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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