Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belarus: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to figure 5 in Statistics on International Development: final UK aid spend 2020, how much Official Development Assistance Belarus received in the financial yea

24 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2022 to Question 105519, what assessment his Department made of the steps required to practically implement the Life Sciences Vision prior to its publication.

24 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Technologies Directorate: Life Sciences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 92932, and with reference to page 10 of the Life Sciences Vision, what role the Medical Technologies Directorate will have in maintaining and

24 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Technologies Directorate: Life Sciences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 92932, and with reference to page 10 of the Life Sciences Vision, what assessment his Department has made of how the Medical Technologies Dire

24 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 92932, and with reference to page 11 of the Life Sciences Vision, what plans his Department has to simplify governance and oversight of NHS he

24 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contracts to manage health data are being negotiated by (a) NHS England, (b) his Department, (c) NHS Arden and Gem CSU and (d) any other NHS body on behalf of the NHS as of 24 March 2022.

24 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Government Departments: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she has plans to bring forward a UK cloud strategy.

14 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of her Department's data is stored by public cloud providers; and whether that data is encrypted at rest.

14 Mar 2022 · Cabinet Office

Internet: Data Protection

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the level of risk to UK citizens' data where that data is hosted on public cloud providers; and steps his Department takes to protect UK citizens' data on public cloud providers.

14 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the services provided to her Department by ServiceNow are hosted by public cloud providers.

14 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of her Department's services are hosted on public cloud providers; and which of those services are hosted on (a) Amazon Web Services, (b) Microsoft Azure and (c) Google Cloud Platform.

9 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Transport: Freight

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant the Answer of 9 March 2022 to Question 132251 on Transport: Freight, what steps HRMC takes a declarant does not provide the transport costs on their declaration.

8 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Future Combat Air System: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to box 3.6 on page 172 of the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper which states that a further £1 billion has been invested in the Future Combat Air System Technology Initiative, what pro

8 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119567, on Defence: Regional Planning and Development, if he will provide a regional breakdown of the DASA Regional Partnerships Fund.

8 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of safe and legal routes to the UK from Ukraine for children and families who have been displaced.

8 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will provide the same package of support to local authorities for Ukrainian refugees as for Afghan refugees.

8 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Immigration: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 115898, on Visas: Afghanistan, what proportion of people who arrived from Afghanistan in 2021 have been given indefinite leave to remain; and whet

8 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Training: Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the 200,000 additional people targeted to complete high-quality skills training as set out in the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper are planned to be on (a) on STEM courses, (b) apprent

8 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Training: Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional people are targeted to complete high-quality skills training as set out in the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper for each year to 2030.

8 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Training: Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to table 2.3 in the Levelling Up the United Kingdom White Paper, what steps he is taking to help ensure that local authorities that fall under level one devolution plans are able to feed local sk

8 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Ukrainians who wish to seek asylum in the UK are required to claim asylum in the first safe country they reach.

7 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her oral contribution in response to a question from the hon. member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central on 1 March 2022, Official Report, column 938, whether a Ukrainian resident in the UK ca

7 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belarus: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Figure 5, Statistics on International Development: final UK aid spend 2020, how much UK Official Development Assistance did Belarus receive (a) in 2020-21 a

7 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons the Government plans to sell the vaccine manufacturing and Innovation centre; and what the role of (a) VMIC UK Ltd's members and (b) UKRI-Innovate was in that dec

7 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether any of the potential acquirers the Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre are industry p[partners of VMIC UK Ltd.

7 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the consistency of the potential the sale of Vaccine Manufacture and Innovation Centre UK Ltd (a) assets and (b) members' interests to a pharmaceu

7 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how the proceeds of any sale of VMIC UK Ltd, whether asset sale or share sale, would be allocated; and what the Government's return would be on any potential sale.

7 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Innovate UK has used its powers to participate in Board meetings of VMIC UK Ltd, including where any sale has been discussed.

7 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Innovate UK has exercised its right to become a voting member of VMIC UK Ltd.

7 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is Government policy to double dementia research funding.

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