Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date all teaching staff will have been vaccinated for covid-19 in England; and how many and proportion of those staff will have been vaccinated by 8 March 2021.

1 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2021 to Question 150798 on Care Homes: Inspections, by what date the remaining 6,056 care homes will have received a full CQC inspection.

24 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Amazon Web Services: Contracts

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2021 to Question 153241 on Amazon Web Services: Contracts, whether it is his policy that the denial of (a) labour rights and (b) hum

24 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Amazon Web Services: Contracts

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2021 to Question 153241 on Amazon Web Services: Contracts, whether the Modern Slavery Assessment Tool records Amazon's denial of acc

24 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Amazon Web Services: Contracts

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2021 to Question 153241 on Amazon Web Services: Contracts, whether the Modern Slavery Assessment Tool records Amazon's support or ot

24 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Retail Trade: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2021 to Question 153242 on Amazon: Conditions of Employment, whether he has discussed workers' rights (a) in the retail sector and (b) at Ama

24 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Interferon Beta

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of placing advance orders for inhaled interferon beta, which is being trialled as a treatment for covid-19 in Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmar

24 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Interferon Beta

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that inhaled interferon beta is manufactured in the UK in the event that final-stage clinical trials of the drug prove effective in treating covid-19.

23 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his department has taken to ensure the suggested digital education platforms in the Contingency framework: education and childcare settings guidance, updated on 22 February 2021, includes the full ra

23 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria his Department used in its decision on the inclusion of (a) Microsoft, (b) Google and (c) other commonly used platforms in its guidance entitled Contingency framework: education and childcare sett

23 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of January 29 2021 to Question 142923 on Remote Education, how much funding has been allocated to technical support to help schools set up accounts for Google and Microsoft during the cov

23 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

National Skills Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many adults received training directly funded by the National Skills Fund in 2020; and how many people are projected to receive that training in 2021.

23 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Science: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much sciences investment was provided by the British Business Banks life sciences investment programme in 2020; and what the projected spend of that programme is in 2021.

23 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) best practice and (b) ethical guidelines were followed in the development of the QCovid risk assessment algorithm; and what engagement was undertaken with end-users in that development pro

23 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much has been spent on the Advanced Research & Invention Agency since March 2020.

22 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Natural Gas: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing targeted enforcement measures for the compulsory inclusion of a Unique Property Reference Number for (a) gas sa

22 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Natural Gas: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential economic benefits for home owners of requiring gas certificates to carry the Unique Property Reference Number in the next Gas Safe bidding round.

22 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Oxygen: Blood Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2021 to Question 141981 on Oxygen: Blood Tests, what (a) training has been provided and (b) guidance has been issued to NHS staff to help them notice pulse oxim

22 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on providing treatments via private hospitals to reduce waiting times since April 2020; and how many NHS patients have received treatments via private hospitals in each m

22 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what strategy the Government has in place on investment in the UK’s high performance computing infrastructure; and whether that strategy includes exascale class supercomputers for

22 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to publish a strategy on improving the provision of adequate computing infrastructure for the UK’s scientific, research and business communities.

22 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government’s objective to lead the world in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and scientific research and the role of high performance computing in those

22 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the UK's withdrawal from the European High Performance Computing programme, what strategy the Government has in place to ensure UK scientists have access to high

19 Feb 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 contract with AstraZeneca for at cost vaccine for the duration of the covid-19 pandemic, how the end of the pandemic is defined.

19 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Email: Privacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on consumer privacy expectations of the use of tracking beacons in emails.

11 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress the Government has made in the development of UK supply chains for large scale production of electric vehicles.

11 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's timescale is for responding to the scope of qualifying expenditures for R&D Tax Credits consultation that closed on 13 October 2020.

11 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Amazon: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make a comparative assessment of Amazon policies on workers' rights in the (a) US and (b) UK.

11 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Amazon Web Services: Contracts

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of Amazon's policies on labour rights in the US on Amazon Web Services's suitability as a supplier to Government.

11 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2020 to Question 130729 on Research: Finance, what estimate his Department has made of the average proportion of private sector R&D investment

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