Written questions
4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research: Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2021 to Question 173012 on Africa: Research, if he will establish the number of early career researchers across the continent of Africa who will
26 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Horizon Europe: Quantum Technology and Space
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
26 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Horizon Europe: Quantum Technology and Space
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential extent to which the UK will be excluded from quantum and space research programmes as a result of the UK holding associate
22 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Ventilators
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ventilators were built by Dyson for the NHS; and how many of those ventilators were used.
22 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Foreign Investment in UK: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of notifications his Department will receive under the National Security and Investment regime in response to changes made to the Bill at
22 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment he has made of the procurement rules for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and those under UK's Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
15 Apr 2021 · Prime Minister
Football: Takeovers
To ask the Prime Minister, how many discussions he has had with how many officials on the takeover of (a) Newcastle United and (b) any other English football club in the last 12 months.
14 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Engineering
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Advanced Research and Invention Agency will fund engineering projects.
14 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the science budget that will be allocated to the Advanced Research and Invention Agency in each remaining year of the 2019 Parliamen
13 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made in the recruitment process to fill the roles of (a) Chair and (b) Chief Executive for ARIA; and whether he plans to appoint an interim chief executive to
13 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what factors the Government will take into account when deciding the year on year budget allocation for ARIA.
13 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage private sector investment in high risk high reward research in the UK.
13 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UK Research and Innovation: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many FOI requests UKRI (a) received and (b) complete in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and on average how much it costs UKRI to fulfil an FOI req
13 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Advanced Research and Invention Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure there is no duplication of work between ARIA and existing publicly funded R&D.
13 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Advanced Research and Invention Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the timescale between passing the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) Bill and ARIA’s first investment in high risk research.
13 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Advanced Research and Invention Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much of the £50 million budget allocated for the first year of ARIA he estimates will be spent on (a) administration and HR functions and (b) high risk research projects.
13 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Advanced Research and Invention Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2021 to Question 173015, what factors a programme manager will consider when setting ARIA ambitions.
12 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Facebook: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Information Commissioner's Office on the Facebook data leak of 2019; how many UK Facebook users were informed of that leak; and whether UK users data
12 Apr 2021 · Department for Education
Students: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish his plans for the return of university students to their term-time addresses.
12 Apr 2021 · Home Office
Sexual Offences: Email
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant 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 emails;
12 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Africa: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2021 to Question 173012 on Africa: Research, how many early career researchers in Africa will lose funding as a result of changes to the Officia
12 Apr 2021 · Home Office
Sexual Offences: Email
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2021 to Question 169852, on Sexual Offences, how a report of sexually explicit spam can be made on the website of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO); and to
12 Apr 2021 · Home Office
Sexual Offences: Email
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2021 to Question 169852, on Sexual Offences, whether she has made an assessment of whether there has been an increase in sexually explicit email spam during the covi
25 Mar 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2021 to Question 168909, on Business: Government Assistance, what the definition of business used for grant allocation is; and whether that defi
23 Mar 2021 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of the performance of (a) academy trusts and (b) maintained schools during the covid-19 outbreak.
23 Mar 2021 · Department for Education
National Tutoring Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many National Tutoring Programme organisations are based in the North East; and what the minimum qualification required is for offering and delivering the National Tutoring Programme.
22 Mar 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Capital Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2021 to Question 166425, what assessment he has made of the potential acceleration of gigabit broadband rollout as a result of the the super deduction;
22 Mar 2021 · Treasury
Off-payroll Working
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the mental health of people who are the subject of IR35 investigations; and what guidance his Department has issued to HMRC staff and officials on taking steps to avoid t
22 Mar 2021 · Department for Education
Remote Education: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) Government department or (b) organisation will be responsible for (i) assessing the number of children and young people who remain without access to an appropriate (A) digital device, (B) internet con
22 Mar 2021 · Department for Education
Pupils: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of digital exclusion on the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers.
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