Written questions

1,768 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will pursue an expanded national space programme alongside the UK's contribution to the European Space Agency.

8 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Highways England: Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 21 of the Annual Report and Accounts of Highways England, published in August 2016, HC 529, what forecast he has made of when the better asset data system will be fully tested and brought

8 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Roads: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 12 of Highways England's annual report, published in August 2016, whether Highways England is on track to meet its target of mitigating at least 1,150 noise important areas by 2020.

8 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Motor Vehicles: Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what research his Department is undertaking on standards for short-range vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication.

8 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Driverless Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish its response to the call for evidence on driverless vehicle testing facilities which closed in July 2016.

8 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Driverless Vehicles: Taxis

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the development of fully autonomous taxis.

8 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Transport: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Transport Systems Catapult plans to publish its report on current and future skills for the intelligent mobility sector.

7 Sep 2016 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether he plans for the Minister for Universities and Science to be part of the Government's team negotiating exit from the EU.

7 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage investment in British space and satellite companies.

7 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Spaceflight

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans for the proposed UK spaceport to have vertical launch capacity.

7 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Satellites

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage companies to capitalise on markets that make use of satellite data, such as maritime surveillance and satellite broadband.

7 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Visas: Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to amend visa regulations to better enable highly skilled people to come to the UK to work in the space and satellite sector.

7 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Visas: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to amend visa regulations to better support international university staff and student mobility in order to expand UK universities' science and research markets out

7 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

COST Association

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will discuss with Cabinet colleagues prioritising the UK's continuing membership of and participation in the COST network in negotiations to leave the EU.

7 Sep 2016 · Department for International Trade

Research: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to help ensure that research facilities owned by companies whose headquarters are in other EU member states or which are based in such states remain in the UK.

7 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment he has made of the UK's investment in research and innovation as a proportion of gross domestic product to that of (a) EU member states, (b) non-EU cou

6 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Walking: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 8 of the Government's report entitled, Childhood Obesity: a Plan for Action, published in August 2016, whether the clear target to increase the number of children walking to school in the

6 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 8 of the Government's report entitled, Childhood Obesity: a Plan for Action, published in August 2016, how much the Government has invested in (a) walking to school and (b) cycling to sch

6 Sep 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Care and Management of Transgender Offenders Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Written Statement WS368 of 8 December 2015, when the review into the care and management of transgender offenders will be published.

6 Sep 2016 · Department for Education

Universities: European Investment Bank

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the UK's vote to leave the EU on the relationship between the European Investment Bank and UK universities.

6 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Parking: Unfair Practices

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the Parking Reform: Tackling Unfair Practices consultation.

5 Sep 2016 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Research and Science: EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will make it his policy that access to EU science and research funding programmes is maintained as part of the UK's negotiations on leaving the EU.

5 Sep 2016 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will make it his policy to ensure reciprocity of student access to higher education funding systems with other EU countries as part of negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.

5 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.

5 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Roads

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help local authorities utilise data from the transport sector to improve local road networks.

5 Sep 2016 · Home Office

EU Nationals: Universities

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to ensure EU nationals currently employed in UK universities will retain their positions after the UK has left the EU.

5 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to remove international students from the Government's migration targets following the decision to leave the EU.

5 Sep 2016 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to include students from other EU countries in the eligibility criteria for student loans in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 admissions years.

5 Sep 2016 · Department for Education

Universities: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to promote closer links between UK and non-EU universities.

2 Sep 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Health and Safety: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure the safety of technicians working with electric vehicle technology.

Source: official written-questions record.