Written questions

753 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 May 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships have been created in Yorkshire since May 2015.

18 May 2016 · Cabinet Office

Job Creation: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate how many jobs have been created in Yorkshire since May 2015.

18 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Economic Growth: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made in increasing the long-term growth rate of Yorkshire to at least the long-term growth rate of the whole of the UK in accordance with the Long-Term Economic Plan for Yorkshire and Northern Li

18 May 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Enterprise Zones: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local enterprise partnerships in Yorkshire about the creation of new enterprise zones.

18 May 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Small Businesses: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much new funding has been given to SMEs across the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to develop their workforces since the publication of the Long-Term Economic Plan for Yorkshire and

18 May 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department has provided for (a) scientific excellence, (b) renewable energy in the Humber, (c) food production in North Yorkshire, (d) advanced manufacturing in South York

3 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential increase in the number of people saving as a result of the establishment of the lifetime ISA announced in Budget 2016.

3 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 9 of Budget 2016: policy costings, published in March 2016, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) the lifetime ISA and (b) the increase in the ISA annual limit.

3 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the increase in the value of additional savings that will be made by people as a result of the establishment of the lifetime ISA announced in Budget 2016.

26 Apr 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of the reduction of work allowances under universal credit announced in the Summer Budget 2015 on the number of children living in relative poverty in (a) 2016-17

26 Apr 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Self-employed: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of extending statutory (a) maternity pay, (b) paternity pay and (c) sick pay to self-employed people.

26 Apr 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Adoption Allowance: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of introducing an adoption allowance for self-employed adopters.

26 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse excluding the cost of the introduction of the Lifetime Individual Savings Account of increasing the annual Individual Savings Account savings limit for all adults to £

26 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total number of Individual Savings Account (ISA) subscriptions was in 2015-16; and what proportion of ISA subscribers contributed the maximum amount in 2015-16.

26 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury

Non-domestic Rates

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of exempting plant and machinery from the calculation of business rates.

23 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Child Benefit: EU Nationals

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the reduction in the amount of child benefit spend on those EU migrants with a child resident in another country as a result of proposals to index the claims to the country where the chil

23 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Child Benefit: EU Nationals

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the administration costs of the proposals in which child benefit for EU migrants would be indexed to the country where the child is resident for new claimants.

19 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Child Benefit: Migrants

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many migrants residing in the UK claim benefits on behalf of children living abroad; and what the value is of such claims by country of residence of the child.

20 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Age

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of reinstating the qualifying age for pension credit to its 1995 timetable.

20 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Income

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average change in income for an individual as of the result of the delay in qualifying for pension credit resulting from the introduction of the revised state pension ag

13 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) financial and (b) other support her Department is providing to businesses which have been affected by floods to help them make resilient repairs to their properties.

13 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Pensions: Tax Allowances

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of introducing flat rate tax relief on pensions contributions.

13 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts: Tax Allowances

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value and proportion of tax relief provided on ISA investments across the income distribution.

13 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of income accruing to the Exchequer annually if ISA returns became taxable on pots greater than (a) £250,000, (b) £500,000 and (c) £1 million.

13 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people currently hold ISAs worth more than £1 million.

13 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on increasing the annual limit for ISA contributions.

13 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who do not qualify to be auto-enrolled into a pension because their qualifying earnings are achieved by income from more than one job.

11 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of flood defence spending in Leeds.

11 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the evidential basis that underpinned the decision on the allocation of funding to Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the Leeds flood defence scheme in 2011.

30 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

Patients: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding is available to assist with the travel costs of patients who have to travel more than 100 miles to receive a particular treatment for their condition.

Source: official written-questions record.