Written questions
4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
ICT: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July to Question 74572, and with reference to the National Cyber Security Centre's guidance entitled, Huawei advice: what you need to know, if he will make a
20 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2020 to Question 67635 on Coronavirus: Screening, whether (a) covid-19 and (b) other notifiable diseases require further data protection agreements to include post
20 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Probation: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral answer of the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, of 14 July 2020, Official Report, column 1367, how much of the £100 million announced for the future probation system will be spent
20 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with the British Medical Association North East Regional Council on tackling health inequalities.
20 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the developers of the Zoe covid-19 symptom tracking application on (a) testing of people reporting symptoms and (b) ensuring the data collected by that
20 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
5G: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications of his policies of the report entitled Allaying health concerns regarding 5G and exposure to radio waves (2nd edition), published by the I
20 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Radio Frequencies: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether Ofcom's proposal to require compliance with the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) 2020 Guidelines in its wireless telephony licences would re
20 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
OneWeb
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his plans are for the (a) governance arrangements and (b) board representation for the Government's equity share in OneWeb.
20 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
OneWeb
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government's acquisition of an equity share in OneWeb, who will develop the go-to-market strategy for each region that OneWeb operates in; and what assessmen
20 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether evidence received by Parliamentary Ombudsman on the Government's handling of the Horizon issue can be considered by the Independent review into the Post Office Ltd Horizon
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage former post-doctoral researchers return to the profession.
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Satellites: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2020 to Question 66860, what discussions have been held with Airbus on their plans to manufacture OneWeb satellites at the Florida plant; and wha
17 Jul 2020 · Treasury
National Infrastructure Commission
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government will respond to the National Infrastructure Commission Report.
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of 25 June 2020, Official Report, column 1438, what upcomi
17 Jul 2020 · Department for International Development
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the administration of Official Development Assistance will continue to prioritise (a) economic development and (b) welfare in developing countries after her Department merges with the Fo
17 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Digital Services Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue raised from the Digital Services Tax; and whether that estimate has been revised since that tax was announced in October 2018.
17 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of contacts being traced through the covid-19 test and trace programme in (a) Newcastle and (b) the North East were from (i) Pillar 1 and (ii) Pillar 2 data is each tim
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Digital Technology: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the increase in digital take-up among (a) households and (b) businesses as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish further (a) details and (b) scope of the forthcoming Digital Strategy, as announced on 23 June 2020.
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Digital Economy Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the priorities of the Digital Economy Council are.
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2020 to Question 71762, if he will publish further details on the steps taken on the Government’s supply chain diversification strategy in telecoms supp
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Remote Working: Video Conferencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimates his Department has made of the number of homeworkers unable to use videoconferencing due to insufficient bandwidth on their broadband connection.
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to Answer of 16 July 2020 to Question 72900, whether any underspend on SME broadband voucher allocation will still be used to stimulate broadband use by SMEs.
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Electronic Commerce: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2020 to Question 71053 on Electronic Commerce: EU Law, what the Government's policy is on online (a) intermediary liability, (b) monitoring obligations
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Postgraduate Education: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 64183, what steps the (a) Government and (b) UKRI are taking to encourage diversity in UKRI funded PhD studentships.
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Future Fund: Newcastle upon Tyne
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2020 to Question 59769 on Future Fund, how many of the 252 convertible loans were issued to businesses in Newcastle.
17 Jul 2020 · 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 13 July 2020 to Question 71047 on Research: Finance, how much of that funding will be funded through the £1 billion announced in Budget 2020.
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with UKRI on the reasons for UKRI funded early career researchers have not had access to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the losses incurred by rail-card holders who have not had access to (a) rail services and (b) compensation available for loss of service during the covid-19 outbreak.
16 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) forecasts and (b) modelling the Government has conducted on the potential effect of a second wave of covid-19 infections this winter; and what steps he has put in place to manage potential
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