Written questions
1,768 written questions tabled, most recent first.
2 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environment Agency: Chief Scientific Advisers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the Environment Agency does not have a Chief Scientific Advisor.
2 Jul 2019 · Treasury
Small Businesses: Corporation Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of (a) R&D expenditure and (b) R&D tax credits as (i) payable credits and (ii) deductions to Corporation Tax for UK life science SMEs SIC codes (A) 21100, (B) 72110, (C) 72190 and (D) 86900 in eac
19 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for stakeholder engagement on the development of the secondary legislation code of practice in respect of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019; what the form
19 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to implement the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.
19 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that UK researchers are able to collaborate with international researchers following the implementation of UK Research and Innovation
19 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the forthcoming open access policy on researchers who do not qualify for UK Research and Innovation Open Access funding and
19 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to assess the economic effect of each of the policy options being considered as part of the UK Research and Innovation review into open access
12 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what opportunities there will be for patient groups that are not part of the NICE Methods Working Group to take part in the task and finish groups.
12 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria was used by NICE to determine which patient organisations were offered membership of the NICE Methods Working Group.
12 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether changes to NICE’s appraisal methods identified during the NICE Methods review will be cost-neutral.
12 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timescale is for NICE's Methods review.
12 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which topics have been identified for inclusion in the upcoming review of the appraisal methods used by NICE.
11 Jun 2019 · Treasury
Research: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed cap on research and development tax credits for SMEs in the life sciences sector; and what steps he is taking to ensure that companies in the Cambr
10 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Bus Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Advanced Quality Partnerships have been set up with local authorities since the Bus Services Act 2017 came into force.
10 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Bus Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Voluntary Partnerships have been set up with local authorities since the Bus Services Act 2017 came into force.
10 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Bus Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Enhanced Partnerships have been set up with local authorities since the Bus Services Act 2017 came into force.
5 Jun 2019 · Department for Education
Universities
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to assess the social and economic value of different university courses to (a) students and (b) taxpayers.
4 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will place in the Library information on the number of people (a) offered and (b) tested with tumour profiling tests to guide adjuvant chemotherapy decisions for early breast cancer in each C
4 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will place in the Library information on the number of people that have been diagnosed with early breast cancer in each Care Commissioning Group in England in the last year for which data is
4 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what NHS England’s procurement policy is for tumour profiling tests to guide adjuvant chemotherapy decisions in early stage breast cancer.
4 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Environment Protection: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many green collar jobs in the UK are (a) full-time, (b) part-time, (c) minimum wage, (d) in the public sector and (e) in the private sector.
4 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Environment Protection: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what roles the Government defines as green collar jobs; and what the criteria are for defining a job as green collar.
4 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office
Freedom of Information
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to the Information Commissioner's report, Outsourcing oversight: the case for reforming access to information law which was published in January 2019.
3 Jun 2019 · Home Office
Passports: British National (Overseas)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many valid British national (overseas) passports there were on 31 December 2018.
23 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 240585 on Taxis: Licensing, what progress he has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to restrict cross border hiring by private hire drivers.
23 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2019 to Question 232503 on Taxis: Licensing, what plans he has to bring forward primary legislation to reform taxi and private hire licensing laws.
14 May 2019 · Department for Exiting the European Union
Visas: EU Countries
To ask the Department for Exiting the European Union, by which date he plans to have completed negotiations with EU27 countries on the reciprocal mobility agreements for workers in the creative industries that require short-term visas.
14 May 2019 · Home Office
Visas: Arts
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which EU countries he has (a) started and (b) completed negotiations on reciprocal mobility agreements for workers in the creative industries who require short-term visas.
14 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effect of regional job centre closures on trends in the level of homelessness in those regions.
14 May 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Sleeping Rough
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of the methodology used to measure rough sleeping and (b) accuracy of the data produced as a result of deploying that metho
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