Written questions

4,857 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Treasury: upReach

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of candidates at HM Treasury’s Graduate Development Programme assessment centre received one-to-one coaching from Upreach Services Ltd. between December 2021 and February 2022 to support their prepar

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Treasury: upReach

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of candidates for HM Treasury’s Graduate Development Programme received help with their preparation for the programme’s pre-assessment tests from Upreach Services Ltd. between October and December 20

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Treasury: upReach

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals were identified as suitable candidates to receive support from Upreach Services Ltd when applying for HM Treasury’s October 2021 Graduate Development Programme; and what percentage attended (a)

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Treasury: upReach

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals were identified as suitable candidates to receive support from Upreach Services Ltd when applying for HM Treasury’s October 2021 Graduate Development Programme; and what was their breakdown acco

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Treasury: Recruitment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to contract reference CCHR21A13 Lots 1 and 2 tendered by his Department in 2021, what statistics have been used to represent the baseline of HM Treasury’s graduate recruitment in terms of (a) ethnic and (b)

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Treasury: Recruitment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which individual or organisation carried out the review of HM Treasury’s recruitment practices conducted in 2020, and if he will publish a copy of the report and recommendations arising from that review.

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Treasury: Recruitment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which individual or organisation carried out the external review of HM Treasury’s graduate recruitment practices conducted in 2017; and if he will publish a copy of the report and recommendations arising from that r

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his objective to make tax digital for VAT, what latest estimate he has made of the numbers of VAT-registered businesses with taxable turnover below £85,000 who are (a) already managing their record

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his objective to make tax digital for income tax self assessment, what latest estimate he has made of the numbers of UK businesses and landlords with annual business income above £100,000 who are (

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what baseline statistics he will use to measure the improvements for UK businesses resulting from his department’s Tax Administration Strategy reforms, in terms of the current administrative burdens and financial co

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tangible benefits for UK businesses are expected to result from his Department’s Tax Administration Strategy reforms; and how he intends to (a) quantify and (b) measure the delivery of those benefits over the p

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what annual (a) expenditure has been allocated for the cost of implementing his Department’s Tax Administration Strategy reforms and (b) return to the Exchequer is forecast to result from that investment.

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Treasury: PwC

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) independent business reviews and (b) related diligence reports provided to his Department by PriceWaterhouseCoopers between 31 December 2020 and 30 September 2021 under the terms of contra

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

NatWest Group: Government Shareholding

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what conclusions have been reached as a result of the advice commissioned by his Department from Slaughter & May in October 2021 on the legal risks arising from his Department exercising its rights as a shareholder

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Interest Rate Hedging Products Review

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the independent review into the supervisory intervention of Interest Rate Hedging Products, published by the Financial Conduct Auth

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Treasury: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the size of his Department's Group’s total full time equivalent headcount was at the end of financial years (a) 1994-95, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2004-05, (d) 2009-10, (e) 2014-15, and (f) 2019-20.

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Government Departments: Recruitment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which departmental groups besides HM Treasury Group have been allocated expenditure for an increase in full time equivalent headcount of more than 4.4 per cent in 2022-23.

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

UK Government Investments: Recruitment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what annual expenditure has been allocated for the cost of increasing the full time equivalent headcount of UK Government Investments by 25.8 per cent in 2022-23; and what estimate he has made of the annual return t

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Government Internal Audit Agency: Recruitment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what annual expenditure has been allocated for the cost of increasing the full time equivalent headcount of the Government Internal Audit Agency by 20 per cent in 2022-23; and what estimate he has made of the annual

24 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s report, The economic and social costs of domestic abuse, published on 21 January 2019, whether the estimated unit costs in cases of (a) violence with injury, (b) violence

24 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s report, The economic and social costs of crime, Second edition, published on 23 July 2018, whether the estimated unit costs in cases of (a) violence with injury, (b) viole

24 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s report entitled The economic and social costs of crime (Second edition), published on 23 July 2018, if she will publish any information her Department holds on the d

24 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s report entitled The economic and social costs of crime (Second edition), published on 23 July 2018, if she will publish any information her Department holds on the d

24 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s reports entitled The economic and social costs of crime (Second edition), published on 23 July 2018, and The economic and social costs of domestic abuse, published o

24 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s report entitled The UK Government’s Approach to Evaluating the Vulnerable Persons and Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Schemes, published on 13 December 2018, whet

24 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s report entitled The UK Government’s Approach to Evaluating the Vulnerable Persons and Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Schemes, published on 13 December 2018, whet

23 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service and (b) the National Offender Management Service has spent on temporary agency staff in each year since 2010.

22 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: EY

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what purpose his Department awarded a £3.5 million contract to Ernst & Young, published on 11 Nov 2021.

22 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the savings to Government from reduced prison officer numbers since 2010.

22 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) HMPPS or NOMS has spent on advertisements for prison officer recruitment in each year since 2010; and how much of that expenditure was for (i) print, (ii) radio, (iii) televisi

Source: official written-questions record.