Matt Western

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of start up businesses in the creative industries closed in the UK in the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many grants have been made by Local Enterprise Partnerships to video game businesses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what fuel and electricity subsidies are available to businesses in the video games industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact exclusion of postgraduate researchers from the extension to government childcare subsidies announced in the Spring Budget 2023 on (a) access to higher educat...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to expand the eligibility criteria of the expansion of government childcare subsidies to postgraduate researchers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on including postgraduate researchers in the proposed expansion of government childcare subsidies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether further hospitals listed under the New Hospital Programme may need to be deferred until after 2030 due to the potential impact of remediation works on hospitals constructed using reinforced...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the eight new hospitals in Cohort 4 of the New Hospital Programme whose construction has been postponed beyond 2030.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the expected costs are of the Office for Science Directorate headed by the Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom in financial years (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Office for Students on its preparedness for implementing the Free Speech Complaints Scheme; and what her timeline is for that Scheme to be operational.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of dependent study visas were granted by her Department to students undertaking research postgraduate courses in the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of dependent study visas were granted by her Department to students undertaking taught postgraduate courses in the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of limiting the ability for international students not on a research postgraduate course to bring dependents on women's (a) access to and (b...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of international students arriving with dependents are (a) male and (b) female...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when will he implement the announcement made by the Government in June 2022 to exempt Lifetime ISAs from Universal Credit capital rules.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) application process is and (b) appointment criteria are for members of the Defending Democracy Taskforce...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Defending Democracy Taskforce plans to make an assessment of foreign interference at universities; and whether representatives from universities can participate in relevant meetings.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what processes are in place to ensure that representations can be made to the Defending Democracy Taskforce by non-members.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Defending Democracy Taskforce includes representatives from the (a) university, (b) research and (c) higher education sectors.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with representatives from the higher education sector on membership of the Defending Democracy Taskforce.