Written questions

2,061 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Valuation Office Agency: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the workforce management information published by the Valuation Office Agency.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates the HMRC Audit and Risk Committee has met since April 2020 24 July 2019; and whether at those meetings the Committee (a) considered the organisational risks of HMRC's level of staffing, (b) recommended

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates the HMRC Resources and Performance Committee has met since April 2020; and whether at those meetings the Committee (a) considered the adequacy of HMRC's level of staffing, (b) recommended an increase i

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of calls to the HMRC taxation advice line were terminated by the caller before reaching an adviser in each quarter of the last five years; and what the average wait in seconds was before the call was

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls to the telephone lines operated for taxation advice by HMRC were abandoned by the caller before reaching an advisor, in each quarter of the last five years.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Internet

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library copies of the data protection impact assessment on the webchat facilities available on HMRC's website.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Minimum Wage: Non-payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have fined following court proceedings brought by HMRC in relation to non-payment of the national minimum wage in each of the last ten years; and what the sum total was of those fines in each of

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Minimum Wage: Non-payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have been taken to court by HMRC for potential infractions of the National Minimum Wage, in each of the last 10 years.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Minimum Wage: Non-payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have been investigated by HMRC for potential infractions of the National Minimum Wage, in each of the last 10 years.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Discrimination

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints there have been of sexist behaviour in the workplace in HMRC in each of the last five years, by directorate.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints there have been of racist behaviour in the workplace in HMRC in each of the last five years, by directorate.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: 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 HMRC in each of the last five years.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Termination of Employment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) staff, (b) director-level staff and (c) director-general-level staff have left a post in HMRC in each of the last five years.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Vacancies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days have (a) posts, (b) director-level posts and (c) director-general-level posts been vacant in HMRC in each month of each of the last five years.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the (a) total headcount and (b) full-time equivalent staffing of each directorate of HMRC.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the directorates within HMRC.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Sick Leave

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many working days have been lost to staff sickness in HMRC in each month of the last five years, by directorate.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the accuracy of the workforce management information published by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Protective Clothing: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to support funeral director companies to access Government stocks of personal protective equipment after the end of the temporary VAT reduction on those items.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Protective Clothing: VAT Zero Rating

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of which sectors of the economy have been most affected by increases in the cost of personal protective equipment since the ending of the temporary VAT exemption on that equip

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Protective Clothing: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the ending of the temporary VAT reduction on personal protective equipment on funeral director companies.

10 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Premium Bonds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the age breakdown is of all Premium Bonds prize winners in (a) the most recent year for which figures are available and (b) the four years previous to that.

10 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Premium Bonds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the age breakdown is of people holding one or more Premium Bonds with National Savings and Investments.

10 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Premium Bonds: Cheques

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many paper prize warrants were sent out to winners of Premium Bond prizes in each of the last ten years; and if he will make a statement.

10 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Premium Bonds: Cheques

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what equality impact assessment was undertaken prior to NS&I's decision to discontinue sending paper prize warrants to winners of Premium Bonds prizes; and if he will place a copy of that assessment in the Library.

10 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Premium Bonds: Cheques

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason NS&I decided to discontinue sending paper prize warrants to winners of Premium Bonds prizes.

7 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Remote Education: ICT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of changing the level of VAT payable on laptops, tablets, routers and other items important to the delivery of distance learning for school children; and if

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's oral contribution, Official Report, 11 March 2020 col 280, what the evidential basis was for the Government's commitment to reimburse businesses with

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Statutory Sick Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to businesses of paying statutory sick pay at its current rate of £95.85 a week.

28 Aug 2020 · Treasury

Eat Out to Help Out Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish data by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority for (i) the number of premises registered for the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, (ii) the number of covers in respect of which claims ha

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