Written questions
4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 May 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Markets: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support the Government is providing to markets during the covid-10 lockdown; and what discussions he has had with the National Association of Britains Market Authorities to
7 May 2020 · Home Office
Fraud: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, what steps she is taking to raise the public's awareness of instances of criminals exploiting the covid-19 outbreak to commit fraud.
6 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Contact Tracing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the 18,000 contract tracers to be recruited will be (a) under a contract with private sector organisations and (b) located in communities.
6 May 2020 · Cabinet Office
Brexit and Coronavirus: Advertising
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on Facebook adverts on (a) the UK leaving the EU and (b) covid-19 in the latest 12 months for which figures are available.
6 May 2020 · Department for Education
Pupils: Ineternet
To ask the Secretary of State for Education when disadvantaged pupils will receive 4G internet access during the covid-19 outbreak; and how those pupils will be identified.
6 May 2020 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on apprenticeships; and what guidance has been issued to those that employ apprentices where the apprentice can no longer undertake their work o
6 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palantir: Contact Tracing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the central database of the covid-19 Tracking app uses software provided by Palantir.
6 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether individuals who download the covid-19 contact tracing app will be able to delete their data after it has been uploaded to the central database.
6 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times the ethics advisory board for the covid-19 Tracking App has met to date; who attended each of those meetings; and if he will publish the minutes of those meetings.
6 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the privacy protective gateway between the covid-19 contact tracing app and the NHSX covid-19 data platform will work; and whether its design will be published.
6 May 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Markets: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support markets during the covid-19 lockdown; and what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the National Association of Br
4 May 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Disinformation: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what resources have been allocated to tackling the spread of misinformation on covid-19.
4 May 2020 · Home Office
Migrants: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the ability of her Department to operate flights to remove people held in immigration detention during the covid-19 outbreak over the next (a) 28 days, (b) three months
4 May 2020 · Home Office
Migrants: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of covid-19 on people with no recourse to public funds.
4 May 2020 · Home Office
Social Distancing: Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued to police forces on enforcing social distancing guidelines.
4 May 2020 · Home Office
Social Distancing: Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the powers afforded to police forces on enforcing social distancing guidelines.
1 May 2020 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 lockdown on the dropout rate of low-income students from higher education programmes.
1 May 2020 · Department for Education
Further Education: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to providers of further education to ensure that low-income students maintain access to digital learning.
1 May 2020 · Department for Education
Science: Further Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what long-term strategy his Department has put in place to increase the number of life science students in further education.
1 May 2020 · Department for Education
Adult Education: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure access to digital learning for adult learners that do not have access to (a) devices and (b) the internet.
1 May 2020 · Department for Education
Adult Education: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State, what steps he is taking to increase participation rates in adult education by people in lower socio-economic groups.
30 Apr 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
STEM Subjects: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy what guidance his Department has issued to (a) funding bodies and (b) universities in relation to STEM PhD students that are no longer able to complete lab based work.
29 Apr 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the level of risk of harm posed to children who are spending more time online as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
29 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data privacy and control standards will be required of organisations working collaboratively with NHSX on the covid-19 tracking app.
29 Apr 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 what circumstances the de-anonymisation of the covid-19 tracing app would be judged to be proportionate.
29 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy for the covid-19 tracing app that is under development to be rolled out on an opt-in basis.
27 Apr 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
5G
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of (a) current and (b) planned 5G networks are (i) safety-related and (ii) safety-critical networks in Critical National Infrastructure and (iii) security-critical networ
27 Apr 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of deployed (a) full fibre and (b) 5G networks include the involvement of a vendor designated as high-risk.
27 Apr 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Digital Technology: Economic Growth
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2020 to Question 1988 on Regional Digital Growth, what assessment he has made of the potential variable economic effect of each intervention on each
27 Apr 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what methodology was used to estimate the number of companies affected by the proposals in the Online Harms White Paper.
Source: official written-questions record.