Written questions
4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were recruited to clinical trials in each NHS Trust in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.
27 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that clinical trials across all disease areas are resilient to disruption from future outbreaks of covid-19 and other pandemics.
27 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Clinical Trials: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all people across the UK have equal opportunities to take part in clinical research.
27 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Visual Impairment: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to support blind children to overcome challenges at (a) home and (b) school.
27 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the return of disabled citizens from covid-19 red list countries.
24 May 2021 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with (a) local authorities, (b) charities and (c) community groups to ensure European citizens in hard to reach communities are aware of the June 2021 deadline for applying fo
24 May 2021 · Department for Education
Pupil Exclusions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how an excluded pupil's non-attendance is recorded; and whether that non-attendance contributes to a school's attendance figures.
21 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2021 to Question 709 on Telecommunications: Infrastructure, for what reason legislative proposals were required in respect of a matter for private negoti
21 May 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2021 to Question 725 on asylum: housing, how the budget for weekly support payment for an asylum seeker is calculated; and how much is expected to be allocated to (a)
19 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) organisations with addresses outside the UK and (b) private sector organisations had access to NHS Digital data sets for the purposes of research and planning in each of the last five
19 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2021 to Question 707 on Medical Records: Data Protection, what the criteria are for making reference sets held at NHS Digital available for research and planning.
19 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
NEC Corporation: 5G
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2021 to Question 1058, whether funding for the NEC NeutrORAN trial will be provided by the Diversification Task Force.
19 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the indirect benefits of reducing online harms on encouraging wider participation online; and is this considered by the government's impact assessment for
19 May 2021 · Women and Equalities
Racial Discrimination: Technology
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to her oral contribution of 24 March 2021, Official Report, column 907, if she will publish the research conducted by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities referred to in that answer; an
18 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the minimum data set is that will be collected from energy consumers who agree to the installation of smart meters; and what steps consumers can take to ensure that additiona
18 May 2021 · Department for Education
Pupils: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of digital exclusion on the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers; and what steps he is taking to reduce the level of digital exclusion.
18 May 2021 · Department for Education
Student Wastage: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on (a) completion and (b) drop out rates in universities in the last 12 months.
18 May 2021 · Department for Education
Students: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding has been made available to universities to cover tuition fee reductions for (a) domestic and EU and (b) international students.
18 May 2021 · Department for Education
Students: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to secure rent rebates for students in privately managed halls of residence.
18 May 2021 · Department for Education
Postgraduate Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that PhD researchers whose research has been affected by the covid-19 outbreak will receive the funding extensions needed to finish their research.
18 May 2021 · Department for Education
Students: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on student mental health.
18 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to tackle (a) financial and (b) dating apps scams in the Online Safety Bill.
18 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Ofcom: Competition
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether Ofcom’s principal duty in carrying out its functions to further the interests of (a) citizens in relation to communications matters and (b) consumers in relevant markets where a
17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications: Lithium and Silicon
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the silicone and lithium shortages on UK telecommunications supply chains; and what steps he is taking to secure UK silicon and lithium suppl
17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made an assessment of the life time of the UK’s (a) 2G and (b) 3G networks.
17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to work with telecoms standards setting bodies overseas to encourage and develop best practice in the security of open networks.
17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Huawei: Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the removal of Huawei from the UK’s (a) fixed and (b) mobile networks; what assessment he has made of the effect of the removal of Huawei on the timescale
17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecoms Diversification Task Force: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding will be provided to the Telecommunications Diversification Taskforce in the current Parliament.
17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what considerations he is planned to be required to make when defining an entity eligible to make a super complaint under clause 106 of the draft Online Safety Bill.
17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Media: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what additional resources he plans to provide to Ofcom to (a) commission and (b) encourage educational initiatives to increase media literacy as outlined in clause 11 of the Online Safet
Source: official written-questions record.