Written questions
1,066 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Jun 2018 · Treasury
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to answer of 13 December 2017 to Question 117659 on Electric Vehicles: Finance, what the timetable is for the Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund to be in operation.
7 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport
Official Cars: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 50 of the Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made on making 25 per cent of all cars in the central government department fleet ultra-low emission by 2022.
7 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Artificial Intelligence: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 39 of the Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has made on supporting additional PhDs in AI and related disciplines.
7 Jun 2018 · Department for Education
ICT: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to answer of 13 December 2017 to Question 117656 on ICT: Education, what the timetable is for the National Centre for Computing Education to be in operation.
7 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 11 December 2017 to Question 117396 on Research: Finance, what the timetable is for the new Strategic Priorities Fund to be operational.
7 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Innovation and Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 89 of the Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish an International Research and Innovation Strategy.
7 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to answer of 12 December 2017 to Question 117393 on Research: Investment, when he plans to publish a roadmap for meeting his target of increasing investment in R&D to 2.4
7 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 35 of the Industrial Strategy, how many (a) Business Champions and (b) external advisers have been appointed.
7 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made on agreeing local industrial strategies; and what resources he has allocated to (a) civil servants and (b) local areas to develop those strategies.
7 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many proposals for sector deals he has received; what progress has been made on assessing those proposals; and to how many of those proposals he has formally responded.
7 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Independent Industrial Strategy Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2017 to question HL3767 on Independent Industrial Strategy Council, what progress has been made on appointing the Industrial Strategy Council.
1 Jun 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding to (a) Salford City Council and (b) all local authorities to meet their statutory requirements on benefits.
1 Jun 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the merits of offline access to benefit claims; and if she will make a statement.
24 May 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Offshore Wind Industry Council’s proposals for a sector deal between Government and that industry up to 2030.
24 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Offshore Industry: Divers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the basic training qualifications for industrial divers in the offshore oil and gas and wind sectors in enabling those employees to transfer t
10 May 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the consultation on proposals for replacement of the feed-in tariff policy framework.
24 Apr 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Gas Appliances (Enforcement) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on the maintenance of the Gas Appliances (Enforcement) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018 after the UK leaves the EU.
24 Apr 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's policy is on the maintenance of the provisions of the Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 after the UK leaves the EU.
13 Apr 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to conclude its analysis of the offer of investment into Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon by the Welsh Government.
13 Apr 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of investment into Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon by the Welsh Government on the required (a) strike price and (b) length of
13 Apr 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has agreed a date by which it will accept or decline the offer of investment into Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon by the Welsh Government.
28 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Agency Workers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of Part 5 of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 on pay rates for agency workers.
28 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Agency Workers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of Regulation 10 of the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 on the pay of agency workers.
28 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Agency Workers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of agency workers have been employed on pay between assignment contracts under regulation 10 of the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 in the last 12 mont
28 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Average Earnings
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an estimate of the average (a) hourly and (b) weekly wages of (i) agency workers and (ii) directly employed staff working in comparable (A) jobs and (B
20 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Conditions of Employment: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 16 March 2018 to Question 132396 on Conditions of Employment, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect on the UK employment market of the
20 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Conditions of Employment: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 16 March 2018 to Question 132396 on Conditions of Employment, whether his Department is conducting a review on the deregulation of employment rights under ex
20 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2018 to Question 132396 on Conditions of Employment, whether his Department plans to commission a review on the deregulation of employment right
13 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is (a) conducting a review and (b) undertaking other work on the deregulation of employment rights.
8 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carillion: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Cabinet Office of 15 January 2018, on Carillion, if she will place the annual reports of the 14 pension schemes forming part of the Carillion Gr
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