Chi Onwurah MP: written questions
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Cancer: Clinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve clinical trial availability across different cancer types.
Answer: The Department is committed to maximising the United Kingdom’s potential to lead the world in clinical research, with the aim of ensuring that all patients, including those with different types of cancer, have access to cutting-edge clinical trials and in...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Clinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to involve young cancer patients in discussions about clinical trial designs.
Answer: Patient and public involvement and engagement in research is an essential part of delivering world-class clinical trials, improving the accessibility of health and care studies, and increasing recruitment rates and retention of participants.The Department...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: NeurodiversityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to treat individuals with sensory processing sensitivity.
Answer: It is the responsibility of the integrated care boards (ICBs) to ensure that the providers they commission make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including for those experiencing sensory processin...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: RegulationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has plans to instruct Ofcom to conduct an impact assessment of the decision to designate end-to-end encryption as a risk factor in their Illegal Harms Codes of Practice and i
Answer: The Online Safety Act does not ban any service design, including end-to-end-encryption. Under the Act, providers must risk assess the design of their service. Ofcom can only recommend measures in codes of practice that are technically feasible. Separately...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet and Subversion: International CooperationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with (a) his international counterparts and (b) regulators in (i) Germany and (ii) Romania on (A) Online Safety Act 2023 and (B) foreign interference in e
Answer: International collaboration is crucial in tackling the global threat of online harms. DSIT Ministers and officials meet regularly with international partners to discuss online safety, including foreign interference in elections. Tackling foreign interfere...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: FraudDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether Ofcom has made an estimate of the reduction in fraud on in-scope platforms from the Illegal Content Codes of Practice.
Answer: The Online Safety Act gives user-to-user and search service providers new duties for tackling illegal fraud. These duties took effect on 17 March. Providers will need to conduct risk assessments and ensure they put in place systems and processes that proa...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: AdvertisingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has carried out an impact assessment for the decision to delay implementation of measures in the Online Safety Act 2023 on fraudulent advertising for Category One services.
Answer: Ofcom expects to publish the draft Codes of Practice on the remaining duties on categorised services by early 2026, later than it originally anticipated. The fraudulent advertising duties rely on these codes being in force. Separately, the illegal content...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: RegulationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that Ofcom publishes details of (a) meetings and (b) correspondence with large social media companies.
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act Ofcom is the independent regulator for online safety in the UK. In order to carry out its regulatory functions, it is important that Ofcom maintains regular contact with regulated online services, including large social media c...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordResearch: FinanceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department monitors (a) UK research and development capacity and (b) the impact of reductions in funding by university departments on that capacity.
Answer: Research England engages regularly with leaders at all research-intensive universities on a range of issues including R&D capacity. The government is concerned about the potential impact of cuts by universities on UK R&D capacity and is monitoring...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurodiversity: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department is funding research into (a) sensory processing sensitivity and (b) mitigations for that sensitivity.
Answer: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) delivers a substantial portfolio of researcher-led projects and strategic investments, including research into sensory processing sensitivities, such as autism and ADHD. Research is funded by different Research Councils, ...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMicrosoft: PricesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2025 to Question 34611 on Microsoft: Prices, what assessment he has made of the implications for consumer.
Answer: The Government expects all firms to treat their customers fairly, and there is a strong framework of consumer rights in the UK that underpin this. At the same time, businesses are generally free to set the price of their products as they wish. The UK comp...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCathedrals: ConservationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 34259 on Cathedrals: Conservation, whether her Department recognises cathedrals as heritage assets.
Answer: Cathedrals are amongst some of the country’s finest heritage, with the great majority of them on the National Heritage List. There is no set definition of what constitutes a 'heritage asset'. This country has many significant heritage sites and government...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Digital TechnologyCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37146More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33871 on Government Departments: Digital Technology, whether these discussions included the digitalisation of Government.
Answer: As per the previous answer, the Cabinet Office regularly discusses Civil Service workforce matters with trade unions. These matters are wide ranging and include the use of new technology.
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMicrosoft: PricesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Microsoft's increase in prices for Office 365.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade has not conducted a formal assessment on Microsoft's price increase for Office 365.Microsoft cites the addition of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities as the main reason for higher prices. Digital techn...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: MicrosoftCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34610More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Microsoft has recently raised its prices to Government for Office 365.
Answer: Crown Commercial Service (CCS) established a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) known as the Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 (SPA24) with Microsoft, which commenced on 1 November 2024. This arrangement provides enhanced value and discounted pricing ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCathedrals: ConservationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Church of England on the protection of Cathedral buildings as heritage assets.
Answer: None.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTechnical Advisory BoardHome OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the membership of the Technology Advisory Board has changed since June 2023.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to Question UIN 30994 answered on 24 February 2025.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 28100 on Investment, when the Minister for Investment (a) last visited and (b) will next visit the regions.
Answer: The Minister for Investment has made several regional visits since her appointment in October, including to Edinburgh, Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire, Darlington and Sunderland. The Minister for Investment will continue to make several regional visits in ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Gingerbread report entitled Child maintenance: research on the experiences and impact on separated families published on 25 November 2024, whether her Department is working with ch
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) takes the issue of domestic abuse extremely seriously and is committed to ensuring that victims of abuse get the help and support they need to use the service safely.Incorporating views and feedback from external stakeh...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDriverless VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 25215 on Driverless Vehicles, which companies are members of the industry working group; and on how many occasions has this group met.
Answer: The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV’s) Industry Working Group (IWG) aims to strengthen collaboration between CCAV and the automated vehicle (AV) industry to support the development and implementation of the regulatory framework. The IWG...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordManchester United: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what financial support the Government is providing for the redevelopment of Manchester United's Old Trafford ground.
Answer: There is no direct financial support committed for the redevelopment of Old Trafford football ground. Greater Manchester Combined Authority will receive around £630 million per annum through their integrated settlement from the start of the 2025-26 financ...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordExploitation: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of standardising the legal definition of criminal child exploitation for the purposes of having consistent national statistics on criminal child
Answer: This Government is committed to tackling child criminal exploitation (CCE) and going after the gangs who are luring children into violence and crime. Data from the Department for Education's Children in Need statistics allow us to estimate there were arou...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinerals: IndustryDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the domestic critical minerals industry.
Answer: A secure supply of critical minerals is vital for the UK’s economic growth and security, industrial strategy, and clean energy transition. Government will work hand in hand with industry to publish a new Critical Minerals Strategy this year. The Critical ...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLithium: IndustryDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the lithium (a) extraction and (b) processing industry.
Answer: DBT regularly engages with the lithium extraction and processing industry. I will visit Cornwall this Spring to see first-hand the progress that the UK’s leading extractive and processing projects have made. Government has supported growing the lithium va...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBridges: Newcastle upon TyneDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure (a) the preservation and (b) contribute to celebrations of the Newcastle Swing Bridge as an industrial heritage asset.
Answer: The importance of Newcastle Swing Bridge, spanning the River Tyne, is recognised through its designation as a Scheduled Monument and as a Grade II* listed structure. Historic England, DCMS Arms-Length Body and government’s statutory adviser on the histori...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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