Written questions

2,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Channel Four Television: Privatisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with counterparts in the Cabinet Office on the privatisation of Channel 4 in each year since 2010.

2 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Sky

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants in his Department have had with (i) James Murdoch and (ii) representatives from Sky UK Limited in each year since 2012.

2 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Treasury: Sky

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants in his Department have had with (i) James Murdoch and (ii) representatives from Sky UK Limited in each year since 2012.

2 Feb 2016 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Sky

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants in his Department have had with (i) James Murdoch and (ii) representatives from Sky UK Limited in each year since 2012.

27 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's spending on the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit was in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.

27 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many successful convictions were secured by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.

27 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time police officers worked in the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.

27 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of how many full time police officers will work in the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-2

27 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's planned expenditure on the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit is for (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20.

27 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to publish the UK Digital Strategy.

27 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent (a) in real terms and (b) as a share of departmental spending on (i) temporary agency staff, (ii) consultants, (iii) non-payroll staff, (iv) administration and (v) m

26 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Metropolitan Police: News International

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people employed by the Metropolitan Police Service are former employees of News International.

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Tourism

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships were created in the tourism sector in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2014-15.

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism Ministerial Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what dates the inter-Ministerial group on tourism has met; and who is a member of that group.

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of households that will have access to superfast broadband in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20.

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Royal Charters

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the BBC on an extension of the current BBC Charter period by order of the Queen in Council.

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the reduction in staff numbers in his Department needed to meet the efficiency and reform savings announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 for the 2

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts Council England

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the income that Arts Council of England will receive from National Lottery funding in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20.

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts Council England

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's planned expenditure on grant-in-aid to Arts Council England is for (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20.

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Media: Legal Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he will implement section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 on awards of costs; and if he will make a statement.

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UK City of Culture: Kingston upon Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what the £1 million funding provided to the City of Hull to create a legacy as part of its status as the 2017 UK City of Culture was spent.

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UK City of Culture

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is undertaking to assist local authorities in preparing bids for the 2021 UK City of Culture.

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Culture: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, to provide details of each of the meetings that (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants in his Department have had with the Department for Communities and Local Government since May 2015 on the impa

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Culture: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings Ministers and civil servants in his Department have had with Ministers and civil servants in the Department for Communities and Local Government on the impact of the local gover

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department will launch its consultation on the universal service obligation on superfast broadband; and for how long that consultation will be open.

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

World War I: Anniversaries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to help members of the public to attend First World War centenary events held in 2016 in (a) Orkney, (b) Manchester and (c) Thiepval.

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings Ministers and officials in his Department have had with the Premier League on investment in grassroots sport since 2010.

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Governance and Regulation of the BBC Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects the Clementi review into governance of the BBC to be published.

26 Jan 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects part two of the Leveson Inquiry to take place; and if he will make a statement.

16 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Infrastructure Organisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department worked on proposals to make the Defence Infrastructure Organisation government-owned contractor-operated in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.

Source: official written-questions record.