Written questions
4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.
3 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Disinformation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of online misinformation that is circulated via online advertising.
3 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2021 to Question 130724, what assessment he has made of the ease by which skills required by Ofcom for online harms can be obtained; and what the pla
3 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, who was on the selection panel for the appointment of (a) Paul Willmott as Chair of the Central Digital and Data Office, (b) Joanna Davinson as Executive Director of the
3 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the requests made by the NINE DTP postgraduate students in their letter of 15 January 2021 to UKRI on PHD fundi
3 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to increase the UK’s long-term vaccine manufacturing capacity.
28 Jan 2021 · Treasury
Stocks and Shares: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of the financial regulatory framework to respond to the effect of artificial intelligence on the trading of equities, bonds and derivatives.
28 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Employment: Privacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance his Department has issued for employees informing them of their rights to privacy at work since the outbreak of the covid-19 outbreak.
27 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to improve data (a) collection, (b) granularity and (c) analysis of covid-19 transmission by area.
27 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Ofcom: Annual Reports
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Telecommunications (Security) Bill 2019-21 Committee on 26 January 2021, if the Ofcom Annual Report will include headcount per group and function.
27 Jan 2021 · Scotland Office
Coronavirus: Vaccination
What discussions he has had with Scottish Ministers on the availability of data on the covid-19 vaccination program in Scotland.
25 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Defence Equipment: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the UK’s defence budget was spent with UK-based small businesses in each of the last five years for which information is available.
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Postgraduate Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on providing support for UKRI-funded extensions for PhD students whose research has been impacted by the cov
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Children: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on children's socialisation of their social contact moving online as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
25 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research he is undertaking to assess the effect on children's mental health of their social contact moving online as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Remote Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the (a) overall cost to schools of delivering online learning and (b) specific cost of live online learning via Microsoft Teams; whether the cost of learning via Microsoft Teams has
25 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Doctors: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure there are sufficient stand alone IMT year 3 posts available for trainee doctors in the North East; and what estimate he has made of the number of those posts that are required.
22 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Employment: Privacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the information commissioner (a) investigated and (b) fined companies for breaching an employee's right to privacy (i) in each of the five years to April 2020 and (ii) sin
22 Jan 2021 · Attorney General
Attorney General: Databases
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January to Question 138966, how many information gateways for the purposes of sharing data his Department has.
22 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Oxygen: Blood Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of oxygen blood level tests such as pulse oximeters in patients with darker skins.
21 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether covid-19 vaccine supply will be prioritised to regions according to (a) local population size, (b) local vulnerable population, (c) local population in the top four priority categories and
19 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Disinformation: Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the correlation between misinformation and radicalisation; and whether the Misinformation Unit reports radicalisation to the Home Office.
19 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2021 to Question 132902, whether it is his Department's policy that pricing strategies are a matter for businesses that are in a dominant posi
19 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Tech Nation: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the gender pay gap is within Tech Nation.
19 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Tech Nation: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of Tech Nation's (a) grants and (b) programme support have been awarded to (i) women, (ii) ethnic minorities and (iii) people with disabilities; and for what reason the i
18 Jan 2021 · Wales Office
Wales Office: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many information gateways there are in operation in his Department; and how those gateways are managed and monitored.
18 Jan 2021 · Scotland Office
Scotland Office: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many information gateways there are in operation in his Department; and how those gateways are managed and monitored.
18 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many information gateways there are in operation in his Department; and how those gateways are managed and monitored.
18 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many information gateways there are in operation in his Department; and how those gateways are managed and monitored.
18 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many information gateways there are in operation in his Department; and how those gateways are managed and monitored.
18 Jan 2021 · Home Office
Home Office: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many information gateways there are in operation in his Department; and how those gateways are managed and monitored.
Source: official written-questions record.