Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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, if he will publish the evidential basis for the estimates of (a) £1 billion cost for the delay announced in

15 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment the Government has made of (a) the compliance of digital supply chains with the provisions of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and (b) the accuracy of Huawei's statements pursuant to

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

Broadband: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the broadband universal service obligation to increase the requirements for latency sufficiency to a level that can deli

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

Telecommunications: Huawei

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with local authorities on ways to speed up the replacement of Huawei equipment in mobile towers and other telecoms premises.

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

Telecommunications: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has he made of the level of threat posed by Russia to the integrity and security of the UK's communications networks.

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

Huawei: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when received a report on the policy of the US administration to impose technical sanctions on Huawei; and whether he had discussions with his counterpart in the US administration on tha

14 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, what estimate he has made of the amount of the £2 billion cost of requiring operators to remove Huawei equi

14 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, what risk assessment his Department (a) made and (b) received on the potential effect of allowing use of Hu

14 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, what plans he has to publish the clear and ambitious diversification strategy referred to in that statement

14 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the amount of Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access payments the NHS will receive in 2020.

14 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the limit on spending on branded health service medicines under the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access.

13 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Cybercrime and Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) digital skills and (b) cyber skills; and to whom that funding has been allocated.

13 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Cybercrime and Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) digital skills and (b) cyber skills; and to whom that funding has been allocated.

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

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Cybersecurity and Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) digital skills and (b) cyber skills; and to whom that funding has been allocated.

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

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Cybercrime and Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) digital skills and (b) cyber skills; and to whom that funding has been allocated.

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

Vaccination: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2020 to Question 59764 on Vaccination: Research, what progress the Vaccine Taskforce has made in accelerating vaccine development outside of Oxfo

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

University of Nottingham: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the length of time it has taken Nottingham University's Scancell COVID-19 Vaccine group to receive Government funding in comparison to similar group

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

Digital Markets Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the membership of the Digital Markets Taskforce is; how often the taskforce meets; and whether the minutes of those meetings are published.

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

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the Infrastructure Projects Authority has marked the (a) Local Full Fibre Networks and (b) Rural Gigabit Connectivity programmes with a red status.

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

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to promote the £200 million available in vouchers to SMEs under the Rural Gigabit Connectivity Programme.

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

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the £200 million allocated to hubs and SME vouchers for the Rural Gigabit Connectivity Programme has been spent.

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

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the delivery of the Local Full Fibre Networks programme is on track to meet the March 2021 deadline.

13 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which open banking models have allowed people in financial need to share their income with HMRC in order to fast-track their applications for new welfare entitlements; and when were those models trialle

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

Broadband: Voucher Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits on introducing a dedicated Business Broadband Voucher Scheme to help SMEs (a) improve their broadband connections and (b) adapt to the

10 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2020 to Question 69550 on ICT, for what reason his Department determined that the wide application means the presumption in law that computer systems are working properly is unsui

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

Coronavirus: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what funding his Department has (a) made available and (b) been allocated to model the transmission of the covid-19 virus in (i) air and (ii) water.

9 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 Telecoms Supply Chain review, published in July 2019, what progress he has made on the diversification strategy to support the growth of new players in parts of the

9 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Contracts for Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many competitive tenders were issued for the supply of personal protective equipment between 1 March and 30 June 2020.

9 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with Newcastle City Council on the introduction of the test, track, and trace system for covid-19 in Newcastle upon Tyne.

9 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Public Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many public bodies responsible for public health there (a) are in 2020 and (b) were in 2010.

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