Written questions
4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.
3 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Science: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to allocate funding from the science budget 2020-21 to replace EU Horizon funding.
3 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research Councils: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the science budget for 2020-21 will be allocated to each of the science councils.
3 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the science budget he plans to allocate to covid-19 related research.
3 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Intellectual Property: UK Relations with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his officials in his Department have had with the members of the Government's EU negotiation team on access to the EU Intellectual Property Office for UK practiti
3 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Intellectual Property: UK Relations with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the (a) national and (b) regional economic effect of the receipt by EEA intellectual property practitioners of unreciprocated access to the Intellec
2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of levels of technological literacy amongst high-risk older population on the use of the covid-19 tracing app.
1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Contact Tracing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how NHS Test and Trace employees will securely identify themselves when they alert the contacts of people testing positive for covid-19 by (a) text, (b) email and (c) phone call; and how the traine
1 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
George Floyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his US counterpart on the death of George Floyd.
1 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support private sector funded research and development during the covid-19 pandemic.
1 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with UK Research and Innovation on relaxing public funding match-funding requirements to allow public funding to cover 100 per cent of the costs of pub
1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Public Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 May 2020 to Question 46649 and with reference to the guidance provided, at what temperature should face coverings be washed; and how regularly should clothes be washed.
1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the scientific and statistical evidence is on the effect of hand washing and surface hygiene on the spread of covid-19 in the UK.
1 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Bounce Back Loan Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether small businesses, who initially applied for less than the maximum £50,000 from the Bounce Back Loan Scheme, can apply for the remaining amount as the longer term effect of
1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Contact Tracing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the NHS Test and Trace Privacy Notice indicates that requests for subject data to be deleted are treated by the Freedom of Information team and not the Data Protection Officer.
1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Contact Tracing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether contact information shared with the NHS Test and Trace scheme will be passed to the police or other authorities in the event that it indicates that the infected person has broken lockdown r
1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 18 May to Question 43901 and the Answer of 27 May to Question 48424, when NHSX tracking app data uploaded to a centralised server will be destroyed.
1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data is used and how that data is obtained to calculate the reproductive (r) value for covid-19.
20 May 2020 · Home Office
Amazon Web Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what conditions were attached to the four-year contract awarded to Amazon Web Services in December 2019; and if she will publish that contract.
20 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of an international lack of availability of high throughput testing machines on access to those machines by the NHS; how many lower throughput open platfo
20 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Newcastle upon Tyne
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many care home residents in Newcastle (a) entered and (b) re-entered their care homes after testing positive for covid-19.
20 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Newcastle upon Tyne
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who is responsible for providing personal protective equipment (PPE) to care homes in Newcastle as at 20 May 2020; and who was responsible for providing PPE to care homes at the beginning the covid
20 May 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what technology his Department is supporting to enable people to apply for the pick for Britain programme; and whether that technology is compatible with other apps enabling people to
20 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Hospitality Industry: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department is providing to businesses that provide meeting and event spaces and who have been affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
20 May 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Disinformation: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of technology companies on auditing those companies efforts to reduce disinformation during the covid-19 outbreak.
20 May 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Social Media: Disinformation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what audit information on the effectiveness of social media anti-disinformation work is obtained by the EU authorities; and whether arrangements are in place for that information to be s
20 May 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Social Media: Disinformation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to require social media platforms to publish audited data on the effectiveness of their anti-disinformation work during the covid-19 pandemic.
20 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Postgraduate Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) guidance and (b) support his Department has provided to PhD students who cannot complete their research due to the covid-19 outbreak; and what information his Department
20 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Universities: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made on the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on levels of (a) aviation and (b) manufacturing research funding to universities.
20 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Universities: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of business research and development contracts held by UK universities that have been paused as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
20 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the research and development sector is adequately prioritised in the Government's plans for recovery in response to the covid-19
Source: official written-questions record.