Written questions
2,061 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Jayne-Anne Gadhia
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he met Jayne-Ann Gadhia from 14 February 2020 to 20 November 2020; and what the subject of each of those meetings was.
17 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Jayne-Anne Gadhia
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the quarterly publication of data by the Electoral Commission on political donations, whether he was aware at the time of appointment of Jayne-Ann Gadhia as Chair of HMRC that she had given more th
17 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the evidential basis was for the level of direct support through the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme to be set at (a) 20 per cent of prior taxable profits on 24 September 2020, (b) 40 per cent of prior taxa
17 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has put forward the names of (a) economists or (b) scientists to Cabinet colleagues as persons from whom a presentation on the (i) covid-19 pandemic or (ii) economic effects of the Government's response t
17 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Freeports
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what evidential basis the limit of 500 words was set for freeport bids regarding the economic rationale for tax site choice.
17 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Freeports: Job Creation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created by the introduction of free ports in the UK; and what (a) methodology and (b) international examples he used to calculate that estimate; and if he
17 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library copies of correspondence in which he sought epidemiological advice on the Eat Out To Help Out scheme before the announcement of that scheme.
17 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Training
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HMRC spent on staff training in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020 to date.
17 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Northern Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC staff have been employed at sites in Northern Ireland in each quarter of each of the last five years.
17 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions since 1 April 2020 he has asked for an assessment of adequacy of the design of the Self Employment Income Support Scheme.
17 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he made of the potential merits of the second, third and fourth grants under the Self Employment Income Support Scheme to have a ceiling for the amount of support received, rather than a ceiling for
17 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Treasury: Racial Discrimination
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints have been made of racist behaviour in the workplace by staff in his Department in each of the last five years, by directorate.
17 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Freeports
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the essential information required from bidders set out in his Department’s document entitled, Freeports: bidding prospectus, what assessment he has made of the
16 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Performing Arts: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on eligibility for financial support of people who found new work on or after 31 October 2020 as a result of the planned
16 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Towns Fund
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to update his Department's guidance, Managing public money, in response to the findings of the Public Accounts Committee on the Town Deals selection process in its report Selecting towns for the Tow
16 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Customs: Northern Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many words are in the most recent assessment prepared by HMRC on the security and infrastructure that would be required solely for customs purposes on the Ireland/UK land border in the event that the UK leaves t
16 Dec 2020 · Treasury
National Savings and Investments: Sick Leave
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many working days have been lost to staff sickness in National Savings & Investments in each month of the last five years.
16 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Treasury: Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the directorates are in his Department.
16 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Freeports
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve the bid assessment proposals for freeports in response to the findings of the Public Accounts Committee on the towns fund selection process in
16 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Re
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the role of Flood Re in the flood insurance market since 14 February 2020 .
16 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Freeports
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library the (a) current round of bid submissions for possible sites for Freeports, (b) criteria used to assess each of the free text fields in the submitt
16 Dec 2020 · Treasury
National Savings and Investments: Discrimination
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints have been made by staff of National Savings & Investments of sexist behaviour in the workplace in each of the last five years.
16 Dec 2020 · Treasury
National Savings and Investments: Recruitment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff have taken up a post in National Savings & Investments, in each of the last five years.
16 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Freeports
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the estimates that were produced with regard to the UK Global Tariff and freeports policy of which forms of industrial activity using the standard industrial classification would bene
16 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the epidemiological advice he received on the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme before announcing that scheme on 8 July 2020.
16 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Training
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC staff-hours have been devoted to receiving training in each of (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019, and (f) 2020 to date.
16 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what basis the upper absolute limit of trading profits of £50,000 in the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme was initially set; whether that level was affected by his estimate of the length of time for which th
16 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce details of the fourth grant for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
16 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Treasury: Discrimination
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints have been made by staff in his Department of sexist behaviour in the workplace in each of the last five years, by directorate.
16 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Treasury: Recruitment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) staff, (b) director-level staff and (c) director-general level staff have taken up a post in his Department in each of the last five years.
Source: official written-questions record.