Written questions
2,061 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Treasury: Darlington Economic Campus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as at 3 June 2021, how many jobs in his Department have moved from his Department's premises in central London to Treasury North in Darlington.
28 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Furniture and ICT
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion in cost terms of the (a) furniture, including desks and chairs, (b) IT hardware and (c) programming for new visualizations and data outputs in respect of
28 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Furniture and ICT
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent (a) in total, (b) on furniture, including desks and chairs, (c) on IT hardware and (d) on programming for new visualizations and data output
28 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Treasury: Email
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his departmental IT systems in (a) HM Treasury and (b) HM Revenue and Customs routinely allow officials, advisers and Ministers to access private email accounts from their office desktop computers, departmen
28 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Treasury: CCTV
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has carried out a risk assessment on the secure holding of CCTV footage within (a) HM Treasury and (b) HM Revenue and Customs.
28 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Treasury: Email
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any departmental business within (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs has been conducted on private email addresses; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure that full records are kept of that
14 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Freedom of Information
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs has referred any Freedom of Information requests received by his Department to the central Cabinet Office Clearing House on Freedom of Information requests for advice on handling in th
14 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Treasury: Freedom of Information
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has referred any Freedom of Information requests received by his Department to the central Cabinet Office Clearing House on Freedom of Information requests for advice on handling in the last t
14 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport
Leamside Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential economic benefits to the (a) North East and (b) UK of opening the proposed Leamside South line.
8 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport
Leamside Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of opening a proposed Leamside South line on congestion on the East Coast Mainline.
4 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Government Departments: Theleme Partners
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what work (a) Theleme Partners LLP (OC347655) and (b) partners in that company have undertaken for (i) his Department, (ii) other Departments and (iii) organisations for whose operations he is responsible to Parliam
4 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Business: Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of HMRC’s Large Business Directorate since its establishment in the context of his Department's 2014 strategy on Tackling aggressive tax planning in the global econom
4 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Business: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide information on the (a) mean and (b) median duration of all enquiries concluded that year by HMRC’s Large Business Directorate in each financial year between 2014-15 and 2019-20; and if he will mak
4 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Business: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide information on the (a) number and (b) volume of enquiries undertaken by HMRC’s Large Business Directorate in respect of businesses of which the registered location of the parent group is in the (a
4 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Business: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide information on the average (a) headcount and (b) full time equivalent number of staff working on each active enquiry undertaken by HMRC’s Large Business Directorate in each year between 2014-15 to
4 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Business: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide information on the number of (a) active enquiries, (b) enquiries initiated and (c) enquiries closed by HMRC’s Large Business Directorate in each year between 2014-15 and 2019-20.
4 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Business: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide information on the total spend on compliance activities by HMRC’s Large Business Directorate in each year between 2014-15 and 2019-20.
4 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Business: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent number of staff employed in HMRC’s Large Business Directorate in each year between 2014-15 and 2019-20.
4 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Corporation Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide information on compliance yield from activities relating to ensuring the proper payment of corporation tax in respect of the work of HMRC’s Large Business Directorate in each year between 2014-15
4 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Disease Control
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 29 April 2021 to Question 188144 on Government Assistance: Coronavirus, what work (a) has been completed, (b) is in progress and (c) is planned on using the experience gained by his D
26 May 2021 · Department for Transport
Leamside Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has undertaken an environmental impact assessment of opening a proposed Leamside South line.
12 Apr 2021 · Treasury
Freeports
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the UK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement, whether the Government’s policy on freeports formed part of the negotiating mandate for the UK negotiators.
12 Apr 2021 · Treasury
Freeports
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether goods processed and produced in a freeport in the UK, regardless of their prior origin, are entitled to the arrangements for goods originating in the UK for the purposes of trade with the EU, as governed by
12 Apr 2021 · Department for International Trade
Freeports
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government’s policy on freeports forms part of the negotiating mandate for UK negotiators.
25 Mar 2021 · Treasury
Office for Tax Simplification
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a table of the advice he has requested and received from the Office for Tax Simplification under the provisions of section 185 of the Finance Act 2016 but in a manner not engaging the provisions f
25 Mar 2021 · Treasury
Office of Tax Simplification: Reviews
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of explicitly including in the terms of reference for the review of the Office of Tax simplification an examination of the effectiveness of tax reliefs in the work
25 Mar 2021 · Treasury
Office of Tax Simplification: Reviews
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce the timeline for the review of the Office of Tax Simplification.
25 Mar 2021 · Treasury
Office of Tax Simplification: Reviews
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who he plans to appoint to the advisory panel for the review of the Office of Tax Simplification; and (a) on what date and (b) by what process those individuals will be selected.
25 Mar 2021 · Treasury
Official Residences: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any refurbishments or redecorations have been requested in respect of accommodation made available by the Government to Ministers in his Department since 13 February 2020; and if he will make a statement.
25 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Capital Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Governement, what plans he has to make a submission to the consultation by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy on proposed changes to the Prudential code for capital fi
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