Richard Fuller

4 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing structural changes to efficiency oversight as part of the 2025 Spending Review.

4 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has plans to introduce a Minister for Government Efficiency in the Cabinet Office to oversee cross-departmental efficiency initiatives.

4 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the suitability of adopting similar international government models including the (a) US Office of Management and Budget and (b) Department for Government Efficie

21 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) inheritance tax payments on Defined Contribution pensions and (b) the loss of the Residence Nil Rate Band on marginal tax rates.

13 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Businesses: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 4 of the report by the NAO entitled The Administrative Cost of the Tax System, published on 10 February 2025, if she will instruct HMRC to update its £15.4bn estimate of the cost to businesses

13 Feb 2025 · Treasury

VAT: Registration

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by the NAO entitled The Administrative Cost of the Tax system, published on 10 February 2025, what steps she plans to take to reduce the annual cost to VAT registered traders.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

East West Rail Line: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed discontinuous electrification of East West Rail on (a) capital costs and (b) operating costs of the railway.

9 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the sources of funding for each public sector pension scheme including balancing payments made by her Department for each fiscal year between 2020-21 and 2023-24.

8 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Summary of reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief published on 30 October 2024, how many estates she expects to be affected from

8 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Summary of reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief, published on 30 October 2024, what equivalent figures HMRC hold on claims for

8 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Summary of reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief, published on 30 October 2024, whether the £1 million threshold for the two re

8 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor NHS Trusts' adherence to (a) General Medical Council and (b) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance on patient records.

8 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) policies and (b) procedures are in place across NHS Trusts to ensure that medical records are (i) accurate and (ii) evidence-based.

8 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS Trusts adhere to national guidelines on the (a) accuracy and (b) reliability of medical records.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a requirement for insurance providers to request images of the front and back of an applicant’s driving licence as part of the quotation pro

1 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charity Commission: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the Charity Commission on when the Commission plans to provide a substantive reply to the letter from the Conservative Party to the Commission of 14 June 2024, a

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Education

GCE A-level: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the levels of A Level results by county; and what steps she is planning to take to improve standards in areas with lower attainment.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

BSE: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the (a) efficacy and (b) adequacy of the Over Thirty Months Scheme for cattle.

26 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurers Bureau

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to review the performance of the Motor Insurance Bureau against their statutory obligations.

17 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Private Education: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to impose VAT on private school fees for any part of the academic school year commencing in September 2024.

21 May 2024 · Treasury

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been raised as a result of steps his Department has taken to close the tax gap in each year since 2010.

18 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ending the automatic right of new housing developments to connect to the sewage system.

18 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of making water companies statutory consultees in planning permission applications for new housing developments.

18 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood and Water Management Act 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to commence schedule 3 of the Floods and Water Act 2010.

19 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Kinship Care: Child Benefit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason kinship carers can only claim the lower rate of Child Benefit if they already have children for whom they claim Child Benefit; and if he will take steps to review this policy.

18 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Probate Service: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average holding time was for phone calls to the probate office contact line in each year since 2019.

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Public Sector: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department issues on the publication by local authorities of public notices; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislati

31 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with local authorities on the long-term effect of the speaking of Welsh of inter-library loan charges for Welsh language books.

31 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Solar Power: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the refusal of applications for planning permission for solar farms in excess of 50 MW where financing has not been

30 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that Agricultural Land Classifications cannot be amended to facilitate approval of solar farm planning applications.