Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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 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 analysis.

7 Mar 2017 · HM Treasury

Community Interest Companies

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the community interest companies referred to in the advice given by Treasury officials to Ministers in preparation for the Autumn Statement of 2015 as indicated by the response to the Freedom of Informati

9 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury

Fraud: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the correlation is between the amount HM Revenue and Customs has spent and recouped on tackling fraudulent (a) tax credit and (b) benefit claims.

9 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury

Fraud

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and (b) other bodies working on behalf of HMRC have spent from the public purse on tackling (i) fraudulent tax credit claims, (ii) benefit fraud, (iii) tax avoidance and (iv

9 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury

Fraud

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases (a) HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and (b) other bodies working on behalf of HMRC have pursued on (i) fraudulent tax credit claims, (ii) benefit fraud, (iii) tax avoidance and (iv) breaches of minimum w

9 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury

Fraud

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of (a) fraudulent tax credit claims, (b) benefit fraud and (c) tax avoidance in each of the last three years; and what the evidential basis is for those estimates.

9 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury

Public Sector: Assets

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 February 2017, HCWS458, how the Government will inform the House when a sale of a public asset is completed.

9 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 February 2017, HCWS458, how the Government plans to securitise the remaining future repayments on student loans as a part of their planned sale process.

9 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury

EU Grants and Loans

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that the value of EU structural funds is met by the Government after the UK leaves the EU.

9 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Public Sector: Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 February 2017, HCWS458, who will be overseeing the final value for money assessment in accordance with her Department's Green Book framework during the sale process of pub

9 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury

Public Sector: Assets

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 February 2017, HCWS458, what methodology his Department will use to assess market conditions as part of the sale process of public assets.

9 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury

Public Sector: Assets

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 February 2017, HCWS458, who in his Department is responsible for the sale process of public assets.

9 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury

Government: Assets

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 February 2017, HCWS458, what criteria his Department is using to determine whether there is a policy reason to continue to own government assets.

9 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury

Public Sector: Assets

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 February 2017, HCWS458, how his Department defines value for money in relation to the policy to sell public assets; and whether he will place a copy of the evidence base for tha

9 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury

Government: Assets

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 February 2017, HCWS458, what the criteria is for determining the level of economic or social return when considering the sales of government assets.

9 Feb 2017 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 February 2017, HCWS458, whether his Department will publish a gender impact assessment of the cost savings from the Cabinet Office in the last financial year.

9 Feb 2017 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 February 2017, HCWS458, whether his Department will publish a social economic distributional analysis of the cost savings from the Cabinet Office in the last financial year

9 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Justice

National Offender Management Service: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost is of the development and rollout of the new NOMS IT system.

9 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Justice

National Offender Management Service: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what additional cost was incurred to the new NOMS IT system by the postponement of the rollout of the programme nationally in March 2015.

9 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Justice

National Offender Management Service: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects the rollout of the new NOMS IT system to be completed; and what estimate he has made of the final cost of the contract.

26 Jun 2015 · Home Office

Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) publish a new drug strategy and (b) consult drug treatment providers in the preparation of such a strategy; and if she will make a statement.

19 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Working Conditions: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that employers comply with legislation and guidance on controlling excessively high temperatures in the workplace.

19 Jun 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory duty for the fire and rescue service to respond to a major flooding incident; and if he will make a sta

23 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was that a claimant received payment of employment and support allowance pending appeal in the most recent period for which figures are available.

23 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants have received payment of that benefit pending an appeal since October 2008.

23 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fit for work decisions overturned by mandatory reconsideration or appeal related to claimants with mental health difficulties in each month since October 2008.

23 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fit for work decisions were overturned by mandatory reconsideration in each month since October 2008.

23 Mar 2015 · Department for Transport

First Great Western

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the contractual terms of the directly awarded franchise agreement with First Great Western Limited to run passenger rail services on the Great Western line; whether the franchise agreem

4 Mar 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2015 to Question 222661, for what reason a copy of the contracted franchise payment profiles for all train operating companies until 2023 has not yet been placed in the Libr

4 Mar 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Marchwood Military Port

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 3 March 2015, HCWS330, on Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre (Preferred Bidder), what estimate he has made of the annual (a) profits and (b) reductions in the cost of sea mounting

Source: official written-questions record.