Written questions
4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 July 2020 to Question 76030 on food: labelling, when the consultation on labelling will be launched.
12 Nov 2020 · Cabinet Office
Amazon Web Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, where the Government's data held with Amazon Web Services is stored; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the judgment by the European Court of Justice in the
12 Nov 2020 · Cabinet Office
Amazon Web Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Government has to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Amazon Web Services on the use of cloud services.
12 Nov 2020 · Cabinet Office
Amazon Web Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total (a) value and (b) number of Government contracts spent with Amazon Web Services was in the last five years.
12 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
New Businesses: Ethnic Groups
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 British Business Bank report on entrepreneurship and diversity in the UK; and if he will publish the recomm
12 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of closuring telecoms customer support services during the covid-19 outbreak on (a) UK businesses, (b) consumers and (c) those people and busine
12 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Universities: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's Notice on Sustaining University Research Expertise (SURE) package, updated on 6 November 2020, what formula will be used to calculate the potent
12 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research and Universities: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2020 to Question 106337 on Research and Universities: Equality, what positive steps UKRI has taken to increase diversity in the peer review pr
12 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Horizon Europe
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2020 to Question 102796 on Horizon Europe: Finance, how his Department will calculate the funding gap in the event that the UK does not partic
12 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Medicine: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encourage research and clinical trials in non-covid related medical research.
12 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Public Sector: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on the transparency of algorithmic decisions in public services.
12 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Data Protection: Japan
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on (a) the cross-border transfer of information by electronic means, (b)
12 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Data Protection: UK Relations with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has to update the explanatory framework for adequacy discussions presented to the EU, following the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and th
12 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what data his Department holds on the number of households located in broadband not spots.
12 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on tackling the digital divide of the Good Things Foundation report, Great Digital Catch Up, published in September 2020.
12 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Shared Rural Network: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the results of the Government's assessment of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the Shared Rural Network programme.
12 Nov 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 22 October 2020 to Question 103502, what the Government's year-on-year target is for gigabit rollout in hard-to-reach areas to achieve the 2025 target.
9 Nov 2020 · Department for International Trade
Newcastle United FC: Saudi Arabia
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish any correspondence between her Department and the (a) Saudi Arabian authorities and (b) Premier League with regards to the proposed Saudi takeover bid for Newcastle United.
9 Nov 2020 · Department for International Trade
Newcastle United FC: Saudi Arabia
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether (a) correspondence and (b) discussions have taken place between her Department and the (a) Saudi Arabian authorities and (b) Premier League with regards to the proposed Saudi takeover of Newca
30 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Productivity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff use Facebook's productivity tool Workplace.
30 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the in-app notifications sent to UK Facebook and Instagram users on the day the national covid-19 lockdown was announced to alert them to the new rules provided free of charge to the Govern
30 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Innovation and Research: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the upcoming one year Spending Review will provide funding for (a) a UK replacement for Horizon Europe, (b) the new Office for Talent, (c) the new Innovation Expert Group,
21 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Internet
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the diversity of supply of (a) hosting and (b) cloud services to Government; and what proportion of Government web services are hosted on A
21 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Data Protection: EU Law
To ask the the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential effect of the European Commission‘s proposed ePrivacy regulation on the ability of UK Safety technology companies to p
20 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Coronavirus: Disinformation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of staff hours of staff from each Government department spent working on the Counter Disinformation Unit; and what assessment the Government has m
20 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Lithium-ion Batteries: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK skill base for recycling and disposal of lithium ion batteries; and what plans the Government has to manage demand for
20 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the £18.5 million funding for Imperial College London for phase three covid-19 vaccine trials announced on 17 May 2020 was disbursed; and whether any conditions were attached
20 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medicine: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to link UK medical research strengths to (a) national and (b) regional clinical needs.
20 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Global Navigation Satellite Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much has been spent from the public purse on contracts with companies based outside the UK for development of a satellite system to replace Galileo.
20 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Global Navigation Satellite Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government has spent on developing a sovereign Global Navigation Satellite System since 2018; and what the breakdown of that spending is.
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