Written questions

621 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Dec 2014 · HM Treasury

Unpaid Taxes

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.5 of the HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) summary of responses to the consultation on Direct Recovery of Debts, how many HMRC staff will work in the new vulnerable customers unit in (a) 20

10 Dec 2014 · HM Treasury

Unpaid Taxes

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.5 of the HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) summary of responses to the consultation on Direct Recovery of Debts, what estimate he has made of the number of HMRC staff members that will be r

10 Dec 2014 · HM Treasury

Unpaid Taxes

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.5 of the HM Revenue and Customs' summary of responses to the consultation on Direct Recovery of Debts, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of guaranteeing that every

21 Oct 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support British manufacturing firms with an interest in the UK steel industry given Tata Steel's recent announcement.

21 Oct 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is (a) taking and (b) planning to take to increase investment in the UK steel industry given Tata Steel's recent announcement.

21 Oct 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking and is planning on taking to invest in training and apprenticeships in the UK steel industry given Tata Steel's recent announcement.

29 Aug 2014 · Department for Education

Academies: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new academies and studio colleges have been closed by her Department on the basis of lack of student numbers within their first year of trading.

29 Aug 2014 · Department for Education

Academies: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies and studio colleges created from a pre-existing education institution were closed by her Department in the first year of trading.

29 Aug 2014 · Department for Education

Academies: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies and studio colleges which were entirely new businesses were closed by her Department in the first year of trading.

17 Jul 2014 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid to officials in HM Revenue and Customs in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each of the last five years; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary value was

17 Jul 2014 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has made (a) voluntarily and (b) compulsorily redundant in each of its areas of activity in each year from 2010-11; and how much HMRC has spent on redundancy costs in each

17 Jul 2014 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of telephone calls were answered by HM Revenue and Customs in less than (a) five minutes, (b) 10 minutes, (c) 15 minutes and (d) 20 minutes in each quarter of the last three years; and ho

16 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Taxation: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) first-tier and (b) upper-tier tax tribunal judges there were in 2013-14; for how many days (i) first-tier and (ii) upper-tier tax tribunal panel members sat in that year; how many (A) first-tier and

16 Jul 2014 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance (a) her Department and (b) Ofsted provides to Ofsted inspectors about the monitoring of school engagement with Prevent.

16 Jul 2014 · Department for Education

Schools: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Ofsted inspections were carried out in the local education authority of Birmingham in (a) primary, (b) secondary, (c) straight-through, (d) nursery and (e) other schools in the academic years (i) 2011-

16 Jul 2014 · HM Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many unresolved tax enquiries there were in the Large Business Service (LBS) in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 to date; and how many unresolved tax enquiries in the LBS are (i) one year old and (ii) more than three

16 Jul 2014 · HM Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed by HM Revenue and Customs in the Large Business Service (LBS) in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 to date; and how many companies the LBS worked with in each of those years.

15 Jul 2014 · Department for Education

Studio Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many studio colleges have fallen behind or failed to meet the levels of student recruitment required for them to meet the terms of their funding agreements.

15 Jul 2014 · Department for Education

Studio Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many studio colleges that have fallen behind or failed to meet their student recruitment numbers have been given an extension of time to make further progress to achieve the numbers of students set out in t

15 Jul 2014 · Department for Education

Studio Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many studio colleges have fulfilled the terms of their funding agreements for student recruitment targets.

15 Jul 2014 · HM Treasury

Tax Evasion

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 438W, on tax evasion, what recent progress has been made by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in initiating proceedings against all current HMRC fugitiv

Source: official written-questions record.