Written questions

841 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 May 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Companies: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an exemption from the Companies House SR01 form fee for the removal of a home address from public record on g

17 May 2019 · Cabinet Office

Cybersecurity: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the functions and responsibilities of the Principal Cyber Security Risk Consultant will be similar to the functions and responsibilities of the (a) Government Chief Security Officer and (b) Chief Data Of

17 May 2019 · Home Office

Alcoholic Drinks: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2019 to Question 248072 on Alcoholic Drinks: Sales , and the Answer of 16 May to Question 253725 on Immigration: EU Nationals, for what reason the Government does not u

16 May 2019 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of recruitment of a Principal Cyber Security Risk Consultant on the recruitment processes for the (a) Government Chief Security Officer and (b) Chief Data Officer.

16 May 2019 · Cabinet Office

Government Chief Security Officer: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has recruited to the Government Chief Security Officer role.

16 May 2019 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Chief Data Officer position in his Department has been filled; and if he will make a statement.

16 May 2019 · Cabinet Office

Huawei: 5G

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what vetting and reliability testing the (a) National Cyber Security Centre and (b) Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre has conducted on telecoms equipment destined for UK 5G infrastructure.

14 May 2019 · Cabinet Office

Huawei: 5G

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2019 to Question 252605 on Huawei: 5G, and with reference to the February 2019 blog by the technical director of the National Cyber Security Centre on Huawei, whether the Nationa

13 May 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what standards his Department used in the digital verification of people applying to the EU Settlement Scheme.

9 May 2019 · Home Office

Alcoholic Drinks: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2019 to Question 248072, whether his Department has a timeframe for the introduction of digital forms of identification for the purchase of alcohol.

9 May 2019 · Cabinet Office

Huawei: 5G

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2019 to Question 250002, how many and what proportion of UK 5G operators (a) use and (b) do not use the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre advice.

2 May 2019 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2019 to Question 245992, Public Sector: Procurement, whether his Department routinely monitor the proportion of public sector buyers that utilise the Digital Marketplace.

2 May 2019 · Cabinet Office

Electronic Government: Proof of Identity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2019 to Question 248768, whether his Department has any plans to allow Document Checking Service access to non-GOV.UK Verify identity providers.

1 May 2019 · Cabinet Office

Huawei: 5G

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the 5G operators which (a) use and (b) do not use the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre advice.

29 Apr 2019 · Cabinet Office

Electronic Government: Proof of Identity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the written statement of 8 October 2018, Official Report, column 3WS on GOV.UK Verify Programme, whether non-Gov.UK Verify identity providers have access to the Document Checking Service.

26 Apr 2019 · House of Commons Commission

Parliament: Huawei

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether Huawei equipment is used in the parliamentary (a) telecoms and communications network and (b) security and surveillance network.

26 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Alcoholic Drinks: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to review the requirement for holographic ID for the purchase of alcohol.

23 Apr 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Embassies: Huawei

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department will conduct a survey of its embassies and residencies to determine whether physical Huawei telecoms equipment is utilised within those embassies and residences.

18 Apr 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 April 2019 to Question 242266 on Cybercrime, whether targets have been set for industry awareness of Government cyber initiatives and communications in advan

18 Apr 2019 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2019 to Question 242949 on Public Sector: Procurement, for what reason that Answer did not contain? information on the number of public sector buyers that do not utilise the Di

10 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice has been issued to Clinical Commissioning Groups on the criteria for the prescription of medicinal cannabis.

9 Apr 2019 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 238681 on Public Sector: Procurement, how many public sector buyers do not utilise the Digital Marketplace.

9 Apr 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Embassies: Huawei

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK (a) embassies and (b) residences use Huawei equipment for their (i) internal and (ii) external communications.

8 Apr 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2019, published in April 2019, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of Government cyber initiatives and communicati

4 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Further Education: Leigh

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of further education provision in Leigh constituency.

4 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Electoral Register: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for failing to register on the electoral register; and what the average level was of the fine imposed; in each of the last five years.

29 Mar 2019 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2019 to Question 236551, for what reason that information does not include the proportion of public sector buyers that utilise the Digital Marketplace.

27 Mar 2019 · Cabinet Office

National Cyber Security Centre

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2019 to Question 235803, what performance indicators are used to assess the (a) number and (b) quality of the interactions between industry and the National Cyber Security Cent

27 Mar 2019 · Cabinet Office

Cybersecurity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many recent discussions he has had with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on Government cybersecurity funding in the 2019 Spending Review.

26 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measure of performance his Department uses to monitor the outcomes of early years spending from the public purse in (a) Leigh constituency (b) Greater Manchester and (c) the North West.

Source: official written-questions record.