Written questions

743 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Income Tax: Scotland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will send detailed information to employers and payroll agents affected by the introduction of the new Scottish rate of income tax to enable them to implement systems and deal with enquiries.

9 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Income Tax: Scotland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs will send a notification letter to Scottish taxpayers to inform them of the introduction of the new Scottish rate of income tax.

14 Sep 2015 · Prime Minister

Members: Surveillance

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2015 to Question 8501, whether the Wilson Doctrine applies in the same way to Members of the Scottish Parliament as it applies to hon. Members and Members of the House of Lords.

14 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Devolution: Finance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Barnett consequential funding the Government has provided to each of the devolved administrations as a result of changes in funding provided to the Department for Transport in each year since 2010-11 to date

11 Sep 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Science: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Government plans to reduce its spending on science in the next three years.

9 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Taxation: Scotland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of forestalling in relation to the land and building transaction tax; and what additional sums the Scottish Government has requested in transfer t

9 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Private Rented Housing

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of the measures to restrict finance cost relief for landlords, announced in the Summer Budget 2015, on the average rent payable in the private rented s

9 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Private Rented Housing

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of the measures to restrict finance cost relief for landlords, announced in the Summer Budget 2015, on levels of investment in the private rented secto

9 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Housing Benefit

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of the measures to restrict finance cost relief for landlords, announced in the Summer Budget 2015, on the overall costs of Housing Benefit in (a) Scotland and (

9 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Fiscal Policy: Scotland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on (a) Scottish Government borrowing by means of (i) the National Loans Fund, (ii) private financial institutions and (iii) the issuing of Scottis

9 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Private Rented Housing

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of the measures to restrict finance cost relief for landlords, announced in the Summer Budget 2015, on the supply of property in the private rented sec

9 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Private Rented Housing

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of the measures to restrict finance cost relief for landlords, announced in the Summer Budget 2015, on the level of housing demand in (a) Scotland and

9 Sep 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Balance of Trade: Life Sciences

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the life sciences industry generated in trade surplus for (a) the UK and (b) Scotland in the last year for which figures are available.

8 Sep 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what equality impact assessment of the recent change to the benefits cap his Department has undertaken.

8 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Joint Exchequer Committee

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the minutes and papers from the last two meetings of the Joint Exchequer Committee; and if he will place those documents in the Library.

8 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Pensions: Scotland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the average overall value of the pensions of people in Scotland over the course of their retirement of changes to (a) drawdown products and (b) switching retirement income

8 Sep 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Higher Education: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) a comprehensive set of shared e-infrastructure services and (b) funding for such services are provided for the higher education secto

4 Sep 2015 · Prime Minister

Intelligence Services

To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Security Services have intercepted any communications by (a) Members of the Scottish Parliament, (b) Members of the Welsh Assembly, (c) Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly and (d) UK Members of the European Parl

4 Sep 2015 · Prime Minister

Members: Surveillance

To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Wilson Doctrine (a) applies and (b) has in the past applied to Members of the devolved assemblies and UK Members of the European Parliament.

21 Jul 2015 · HM Treasury

Pensions: Scotland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely trends in the mis-selling of pension products in Scotland arising from the introduction of new pension flexibilities on 6 April 2015.

20 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who he plans will be exempt from the removal of automatic entitlement to housing benefit for people aged 18 to 21.

20 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households in Scotland which will be affected by the proposed decrease in the household benefit cap.

20 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will undertake an annual review of the effect in Scotland of the welfare changes announced in the Summer Budget 2015.

20 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Scotland who will be claiming universal credit in April (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020.

20 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to conduct an annual equalities impact assessment of the effect in Scotland of the welfare changes announced in the Summer Budget 2015.

20 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parent families in Scotland have been affected by the benefit cap to date; and how many such families have (a) one child, (b) two and (c) three children under five.

20 Jul 2015 · HM Treasury

Pensions: Scotland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Scotland who have made use of the pension flexibilities introduced on 6 April 2015 received guidance from the Pension Wise guidance service (a) by telephone, (b) face-to-face and (c) online.

20 Jul 2015 · HM Treasury

Pensions: Scotland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Scotland have received guidance from the Pension Wise guidance service (a) face-to-face, (b) by telephone and (c) online.

20 Jul 2015 · HM Treasury

Pensions: Scotland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Scotland have made use of the new pension flexibilities introduced on 6 April 2015.

16 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Scottish households will be affected by a reduction in the benefit cap to £20,000 per year.

Source: official written-questions record.