Written questions

1,438 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Project Gigabit

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of gigabit capable properties in England have more than one choice of fibre-optic broadband provider.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Households

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of households unable to afford broadband.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many properties have been connected as a result of the Broadband Voucher scheme for rural areas since that scheme's inception.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much and what proportion of the £210 million funding allocated to the Broadband Voucher scheme for rural areas has been spent.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Project Gigabit

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is on track to meet its target of ensuring 85 per cent of premises are gigabit capable by 2025.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Project Gigabit

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to spend the remaining £3.8 billion of Project Gigabit funding.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a plan to deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail; and when (a) a new line between Leeds and Manchester, (b) signal upgrades and electrification across the whole of the North will be delivered.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to reintroduce the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill to Parliament.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Mobile Broadband: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Wireless Infrastructure Strategy will be published.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

5G

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is on track to meet its target for the majority of the population to have access to a 5G signal by 2027.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

5G

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the proportion of the population with access to (a) standalone full 5G and (b) non-standalone 5G.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

5G

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department's target for the majority of the population to have access to a 5G signal by 2027 relates to standalone full 5G or non-standalone 5G.

13 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is meetings its two-week wait target for breast cancer referrals.

13 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to tackle shortages of midwifes.

13 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to tackle GP shortages in deprived areas.

13 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what action her Department is taking to reduce health inequalities among (a) regions, (b) gender and (c) race and ethnicity.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Investment Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, against what criteria will the success of Investment Zones be measured.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Investment Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what criteria and process his Department will use to determine which local authorities become Investment Zones.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Investment Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what deadline his Department has set for the establishment of the first Investment Zones.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Investment Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when detail on the full conditions for Investment Zones will be published.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department provides to energy customers who receive incorrect bills due to faulty readings caused by signal loss on an in-home energy smart meter.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an estimate of the number of energy customers experiencing problems with signal to their in-home energy smart meters.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps with energy companies to ensure customers do not experience issues with signal to smart meters.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that (a) landlords and (b) letting agents are only able to require a guarantor when it is strictly necessary.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Rented Housing: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to help support (a) first time and (b) young renters who have funds to pay monthly rent but do not have access to a guarantor.

21 Sep 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications: National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the potential effect of delays to the Government's response to the Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 draft designated vendor direction consultation on

21 Sep 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications: National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department will publish its response to the Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 draft designated vendor direction consultation.

21 Sep 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications: National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason her Department is yet to respond to the Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 draft designated vendor direction consultation.

21 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria, checks and procedures his Department used to decide where to site Automatic Urban and Rural Network units.

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

War Pensions: Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has plans to amend the policy that only the first £10 of the war disablement pension can be disregarded in means tests for pension credit.

Source: official written-questions record.