Written questions
4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Optical Fibres
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has taken steps to prevent BT from exclusively using Openreach fibre infrastructure following the legal separation in 2017.
19 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
National Lottery: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made a comparative estimate of the (a) contribution of Camelot to the North and (b) amount spent by people in the North on lottery sales.
19 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
National Lottery: Regional Planning and Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2022 to Question 101712 on National Lottery: Regional Planning and Development, for what reason the £1.8 billion spent by Camelot is not part of the
19 Jan 2022 · Department for Education
Africa: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students from Africa are studying in British universities in the 2021-22 academic year.
19 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Africa: Overseas Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much the Government investment in Africa in 2021; and how that figure compares with investment made by (a) China, (b) the US, (c) France and (d) other major partners of A
18 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Optical Fibres
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what incentives BT has to utilise independent fibre networks to provide BT retail customers with broadband where no Openreach fibre exists.
18 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Optical Fibres
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of encouraging all communications providers to offer services across existing incumbent and independent fibre networks.
18 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Optical Fibres
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what analysis her Department has undertaken on the (a) level of carbon emissions and (b) cost to consumers that result from the duplication of fibre networks on new build development sit
18 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Optical Fibres
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) cost, (b) environmental and (c) coverage implications of the duplication of fibre networks on new build development sites.
18 Jan 2022 · Treasury
Debts: Advisory Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Money and Pensions Service over the decision on recommissioning of new contracts for local debt advice services in (a) the North East, (b) North West and (c) Midlands
17 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on delivering the Life Sciences Vision commitment of empowering the NHS to take up and embed innovative technologies.
17 Jan 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, what plans his Department has to ensure the Medical Technology Directorate supports progress on the Precondition for Success, set out i
17 Jan 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, what plans his Department has to ensure the Medical Technology Directorate supports progress on the Precondition for Success, set out i
17 Jan 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, what plans his Department has to ensure the Medical Technology Directorate supports progress on the Precondition for Success, set out i
17 Jan 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, what plans his Department has to ensure the Medical Technology Directorate supports progress on the Precondition for Success, set out i
17 Jan 2022 · Treasury
Plastic Packaging Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual revenues that will be raised by the plastic packaging tax from 1 April 2022 onward.
17 Jan 2022 · Home Office
British Nationality
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2022 to Question 101714 on British Nationality, whether a person can be deprived of their British citizenship on the basis that they are eligible for Israeli citiz
17 Jan 2022 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2022 to Question 101713, what estimate he has made of the cost implications of being locked into one supplier when determining value
17 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in Newcastle Cen
13 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether small businesses are able and/or entitled to obtain free or subsidised covid-19 lateral flow tests.
13 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his department has to (a) maintain recurrent investment in health security infrastructure and (b) ensure the continuation of the innovative Integrated Covid Hub North East.
13 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Paint: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to develop a national strategy for the re-use and recycling of unused household paint.
13 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what oversight her Department's chief scientific adviser has of research funding allocations from the Overseas Development Assistance budget.
13 Jan 2022 · Treasury
Development Aid: Research
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of research spending from the Overseas Development Assistance budget is allocated by (a) her Department, (b) research councils and (c) the NHS.
13 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of research funded by Overseas Development Assistance is carried out (a) in the UK and (b) overseas.
13 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Health: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish (a) Government spending on global health research in the financial years (i) 2018-19, (ii) 2019-20 and (iii) 2020-21 and (b) planned spending for 2021-22.
13 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Research: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much money was (a) allocated from the European Regional Development Fund and (b) spent on research and innovation in each region from 2014 to 2020.
13 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Dementia: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 94366 on Dementia: Research, how much the Government spent on dementia research in the financial year 2020-2021.
11 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Life Sciences
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his oral Answer of 11 January 2022, Official Report, column 413, that the life science sector has grown, in terms of private investment, by 1,000 per cent in the last
11 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Dementia: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 94366 on Dementia: Research, if he will publish all available figures for dementia spending in 2020-21.
Source: official written-questions record.