Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jul 2021 · Home Office

Police: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the loss of late night levies during the covid-19 outbreak on the income of Police Forces; and what steps she is taking to mitigate this loss.

16 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Premier League: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2021 to Question 31400 on Monopolies, what assessment the Competition and Markets Authority has made of the Premier League in respect of fair com

16 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Newport Wafer Fab: Nexperia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Investment Security Unit has considered the sale of the Newport Wafer Fab.

16 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Artificial Intelligence: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the principles set out in the EU proposals for regulations on artificial intelligence.

16 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Research: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits for the UK's research community of a Government-backed national research cloud which would enable academics to analyse, share and reta

15 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Qualifications: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans for reduced curriculum content for qualification assessments in summer 2022 as a result of learning time lost during the ongoing covid-19 outbreak.

15 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the examination or assessment of qualifications in summer 2022.

15 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to engage with the complexities of supply chains to support product (a) security and (b) longevity through the upcoming Product Security and Telecommunicati

15 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Cybersecurity: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals in the forthcoming Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill to protect smart homes from the risk of scanning and hackin

14 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to make all racially discriminatory user-generated content illegal content in the draft Online Harms Bill.

13 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Takeovers

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Premier League's decision-making processes on takeovers of football clubs on the level of direct foreign investment in British sport.

13 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2021 to Question 2971 on Energy: Meters, what data is required for regulated purposes, such as accurate billing; and how consumers can monitor and

13 Jul 2021 · Home Office

Internet and Telephone Services: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) reduce online and phone scams and (b) improve the ease of reporting them.

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Monopolies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to put safeguards in place to ensure transparency and accountability with regard to competition in the Premier League and other monopoly-run se

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Takeovers

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to ensure transparency and accountability to football fans on decisions relating to takeovers of football clubs.

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Arbitration

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the absence of express reference to the arbitration of Premier League decisions from the terms of reference of the Fan Led Review of Football, whether processes for arb

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Premier League on the need for (a) transparency and (b) accountability in decision-making that impacts football fans.

12 Jul 2021 · Home Office

Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State on 12 July 2021, Official Report, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for the UK's intern

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Newcastle United FC: Takeovers

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions (a) he has and (b) officials of his Department have had with the Premier League on the process in respect of last year's takeover of Newcastle United; and whether he has

7 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have deleted the NHS Test and Trace app in each week for the last 10 weeks; and what information he holds on the number of people who are keepi

6 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Cybersecurity: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 14 September 2020 to Question 87545 on Small Businesses: Cybercrime, how many SME businesses have taken up the Government's Cyber Essentials scheme to dat

1 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

FINA

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department makes any financial contribution (a) directly and (b) through supported organisations to FINA, Federation International de Natation; and what assessment he has mad

30 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people are able to retain control of their own patient GP data when interacting with NHS Digital and the General Practice Data for Planning and Research progr

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the data from Ofcom's latest access and inclusion report by constituency.

23 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of rent reductions resulting from the 2017 changes to the Electronic Communications Code.

23 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Computers: Common Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review the common law presumption of the reliability of computers.

23 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Student Wastage: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2021 to Question 2969, what steps he has taken to specifically target support to those students most at risk of dropping out of higher education during the covid-19 outbreak.

23 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2021 to Question 2967, how many students have faced difficulty meeting accommodation costs during the covid-19 outbreak.

23 Jun 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Lithium-ion Batteries: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of legislation on second-hand lithium battery sales in reducing fires and explosions.

23 Jun 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of delaying the obligation for businesses to contribute 10 per cent towards the cost of furloughed employees’ wages for the duration of the covid-19 lockdown restr

Source: official written-questions record.