Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) total number of outstanding personal protective equipment orders that have not been fulfilled and (b) the cost to the public purse of any unfulfilled orders in

16 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support the Government is providing to local authorities to help them (a) pinpoint and (b) contain small-scale outbreaks of covid-19 shown on Pillar 2 testing results.

16 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Amazon Web Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department made of the effect on security of the four-year contract awarded to Amazon Web Services in December 2019.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Business: Misrepresentation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Which report entitled, Firms able to boost Trustpilot ratings using dubious tactics, published 10 July 2020, what assessment he has made of the extent of the organi

16 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Digital Technology: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the US suspending talks on a global tech tax framework on the Government's plans for a digital services tax.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Medicine: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to increase funding allocated to medical research in the North East.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Life Sciences: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has been made of the implications for his policies of the Association of Medical Research Charities’ proposal for a Life Sciences-Charity Partnership Fund.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Charities: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to provide financial support to the charity-funded research sector during the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Newton Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken in the last 12 months to tackle concerns about the Newton Fund as expressed in the July 2019 Independent Commission for Aid Impact report; and what proport

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Trade Marks: Legal Opinion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has in place to ensure that EEA trademark attorneys do not have the right to appear before the UK Intellectual Property Office at the end of the transition period.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fuel Cells: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support investment in research and development in fuel cell manufacturing technology in the UK.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with online platforms on ensuring that they swiftly deal with online consumer harm.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Companies: Misrepresentation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on consumer trust in the digital economy of companies manipulating Trustpilot's online review system; and which organisation is responsible for

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Radio Frequencies: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2020 to Question 69559, what discussions he has had with the devolved nations on UK-wide licence conditions.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Radio Frequencies: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2020 to Question 69559, what discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on UK-wide licence conditions on EMF emissions.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Disclosure of Information: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what legal mechanisms allow the transfer of UK citizens' data to the US.

16 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Twitter: Hacking

To ask the Secretary of State for Home Department, what recourse there is for UK citizens who have lost money through the hack of high profile Twitter accounts on 15 July 2020.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2020 to Question 72898, what he was referring to when stating in the Computer Weekly article of 9 July 2020 that, Open banking models have allowed those

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

OneWeb

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2020 to Question 69544 on OneWeb, whether his scientific advisers recommend the purchase of Oneweb.

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he had made of the effect on UK telecommunications networks of US sanctions on Huawei before his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, Official Report,

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Mobile Phones: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what advice the National Cyber Security Centre gave to mobile network operators on precautionary steps for limiting network disruption after the imposition of sanctions on Huawei by the

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a mobile communications catapult centre to promote UK companies' participation in mobile communications supply chain

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

5G: Constituencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of whether particular constituencies are high risk of network disruption a result of the decision to exclude Huawei from UK 5G networks.

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

ICT: Huawei

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential risks to national security of use of Huawei’s (a) smart phone, (b) tablet and (c) other consumer devices operations in the

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral statement by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of 28 January 2020 on UK Telecommunications, Official Report, column 709, whether his

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to with reference to his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, Official Report, column 678, what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK (a) econ

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with online platforms on ensuring they take urgent steps to tackle online consumer harm.

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Huawei: 5G

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the level of the increase in Huawei equipment used in UK 5G mobile networks to date; and what the proportion was of Huawei equipment in UK mobile 3G networ

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral statement of 14 July 2020, Official Report, column 1376, whether telecoms operators will be able to buy as much equipment as they chose from Huawei until the e

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, who will have oversight of removal of Huawei from the UK 5G network; which Minister will have responsibilit

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