Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Corporation Tax

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what equality impact assessment his Department has carried out on the Government's plan to cut corporation tax to 17 per cent by 2020.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Taxation: Prosecutions

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases HM Revenue and Customs has pursued to prosecution for tax avoidance and evasion since 2010.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury has exempted gambling services from The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Offshore Trusts: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce measures to tackle tax avoidance and evasion by people and companies through offshore trusts.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Research: Expenditure

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of GDP research and development spending accounted for in 2016; and how that proportion compares with average national research and development spending as a proportion of GDP across the (a) OECD, (b)

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Research: Expenditure

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of UK research and development spending for 2016; and if he will make a statement.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Stocks and Shares: Foreign Companies

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made representations to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on the regulatory criteria the FCA uses in determining the requirements on companies controlled by other governments in seeking premium sta

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Capital Gains Tax

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what distributional analysis his Department has carried out on the decrease of capital gains tax (a) basic rate to 10 per cent and (b) main rate to 20 per cent excluding residential property and carried interest.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Multinational Companies: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the implementation of the provisions of schedule 19, paragraph 17, line 6 of the Finance Act 2016 on country-by-country reporting.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Debt Respite Scheme

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to establish a breathing space scheme for vulnerable families in debt.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what equality impact assessment on gender and other protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010 his Department has undertaken with regards to the public sector pay cap; and how it has affected the remit of

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £1bn of additional financial support allocated to Northern Ireland announced in the Government policy paper UK government financial support for Northern Ireland will be funded through (a) additional borro

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

National Insurance Contributions: Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the increase in the cost of making voluntary national insurance payments for the self-employed on (a) low paid self-employed workers and (b) workers with varia

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

National Insurance Contributions: Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to proceed with the increase in the cost of making voluntary national insurance payments for the self-employed.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of pay of public sector workers since 2010; and if he will make a statement.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Treasury: Saudi Arabia

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) date and (b) nature was of each meeting he or officials from his Department have had with representatives of the Government of Saudi Arabia in the last 24 months.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Offshore Trusts: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the loss of revenue to the Exchequer as a result of (a) tax avoidance and (b) tax evasion by people and companies through offshore trusts in each of the last 10 years.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce measures to tackle tax avoidance and evasion by people through nom-dom status and offshore trusts.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Financial Institutions

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the financial services sector on whether financial institutions may leave the UK once the UK leaves the EU.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Saudi Aramco

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether, and on what date he or officials of his Department have met with representatives of the Government of Saudi Arabia to discuss the scheduled Saudi Aramco IPO in the last 24 months.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

National Insurance Contributions: Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to introduce legislative proposals for the abolition of Class 2s NICS as announced in the 2016 Budget.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Public Finance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what distributional analysis his Department has carried out on the forthcoming Finance Bill; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the relevant documents when that Bill receives First Reading.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Public Finance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what equality impact assessment his Department has carried out on the provisions of the forthcoming Finance Bill; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the relevant documents when that Bill receives its First

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Research: Investment

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has put in place to encourage private sector investment in research and development.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Capital Gains Tax

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what equality impact assessment his Department has undertaken on the reduction of capital gains tax (a) basic rate to 10 per cent and (b) main rate to 20 per cent excluding on residential property and carried interes

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Capital Gains Tax

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was lost to the Exchequer as a result of the reduction of capital gains tax (a) basic rate to 10 per cent and (b) main rate to 20 per cent excluding residential property and carried interest since th

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Corporation Tax

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what distributional analysis his Department has carried out on the Government's plan to cut corporation tax to 17 per cent by 2020.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what equality impact assessment his Department has carried out on the pay of public sector workers who are not covered by a pay review body; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that assessment.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Fire and Rescue Services: Pay

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the Government's estimates for 2017-18 as set out in the Supply and Appropriations (Main Estimates) 2010 will accommodate any increased pay offer to the Fire and Rescue Services.

20 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what distributional analysis his Department has carried out on the public sector pay cap; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that analysis.

Source: official written-questions record.