Written questions

185 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Hospices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure that the rise in employer National Insurance contributions does not apply to hospices.

29 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his oral contribution of 22 November 2023, Official Report column 349, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the VAT Retail Export Scheme cost around £2.5 billion a year; and if he wi

29 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.87 of the Autumn Statement 2023, CP 977, published on 22 November 2023, until what date his Department will continue to accept (a) industry representations and (b) broader data on the V

29 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.87 of the Autumn Statement 2023, CP 977, published on 22 November 2023, in what form his Department prefers to receive (a) industry representations and (b) broader data on the VAT Retai

23 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

London Underground: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Mayor of London on the regularity of underground trains in London.

23 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

London Underground: Passengers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Mayor of London on trends in the numbers of passengers on Transport for London's underground network in the last 12 months.

20 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train services were operated by each train operating company (a) in October 2023 and (b) 12 months ago.

20 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train operating companies provided a 24-hour service (a) in October 2023 and (b) 12 months ago.

17 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of the removal of the VAT Retail Export Scheme on the arts and culture sectors.

17 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the removal of the VAT Retail Export Scheme on the economy.

17 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the removal of the VAT Retail Export Scheme on tourism destinations across the UK.

17 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Retail Trade: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of developing mitigations to help support businesses in the context of the removal of the VAT-free shopping scheme and commitments made in the To

17 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing the VAT Retail Export Scheme on small businesses.

17 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing the VAT retail export scheme on jobs in the (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) tourism sectors.

8 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made in the Growth Plan 2022 of what the total cost would be of restoring both the VAT Retail Export Scheme and airside tax-free shopping to all international visitors in the 2025-26 fin

8 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made of the total cost of extending both the VAT Retail Export Scheme and airside tax-free shopping to EU visitors in September 2020.

8 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Retail Trade: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made of the total cost of retaining airside tax-free shopping and extending it to EU visitors in 2020.

8 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Retail Trade: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made of the additional (a) direct and (b) indirect tax revenues that would have been generated by extending airside tax-free shopping to EU visitors in 2020.

8 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Retail Trade: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department estimated the annual cost of extending airside tax-free shopping to EU visitors in 2020.

8 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Duty Free Allowances: EU Countries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made of the annual cost of extending airside tax-free shopping to EU visitors in 2020.

8 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made of the annual cost of retaining the VAT Retail Export Scheme and extending it to EU visitors in September 2020.

8 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made of the additional (a) direct and (b) indirect tax revenues that would have been generated by extending the VAT Retail Export Scheme to EU visitors in September 2020.

8 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department estimated the annual cost of extending the VAT Retail Export Scheme to EU visitors in September 2020.

8 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made of the annual cost of extending the VAT Retail Export Scheme to EU visitors in September 2020.

1 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to launch a publicity campaign on the introduction of new requirements for Voter ID for (a) local and (b) Parliamentary elections.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to research by the University of Sydney, published in the Natural scientific journal on 20 June 2022, if he will take steps in response to that research that found a fif

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to research by the University of Sydney, published in the Natural scientific journal on 20 June 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the validity of the find

19 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rights of Way

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his timeframe is for implementing secondary legislation to reform rights of way.

11 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will allow local authorities adequate time to plan their bids for the Levelling Up Fund round two; and whether the criteria for that round will be the same as for round one.

11 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Planning for the Future consultation.

Source: official written-questions record.