Written questions
2,704 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Jan 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
5G: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the National Infrastructure Commission's report, Connected future, published 15 December 2016, how standards for 5G coverage will be agreed.
25 Jan 2017 · Department for Education
Digital Technology: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of the amendments to the Digital Economy Bill on skills training on digital inclusion.
25 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Social Workers: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the retention rate is for newly-qualified social workers who were recorded in service in each year from November 2010 to November 2015; and how many such social workers entered servi
24 Jan 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
British Business Bank
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses in (a) Sheffield, (b) Yorkshire and (c) the UK received funding from the British Business Bank in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he
24 Jan 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Financial Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials have held with investment firm Fidelity since 13 July 2016; and if he will publish the minutes of those meetings.
24 Jan 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Financial Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials have had with Black Rock since 13 July 2016; and if he will publish the minutes of those meetings.
24 Jan 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Mobile Phones: Radio Frequencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the proportion of time customers of the four major mobile networks are able to access 4G coverage.
24 Jan 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish a roadmap for the roll-out of local full-fibre broadband.
24 Jan 2017 · HM Treasury
Digital Technology: Infrastructure
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a roadmap for the roll-out of the new Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund.
24 Jan 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 15 of the January 2017 green paper, Building our Industrial Strategy, whether the £17 billion increase in gross value added as a result of faster broadband speeds was based
24 Jan 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 15 of the January 2017 green paper, Building our Industrial Strategy, how many broadband using firms would need to exploit faster broadband in order to see a net annual gro
23 Jan 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Colombia: Homicide
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Columbian counterparts about the murders of (a) Emilsen Manyoma on 17 January 2017 in Buenaventura, (b) Joe Javier Rodallega in Buenaventura in 17 J
23 Jan 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of measures to prevent the sharing of personal data for commercial purposes without explicit consent.
23 Jan 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Information Commissioner's Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate she has made of the number of companies which trade personal data and which are not registered with the Information Commissioner's Office.
23 Jan 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Information Commissioner's Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Information Commissioner on the trading of sensitive personal and financial data.
23 Jan 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Information Commissioner's Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of complaints to the Information Commissioner on unsolicited calls and emails in each year since 2010.
23 Jan 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Information Commissioner's Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of complaints to the Information Commissioner on the sharing of sensitive personal data in each year since 2010.
18 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade
Trade Promotion
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the locations are of permanent UK trade offices outside the UK.
18 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to respond to the Law Commission's report into taxi and private hire regulation, published in May 2014.
18 Jan 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to respond to the technical proposals produced by Ofcom on the designation of the universal service obligation for broadband.
10 Jan 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the outcome of his Department's consultation, Personal Independence Payment Assessment, published in July 2016.
10 Jan 2017 · HM Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Leeds
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the evidential basis for the decision to establish the regional centre for HM Revenue and Customs in Leeds.
9 Jan 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish Ministers' transparency details for July to September 2016.
9 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Parking
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to produce a report on the consultation, entitled Parking reform: tackling unfair practices, which opened on 1 March 2015.
6 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade
Antidumping
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how the UK's representative on the Committee of Permanent Representatives was instructed to vote on the proposals to modernise the UK's trade defence instruments.
6 Jan 2017 · Department of Health
Stem Cells: Transplant Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what alternative options are available to a clinician who considers a second stem cell transplant to be the best course of treatment for their patient, as a consequence of NHS England's decision routinely not to f
6 Jan 2017 · Department of Health
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to improve the transparency of NHS England's clinical prioritisation process for specialised services.
6 Jan 2017 · Department of Health
Stem Cells: Transplant Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on patient outcomes of NHS England's decision not to routinely fund second stem cell transplants for patients whose disease relapses.
19 Dec 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will undertake a further review of the adequacy of a 10 Mbit/s broadband speed before deciding on the level at which such a speed should be set in a Universal Service Obligation.
19 Dec 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Social Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing social tariffs to improve access to broadband among low-income households.
Source: official written-questions record.