Written questions

1,447 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what additional funding his Department has received from the Treasury to fund the Sport Winter Survival Package.

23 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) interest rate and (b) terms will be for loans awarded under the Sport Winter Survival Package.

23 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the Sport Winter Survival Package will be provided as (a) grants and (b) loans.

16 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Journalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK-based freelance journalists will be able to operate across European borders after the transition period.

11 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Estate Agents: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on regulating estate agents' fees since his Department's consultation on the home buying and selling process closed in December 2017.

10 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

YouTube: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces of disinformation the Counter Disinformation Unit has reported to YouTube since 1 March 2020; and how many of those disinformation posts have subsequently been removed by

10 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Google: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces of disinformation the Counter Disinformation Unit has reported to Google since 1 March 2020; and how many of those disinformation posts have subsequently been removed by

10 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Instagram: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces of disinformation the Counter Disinformation Unit has reported to Instagram since 1 March 2020; and how many of those disinformation posts have subsequently been removed

10 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Snapchat: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces of disinformation the Counter Disinformation Unit has reported to SnapChat since 1 March 2020; and how many of those disinformation posts have subsequently been removed b

10 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

WhatsApp: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces of disinformation the Counter Disinformation Unit has reported to WhatsApp since 1 March 2020; and how many of those disinformation posts have subsequently been removed b

10 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

TikTok: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces of disinformation the Counter Disinformation Unit has reported to TikTok since 1 March 2020; and how many of those disinformation posts have subsequently been removed by

10 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Twitter: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces of disinformation the Counter Disinformation Unit has reported to Twitter since 1 March 2020; and how many of those disinformation posts have subsequently been removed by

10 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Facebook: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces of disinformation the Counter Disinformation Unit has reported to Facebook since 1 March 2020; and how many of those disinformation posts have subsequently been removed b

28 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Lord Moore of Etchingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings (a) he or (b) he and the Prime Minister has had with Lord Charles Moore in 2020; and on what dates those meetings took place.

16 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Health Education

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value is of Government covid-19 awareness advertising on (a) a week by week basis for 2020 and (b) for (i) television, (ii) national radio networks, (iii) local

16 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of Apple's proposed decision to enable DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) in the upcoming updates for iOS and MacO on parents ability to

16 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Apple, (b) Google (c) Microsoft and (d) Mozilla on (i) new DNS over HTTPS protocol and (ii) the online safety and security of UK citizens

16 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the (a) UK online regulation framework and (b) effectiveness of UK online regulatory bodies of plans by (i) Apple, (ii) Microsoft a

29 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were advised by the Government to shield in March 2020 were in receipt of pension credit.

24 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Cricket: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the scientific advice to the Government on the cricket ball being a natural vector of covid-19.

16 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Creative Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to establish a replacement programme for Creative Europe.

13 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claimants have had their claim reassessed in the last six months.

13 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many biometric residence permits have been returned to her Department within 10 days of issue as a result of (a) a mistake and (b) a defect with the permit.

13 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Grenfell Tower: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of displaced Grenfell Tower residents are now in permanent accommodation.

12 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Television Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged 75 or over have been prosecuted for failure to hold a TV licence in each year since 2015.

12 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Music: Tourism

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of music tourists from EU countries that have come to the UK in each year since 2015.

12 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Musicians: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of EU-based musicians that have performed in the UK in each year since 2015.

12 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Arts: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the gross cost to UK artists of copyright payments avoided in the UK.

12 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Music: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the annual cost to the UK music industry of unpaid copyright payments.

11 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport

Rail Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Williams Rail Review will be published before the Easter 2020 recess.

Source: official written-questions record.