Written questions

753 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the value of fraudulent loans made through the bounce back loans scheme.

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his estimate is of the (a) value and (b) proportion of loans made through the bounce back loan scheme which will not be repaid.

17 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in the Yorkshire

17 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Leeds West

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in Leeds West co

10 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Cryptocurrencies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the estimated value of cryptocurrencies and other cryptoassets held in the UK by (a) households, (b) non-financial businesses, (c) financial businesses and (d) other organi

10 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Cryptocurrencies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risks to financial stability of the growth in cryptocurrency and other cryptoasset holdings; and if he will place a copy of that assessment in the Library.

4 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to require (a) DBS checks and (b) other robust scrutiny measures for private carers.

10 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many retail properties in (a) Barrow in Furness, (b) Bolton, (c) Blyth, (d) Carlisle, (e) Darlington, (f) Hartlepool, (g) Hyndburn, (h) Leeds, (i) Mansfield, (j) North East Linco

10 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individual (a) supermarket, (b) retail warehouse and parks, (c) shopping centre and (d) shops properties there are in (i) each English region and (b) England; and what the rateable value is of those propert

9 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the changes in total rateable values were between the 2010 and 2017 rating lists (a) in total, (b) for retail, (c) for office and (d) for warehouse, industrial and factory properties in (i) each standard Englis

9 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) leisure properties, in the absence of short-term covid relief, would not have been entitled to the full benefit of a downward rates reduc

9 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of at what percentage of turnover the estimated receipts to the Exchequer for an Online Sales Tax would equal the total business rates payable on retail property.

9 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the percentage changes in the rateable values between 1 April 2015 and 1 April 2021 on average for the same (a) warehouse, industrial and factory, (b) office, (c) retail, (d) hospitality

9 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the total business rates payable were in (a) warehouse, industrial and factory, (b) office, (c) retail, (d) hospitality and (e) leisure properties; and what the total amounts pa

30 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what proportion, by rateable value, of )a) industrial and warehouse, (b) office and (c) retail properties benefitted from transitional relief limiting their business rates payable in

30 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) total rateable value and (b) number of (i) warehouse, (ii) industrial and factory, (iii) office, (iv) retail, (v) hospitality and (vi) leisure properties was in Northern Ireland on 1 April (A) 2015 and

30 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) total rateable value and (b) number of (i) warehouse, (ii) industrial and factory, (iii) office, (iv) retail, (v) hospitality and (vi) leisure properties was in Wales on 1 April (A) 2015 and (B) 2021.

30 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates: Scotland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) total rateable value and (b) number of (i) warehouse, (ii) industrial and factory, (iii) office, (iv) retail, (v) hospitality and (vi) leisure properties was in Scotland on 1 April (A) 2015 and (B) 2021

26 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) total rateable value and (b) number of (i) warehouse, (ii) industrial and factory, (iii) office, (iv) retail, (v) hospitality, (vi) leisure properties was in each of the nine standard English regions on

26 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total rateable value and number of (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) leisure properties is in Northern Ireland; and what proportion of those properties by (i) total rateable values and (ii) number will no

26 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total rateable value and number of (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) leisure properties were in Wales as of 26 November 2021; and what percentage of properties by (i) total rateable values and (ii) number

26 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates: Scotland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total rateable value and number of (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) leisure properties is in Scotland; and what proportion of those properties by (i) total rateable values and (ii) number will not benefi

26 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total rateable value and number of (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) leisure properties is in England; and what proportion of those properties by (i) total rateable values and (ii) number will not benefit

25 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households (a) overall and (b) broken down by (i) core and (ii) broader group received the Warm Homes Discount in each of the last ten financial years.

25 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households (a) overall and (b) broken down by (i) core and (ii) broader group were eligible for the Warm Homes Discount in each of the last ten financial years.

25 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cold Weather Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households received one or more Cold Weather Payments (a) overall and (b) by whether eligibility derived from (i) receipt of pension credit or (ii) universal credit or other legacy benefits in

25 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cold Weather Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households were eligible for the Cold Weather Payment and lived in a postcode area where Cold Weather Payments were made in that year (a) overall and (b) by whether eligibility derived from (i)

9 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Economic Situation: China

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential risks posed to UK financial stability as a result of developments in China’s economy in recent months; and if he will place a copy of that assessment in the Library.

7 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the £1.5 billion Business Rates Relief fund, announced on 25 March 2021, has been distributed to businesses; and what the timescale is by which all of the fund will have been distributed to businesses.

23 Jun 2021 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his oral contribution of 22 June 2021, Official Report, column 751, if he will place in the Library the evidential basis for his statement that the UK now has more rapid charging points per mile th

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