Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Public Sector Debt

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of what the level of public sector net debt will be at the end of the 2022-23 financial year.

1 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her letter to all hon. Members on 6 October 2022 entitled Changes to Universal Credit Administrative Earnings Threshold Level, whether those changes apply to all parts of the UK.

28 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Intelligence Services: China

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received any evidence of the Chinese government operating unofficial police stations in the UK.

27 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2022 to Question 69539, what the approximate annual cost of providing each Motability Scheme lease agreement vehicle was in 2021.

24 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of a vehicle under the Motability Scheme in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in 2021.

20 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to help promote better eye care to help prevent sight loss conditions.

10 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sponsors of refugees from Ukraine arriving in the UK been found to have had criminal convictions.

10 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Banks and Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will benefit over the course of the present Parliament from the measures announced in his statement made on 23 September 2022 on (a) removing the cap on bankers

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Products: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the change in agri-food exports from Northern Ireland to Japan between 2019 and 2021.

23 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Help to Buy Scheme: Individual Savings Accounts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the qualifying level of housing valuation for Help to Buy ISA's, in the context of increased house prices over the past three years.

5 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 11 August 2022 from the hon. Member for East Londonderry on the International Air Show at Portrush.

2 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Northern Ireland Protocol: Costs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of the Trader Support Scheme operated under the Northern Ireland Protocol between 1 January and 1 July 2022.

11 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of energy suppliers that have ceased trading in each of the last two years; what estimate he has made of the number of consumers that have

11 Jul 2022 · Treasury

Private Rented Housing: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing buy to let tax relief in the context of the difference in mortgage interest cost for a limited company and a private landlord.

17 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the approximate annual cost in the initial year of raising the personal tax allowance to £15,000 per annum.

17 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Age

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to change the estimated date by which the State Pension Age will begin at 68 years.

1 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take further steps to protect people affected by authorised push payment fraud.

1 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Cost of Living Payments: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his oral statement of 26 May 2022 on Economy Update, what estimate he has made of the amount and proportion of cost of living financial assistance that will be allocated to residents of Northern Ir

25 May 2022 · Treasury

Building Alterations: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in who were waiting more than twenty working days for VAT refunds on eligible building works in April (a) 2022 and (b) 2021.

24 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetic Retinopathy: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of people with diabetes receiving diabetic retinopathy screening between 2016 and 2021.

24 May 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications remained pending two months after they were initially submitted in (a) January 2022 and (b) April 2022.

24 May 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for passport applications.

19 May 2022 · Members Estimate Committee

Representative Money

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Members Estimate Committee, how much Representative Money has been made available to elected Members who have not taken the Oath in each year between 2006 and 2022.

18 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to include under 18s in any future low calorie diet programme in the context of rising prevalence of obesity rates among minors.

28 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for East Londonderry of 25 February 2022 regarding assistance for a refugee family in Lebanon.

24 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2022 to Question 141147 on Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges, what data his Department holds on the number of free to use ATMs that were in place on 1 January 2021.

24 Mar 2022 · House of Commons Commission

Parliamentary Estate: Access

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2021 to Question 45805 on Parliamentary Estate: Access, what estimate the Commission has made of the timetable for reopening exit t

21 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce an expedited process for family members of EU/EEA Nationals awaiting decisions on applications to the EU Settlement Scheme, to match the announced introduction of an expedited de

18 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the average proportion of homes and business that have high speed broadband availability in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.

17 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance: Prosecutions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals who (a) promoted and (b) operated schemes now subject to the loan charge have been prosecuted for that activity.

Source: official written-questions record.