants

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed reduction of 90,000 civil servants on the levelling up missions for the English regions.

23 May 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the people fleeing Afghanistan that were granted six month emergency visas have now been granted longer term visas following the expiry of the emergency visa.

23 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Levelling Up White Paper: Missions and Metrics Technical Annex, what the current status is of the Missions, in the context of the Levelling Up and Regeneration

20 May 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Mobile Phones: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help protect consumers from the sale of mobile tracking data (a) within the UK and (b) abroad.

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

Universities: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of short-term research contracts in universities; and what plans he has he has to help reduce precarity for early career researchers.

16 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Economic and Social Research Council: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 155735 on Economic and Social Research Council: Public Appointments, on how many occasions in each of the last ten financ

11 May 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which data rights will be clarified by the Data Reform Bill, as announced in the Queen's Speech 2022.

10 May 2022 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Football

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department's policy considers football academies as places of work for children; and if she will take steps to ensure that children who are talented football players and who have l

10 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Use of Health Data for Research and Analysis Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) hire people with technical data skills and knowledge for senior roles in the NHS and (b) train those in senior roles in the basics of data analysis as recommended in

10 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Use of Health Data for Research and Analysis Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he taking to promote and resource reproducible analytical pipelines as the minimum standard for academic and NHS data analysis, as recommended in the Goldacre review.

10 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Use of Health Data for Research and Analysis Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating a NHS Data Analyst Service, modelled on the Government Economic Service and Statistical Service, as recommended in the Goldacre revie

10 May 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Online Safety Bill in ensuring that content moderators working for social media companies have adequate mental health support, re

10 May 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Staff: Surveillance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on protecting workers from intrusive monitoring, including monitoring eye movements and toil

10 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Researchfish: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the reported breach of GDPR by Researchfish in respect of researchers who publicly criticised the application o