Written questions
4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.
11 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Computers
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to expand the UK's supercomputer capabilities.
10 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the potential merits of expanding the scope of the proposed Online Safety Bill to tackle online scams and fraud.
10 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Home Office: Amazon Web Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2021 to Question 149752 on Home Office: Amazon Web Services, what steps her Department has taken to ensure diversity of supply for cloud services without measurin
10 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Electronic Programme Guides: Public Service Broadcasting
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to respond to Ofcom's recommendations in its Review of prominence for public service broadcasting, published on 4 July 2019.
9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Newcastle upon Tyne
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2021 to Question 126867 on Coronavirus: Newcastle upon Tyne, what the evidential basis is for deciding an incident has taken place in a setting; and to what ext
8 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in rolling out superfast broadband.
8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Care Quality Commission will resume routine inspections; and how many care homes have not had an inspection for two years or more.
8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what system is used to record who has had a covid-19 vaccine; and whether local primary care networks have full access to that system.
8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Test and Trace
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason it is not possible to determine where covid-19 transmission occurred by the data collected by NHS Test and Trace.
5 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of transmissions of covid-19 which took place during (a) international and (b) national flights.
5 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Evictions: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to extend the ban on evictions for the duration of the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021.
5 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office
Key Workers
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many workers are classed as key workers in the latest period for which data is available; and how many workers were classed as key workers during the covid-19 lockdow
5 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Home Office: Amazon Web Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the support services agreed upon as part of the G-Cloud 12 Call-Off contract awarded to Amazon Web Services in December 2020 will be provided solely from the UK.
5 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Home Office: Amazon Web Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what level of liability was agreed with Amazon Web Services for the loss, destruction, corruption or degradation of data under the G-Cloud 12 Call-Off contract awarded in December 2020.
5 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Home Office: Amazon Web Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what competitive procurement process was followed in the awarding of the G-Cloud 12 Call-Off contract to Amazon Web Services in December 2020.
5 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Home Office: Amazon Web Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cloud-based Departmental (a) services and (b) resources are based on Amazon Web Services.
5 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Home Office: Amazon Web Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what level of discount has been realised by her Department as part of the G-Cloud 12 Call-Off contract with Amazon Web Services in December 2020.
5 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Lithium-ion Batteries: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of fire safety personnel that are (a) trained in managing safety threats from lithium batteries and (b) undergoing training to manage threats from emerging tec
5 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Lithium-ion Batteries: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current fire safety regulations when addressing community safety aspects of lithium batteries.
3 Feb 2021 · Treasury
Self-employed: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to make financial support available for (a) freelancers and (b) other self employed people who have been ineligible for existing covid-19 support packages.
3 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many care homes in Newcastle have had their covid-19 vaccination days cancelled without notice.
3 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support long term studies into (a) covid-19 immunity and (b) new SARS-CoV-2 variants.
3 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Newcastle upon Tyne
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of high-risk citizens in Newcastle Central constituency have received the (a) first and (b) second dose of a covid-19 vaccine.
3 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish regional covid-19 vaccination targets; and if he will publish weekly vaccination figures for the North East.
3 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Newcastle upon Tyne
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will be able to estimate where covid-19 transmission is occurring in Newcastle in regard to (a) settings, (b) communities and (c) ages.
3 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of research projects that will be cancelled or paused as a result of reductions in the Official Development Assistance funded R&D budg
3 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Uganda: Democracy and Freedom of Expression
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of steps taken by his Department's to support democracy and freedom of speech in Uganda.
3 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will guarantee funding for successful international scientific research programmes and partnerships in light of the reduction in the Official Development As
3 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Remote Education: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2021 to Question 132912 in children, when the 440,000 additional devices will be distributed to disadvantaged children.
3 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Employment: Privacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2021 to Question 141983, if he will publish the names of the eight companies currently being investigated by the Information Commissioner's Office.
Source: official written-questions record.