Written questions

947 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Civil Servants

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2024 to Question 10443 on Civil Servants, what data her Department holds on the estimated financial impact of previously planned reductions in the size of the civil service in (a

14 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Budget October 2024

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is for publishing tax information and impact notes for tax measures announced in the Autumn Budget 2024.

14 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Pensions: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her policy is on (a) the level of the pension annual allowance and (b) the application of a lifetime allowance to pensions.

13 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Budget October 2024

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will place in the House of Commons Library a copy of the equality impact assessments for each of the tax measures in the Autumn Budget 2024.

13 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Treasury: Anacta

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether special advisers in her Department have met representatives of Anacta since the general election.

13 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 1 November 2024 to Question 10988 on Treasury: recruitment, of 14 October 2024 to Question 6117 on Department for Transport: Civil Servants and of 4 October 2024 to Question 2937 on Depart

13 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Item 26 of Table 5.1 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, whether the funding includes monies to devolved administrations under the Barnett formula.

13 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to allocate additional funding to social care organisations outside the NHS to cover proposed increases in employers national insurance contributions.

13 Nov 2024 · Treasury

High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.146 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, what estimate her Department has made of the potential savings to the public purse for changes to the High Income Child Benefit Charge in each of

13 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to publish an impact assessment which has been assessed by the Regulatory Policy Committee on the potential impact of the changes to National Insurance contributions announced in the A

13 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to publish an impact assessment which has been assessed by the Regulatory Policy Committee on the potential impact of the changes to agricultural and business property relief announced

13 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Treasury: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list each (a) saving and (b) efficiency planned by her Department for the 2024-25 financial year to help meet the Government's overall savings target.

12 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Business: Meetings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues on the conduct of meetings between Ministers and business representatives where such business representatives have paid money to the governing party to facilitate the meeting.

11 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Chief of Staff Association

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Cabinet Office: Government Procurement Card spend over £500, August 2024, (a) who and (b) what the payment to the Chief of Staff Association was for.

11 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether diversity content has been standardised in civil service job adverts.

11 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many receptions have taken place in Downing Street since the general election which were (a) funded by the taxpayer and (b) funded through political donations.

11 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the (a) terms of reference and (b) rules of procedure for the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations, and Medals.

11 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 1248 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, whether the Prime Minister’s Office plans to use insourced armed forces’ helicopters for official travel after Decemb

11 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of processes for providing access to the civil service prior to the 2024 general election; if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of those proces

11 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether machinery of Government changes have been made to the AI and data science capability functions in the Prime Minister's Office since 4 July 2024.

11 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Injunctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to reform the law on super-injunctions; and whether she has had discussions with the Law Officers on super-injunctions.

11 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Honours: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to fill vacancies on the Honours committees.

11 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Protestantism

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has had discussions with His Majesty's household on potential steps to support His Majesty in maintaining the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law.

11 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pagers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to end the use of pagers in the NHS.

6 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments considers direct ministerial appointments from the civil service.

5 Nov 2024 · Women and Equalities

Police: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of recommendation 3 of His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services' report on An inspection into activis

5 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Lobbying

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent guidance the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has provided to special envoys on lobbying.

5 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to make a submission to the Civil Service Commission review of appointments made by exception at delegated grades.

4 Nov 2024 · Women and Equalities

Public Sector: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to Recommendation 3 of the report entitled An inspection into activism and impartiality in policing, published by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services on 10 Se

4 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 7805 on Ministers: Members' Interests, what the budget is for the development of the single platform for transparency data; and which organisation has

Source: official written-questions record.