Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Skills Bootcamps

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to the Skills Bootcamp scheme, by (a) skill type and (b) region; and how many Skills Bootcamps are located in each region.

2 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Conduct and Markets Authority on the (a) findings and (b) implications for open banking and consumer trust of the Open Banking Limited Independent Investigation report, pu

2 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Payment Systems Regulator on potential improvements to reimbursement rates for victims of authorised push payment scams.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Future Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much investment support was allocated via the Future Fund to businesses in (a) London and the South East, (b) the North East and (c) the UK; and how many businesses in each re

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Innovation and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will ensure that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund includes a research and innovation focus.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on (a) private investment and (b) the Government's ambition to be a world leader in science investment of extending the t

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Skilled Workers: STEM Subjects

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) increase the domestic workforce of STEM professionals and (b) maintain the UK as an attractive destination to overseas researchers.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Migrant Workers: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on financial barriers preventing talented researchers from relocating to the UK.

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 64603, where the funding for the National Productivity Investment Fund comes from; and whether expenditure on the Advanced Re

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will include a research and innovation focus.

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Migrant Workers: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) improve the domestic workforce of STEM professionals and (b) maintain the UK as an attractive destination to overseas researchers; and what recent d

1 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason pure maths is not included as research for which R&D tax credits can be claimed.

1 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, how savings to the public purse through restricting R&D tax credits to UK research is planned to be spent; and whether that spending will be counted as p

29 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Science: Research

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, what estimate he has made of spending on (a) science and (b) R&D tax reliefs as a proportion of GDP for each year from 2018 to the end of the current Par

28 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter

What steps he is taking to reduce the amount of litter in the environment.

27 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Africa: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many African countries the Government has agreements with affording British military personnel diplomatic status while on training; how many complaints against British soldiers by local authorities in Africa

27 Oct 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Global Britain Investment Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to paragraph 4.74 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 Red Book, what steps the Global Britain Investment fund will take to ensure that economic opportunit

27 Oct 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

5G: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what funds she plans to make available for the 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy; and whether those funds will come from resource or capital DEL.

27 Oct 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, which funding stream is providing the £110 million announced for the Government's online safety regime; if she will provide

27 Oct 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Global Britain Investment Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, para 4.74, whether the £1.4 billion announced for the Global Britain Investment Fund is from the (a) core research, (b) I

27 Oct 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much of his Department's Capital DEL was spending on (a) Core Research, (b) Innovate UK, (c) EU Programmes Association, (d) the Department for Health and Social Care and (e) o

27 Oct 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Table 2.2 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 Red Book, whether funding for (a) the Advanced Research & Invention Agency, (b) Help to Grow, (c) Future

26 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Transport: Tyne and Wear

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding he plans to allocate to support improvements in the transport network in Tyne and Wear.

25 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support he is offering for (a) integrated transport, (b) integrated ticketing and (c) subsidised bus fares in Newcastle; and how that support compares with the support he is offering for the same services

25 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Buses

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 59787, Electric Vehicles: Buses, how many electric buses are in service in Newcastle as a result of that funding.

25 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel Restrictions: Dominican Republic

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Dominican Republic remains on the red travel list.

20 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help support the UK aviation industry in reaching their decarbonisation targets of net zero emissions by 2050.

20 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Cars: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the recommendations of the Institute for Public Policy Research's report, entitled All aboard: a plan for fairly decarbonising how people travel, published

20 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Buses

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric buses have been provided to Newcastle upon Tyne through his Department's policies in each of the last five years.

20 Oct 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Ofcom's report entitled UK Home Broadband Performance, published on 9 September 2021, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the finding t

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