Written questions
4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.
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 conditions would disqualify a person's worldwide revenue from being subject to penalty under conditions outlined in clause 86 of the Online Safety Bill.
17 May 2021 · Home Office
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps a company is obliged to take to get (a) existing and (b) new technology accredited status in the context of clause 66 in the Online Safety Bill.
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 level of parliamentary scrutiny is planned to apply to the modification of the codes of practice as outlined in clause 33 of the Online Safety Bill.
17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Social Media: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring social media companies to report on the algorithms they use to monitor online hate speech on their platforms and any bias
17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Social Media: Harassment
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the algorithms used by social media firms to moderate hate speech and online abuse on their platforms.
17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Journalism: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will provide a definition of journalistic content in the context of the Online Safety Bill; and what his Department's policy is on the criteria that qualify a piece of content to h
17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Digital Markets Unit: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many full time equivalent staff are employed in the Digital Markets Unit as of 1 May 2021; and what estimate he has made of the number of those staff that will be employed in that un
13 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
5G: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference the Written Statement of 30 November 2020, HCWS610 on Telecoms Update, how much and what proportion of the £250 million initial investment for telecoms diversification has
13 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecoms Diversification Task Force
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress the Telecoms Diversification Taskforce has made on delivering its remit to date; and which UK regions have benefitted from investment through that Taskforce.
13 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
5G: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 11 January 2021 to Question 132906 on 5G, what progress he has made on identifying opportunities to establish UK capability and skills in the telecoms sup
12 May 2021 · Home Office
Sexual Offences: Email
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 26 March 2021 to Question 169852, on Sexual Offences, who is responsible for safeguarding people who may be being exploited as a result of receiving sexually explicit e
12 May 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whose responsibility it is to arrange and provide cleaning materials, tools and services in accommodation provided to asylum seekers.
12 May 2021 · Home Office
Action Fraud: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Action Fraud funding; and what plans she has to change funding provisions prior to the start of the procurement process for the new version of Action Fr
12 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research: Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 30 March 2021 to Question 173012 on Research: Africa, if he will establish the number of early career researchers across the continent of Africa wh
12 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Horizon Europe: Quantum Technology and Space Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the UK's associate membership of the EU's Horizon Europe programme on the UK's inclusion in quantum and space re
12 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Horizon Europe: Quantum Technology and Space Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions the Government (a) has had and (b) plans to have with the European Commission on the UK’s participation in quantum and space research programmes under the Horizon
12 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Computers
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has read the research paper entitled Computers trusted and found wanting, published in Computer Law and Security Report by Dr Stephen Castell; and what assessment he ha
12 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the independent review of the Post Office Horizon scandal will consider the failures in data design of the Horizon system.
12 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 25 March 2021 to Question 173011 on Business: Government Assistance, if he will publish the formula that was used to allocate the (a) Local Restric
12 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Public Houses: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support wet pubs to manage (a) business loan repayments and (b) the reintroduction of business rates in 2021.
12 May 2021 · Department for Education
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support apprentices who have been furloughed who will potentially be unemployed and not in training when the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ends.
12 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Public Houses: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made with the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the average increase in debt taken on by independent pubs since the start of the covid-19 outbreak; and what step
12 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 11 March 2021 to Question 164467 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, how much Admiral has been paid to date for communications services; and what the tota
12 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the interaction between the Government’s Gigabit Programme subsidy plans and the geographic price regulation approach taken in Ofcom's Stat
12 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what support he is making available to altnets in fibreoptic broadband rollout with significant existing plans to build in areas that have been deemed as Area 3 in Ofcom’s Statement enti
12 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of rent reductions received by public sector bodies as a result of changes to the Electronic Communications Code in 2017.
12 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what communication he has had with the Speed Up Britain campaign on the Electronic Communications Code.
12 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the average reduction in rental for site owners who lease their land to telecommunications companies for infrastructure has been more or less than 40 per cent proposed by the Gov
12 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications: Codes of Practice
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish any assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the 2017 changes to the Electronic Communications Code in increasing digital connectivity.
12 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement on General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) service from NHS Digital, what the definition is of research purposes in respect of patient data; and w
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