Written questions

Dame Chi Onwurah

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Jan 2022 · Home Office

British Nationality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the provisions of the Nationality and Borders Bill in respect of powers to remove British citizenship from people that the Government believes are eligible for foreign citizenship will apply t

11 Jan 2022 · Cabinet Office

Government: Internet

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has competitive suppliers for cloud services; and what the the maximum proportion of cloud services the Government will place with one supplier is.

11 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, whether the National Lottery has a role in the Government's levelling up agenda; and whether she plans to require Camelot UK Lotteries Limited to publish regional lottery sales figures.

10 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources have been allocated to processing asylum claims in each year from 2018 to 2021.

10 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for asylum claims.

10 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of implications for its policies of the Global Burden of Disease study findings, published on 7 January 2022, that dementia cases in the UK will increase by

10 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the arrest of Kakwenza Rukirabashija in Uganda; what steps her Department is taking to secure his release; and what recent represen

10 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Uganda: Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of freedom of expression in Uganda.

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

Plastics: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of plastics consumed in the UK which are (a) manufactured in the UK and (b) recyclable in the UK.

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

Plastics: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support research into new zero carbon methods of producing plastics in the UK.

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

Plastics: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of plastics consumed in the UK which are manufactured in the UK.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure that Newcastle's live bus service data is available for third party applications.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Travel Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) requirements and (b) guidance his Department has for bus operators in receipt of public funds on making live service information accessible to third party apps via open data interfaces.

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

Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the aims of the R&D Inter-Ministerial Group.

5 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which other Government departments will participate in the R&D Inter-Ministerial Group; and what the aims are of that Group.

5 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2021 to Question 67147, where the further details on R&D tax reliefs have been published; and what assessment was made of the financial impact of the changes to R&D tax credits p

5 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether refugees under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme will be provided with mental health support.

5 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Employment

To ask Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to regularly publish figures on the efficacy of Government programmes which aim to help settled refugees into employment.

5 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 94362, how much has the Government invested in the Vaccine Manufacture and Innovation Centre since its inception (a) directl

5 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 Official Development Assistance was spent on research and development in the financial year 2020-21.

5 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department held discussions with scientific bodies prior to the decision to sell the Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre.

5 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of research and development spending in his Department was channelled through UKRI or the research councils formerly organised under Research Councils UK in (a) 20

4 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £375 million fund for neurodegenerative disease research will be spent on dementia.

4 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the relative effectiveness of the different approaches to the withdrawal from Afghanistan of the UK and French Governments; and whe