Written questions

947 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Public Sector

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2024 to Question 16761 on Employers’ Contributions: Public Sector, what the assumed unit cost per (a) headcount and (b) FTE employee of the estimated increase in National Insuran

18 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Judiciary: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, whether the (a) pension and (b) associated pension benefits under the tax-unregistered Judicial Pension Scheme will be liable for inheritance tax.

18 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Business Rates: Greater London

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish a list of the number of hereditaments in each local authority in Greater London categorised by Special Category Code (a) 303 Bars (Valued on Floor Space), (b) 199 Night Clubs and Discotheques and

18 Dec 2024 · Treasury

First Time Buyers: Stamp Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of first-time buyers paying stamp duty in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26; and what the average amount of stamp duty a first time buyer will pay in each year is.

11 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Cryptocurrencies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the ban on retail derivatives for crypto.

11 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Blockchain

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Department is responsible for (a) leading on and (b) delivering blockchain technology.

19 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Treasury: Mission Boards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she attends meetings of the Mission Boards.

19 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Business Rates and Council Tax: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024, to Question 8196 on Business Rates and Council Tax: Valuation, whether the Automated Valuation Model for Wales is adaptable to be used in England.

19 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 2.81 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, what assumption her Department has made of the level of council tax receipts to be raised in England in 2025-2

19 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Property: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what type of regression model is used in the Automated Valuation Model of the Valuation Office Agency.

19 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Domicil: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the revenue generated by proposed changes to the non-domiciled tax regime in the next five financial years.

19 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Treasury: Public Appointments and Special Advisers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to publish the declaration of interests of (a) public appointments, (b) special advisers and (c) direct ministerial appointments.

19 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Government Departments: Communication and Consultants

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8813 on Government Departments: Communications and Consultants, what the baseline figures on expenditure on (a) communications and (b) consultants are in each De

19 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Office for Value for Money

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8950 on Office for Value for Money, whether the Chair is a regulated public appointment; and whether he was selected via open and fair competition.

18 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8130 on Public Sector: Pay, what the gross cost was of the doctors pay deal.

18 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Railways: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8130 on Public Sector: Pay, what the gross cost was of the pay mandates for rail staff.

18 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2024 to Question 4696 on Government Department: Cost Effectiveness, if she will list each efficiency saving and its value for the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial years.

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Office for Budget Responsibility: Forecasts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the published correspondence from the Office for Budget Responsibility of 27 October 2024 to the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice provide

18 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Social Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12848, on Employers’ Contributions: GP’s, what (a) assessment she has made of the impact of changes to National Insurance contributions on social care providers

18 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12457 on Music Venues: Business Rates, what the cost of Retail, Hospitality and Leisure business rate relief was in 2024-25.

18 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Devolution

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12552 on Employers’ Contributions: Hospices, what definition of the public sector her Department plans to use to decide whether to allocate funding for the cost

18 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Refuges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will reimburse women’s domestic violence refuges from the higher cost of employers national insurance contributions.

18 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of estates that will be eligible to pay inheritance tax for each year till 2028.

14 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Public Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish her Department's contingent liability database.

14 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to replace the business rates system.

14 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.51 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC295, whether an (a) equality impact assessment, (b) family test assessment, (c) regulatory impact assessment, (d) rural impact assessment, and (e) enviro

14 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Pensions: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.52 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, whether the application of inheritance tax to unused pension funds and death benefits will apply to the (a) BBC and (b) Channel 4 defined benefit p

14 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Workplace Pensions: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.52 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, whether the application of inheritance tax to unused pension funds and death benefits will apply to the pension scheme established under The Pensio

14 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Yields

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the latest estimate by HM Treasury of the total revenue from business rates in England in each year from 2023-24 for which projections are available.

14 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Tax Yields

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of the total revenue from (a) central government and (b) local government taxation in each year from 2023-24 for which projections are available.

Source: official written-questions record.