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Written questions

Dame Chi Onwurah

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2020 to Question 126027 on Broadband, what criteria he plans to use to determine whether to bring forward additional spending on accelerating the UK

14 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Local Press

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement the Minister for Vaccines has had with local news publishers on vaccine communication and rollout strategy.

14 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Casinos: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made on the effectiveness of casino regulation of anonymous ownership of those venues and their licenses.

14 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BT Group: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the estimated £900 million clawback from his Department's Openreach contracts, what assessment he has made of the value to the public purse of the work of the whistlebl

11 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

River Tyne: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the level of sewage spills into the River Tyne.

11 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how people who have had the covid-19 vaccine will be tracked; and how that information will be shared with GPs.

11 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Horizon 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in the event that the UK's participates in the EU Horizon programme after the transition period, how that participation will be funded.

10 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Databases

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Information Gateways are in operation across the Government; and how those gateways are managed and monitored.

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the new Digital Markets Unit will take to ensure a level playing field for small retailers and large corporations with respect to access to data.

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Data Protection: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on British (a) businesses and (b) citizens of the UK not receiving EU data adequacy recognition by the end of the transition period; a

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to tackle misinformation on the covid-19 vaccine.

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Newcastle United FC: Saudi Arabia

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his oral evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee in April 2020 on the proposed Saudi takeover of Newcastle United Football Club, for what rea

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Association of Medical Research Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2020 to Question 121276, whether he has reached an agreed approach with the Association of Medical Research Charities for supporting research

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Casinos: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the effect of section 790ZG of the Companies Act 2006 on the ability of the Gambli

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the £6 billion announced in the Spending Review 2020 for development and procurement of vaccines is inclusive of existing covid-19 vaccine procurement contracts.

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to change its 2.4 per cent of GDP R&D spending target in response to falling GDP.

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to increase charitable research and development spending in 2021.

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the November 202 Spending Review, how much of the £15bn committed to R&D has been ring fenced to replace lost funding from EU R&D programmes in 2021-22.

8 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims have been assessed to be ineligible in Newcastle upon Tyne since March 2020; and for what reasons those claims were found to be ineligible.

8 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Under-Secretary of Digital Infrastructure on the Health and Safety Executive's responsibility for radiation exposure to the public.

8 Dec 2020 · Home Office

Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many families have no recourse to public funds in (a) the UK, (b) North East and (c) Newcastle.

8 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nigeria: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) independence of the electoral commission in Nigeria and (b) strengthening of civil society in that country.

8 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sahel: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support transparent and independent investigations into reports of extrajudicial killings and human rights violations by armed grou

8 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the remedies that are available for people when so called anonymised data is sold on and they can be personally identified from it, for example

8 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what citizens' rights over their own data will the Competition and Markets Authority's Digital Marketing Unit (a) promote and (b) enforce.

8 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Science: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what effect the reduction to the Official Development Assistance budget will have on the level of funding allocated to scientific research from that budget.

8 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Improving Broadband, published 16 October 2020, what steps his Department taking to clawback the estimated £900 million from its Openr

8 Dec 2020 · 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 16 November 2020 to Question 102801 on Disease Control: Newcastle upon Tyne, where the data for confirmed cases in (a) hospitality venues and (b) households is published.

7 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Niger: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Government of Niger on reports that Niger’s army has been responsible for the disappearance and execution of civilians.

7 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Government of Ethiopia and (b) other Governments on ending the violence and humanitarian crisis in Tigray.

Source: official written-questions record.