Written questions
1,155 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Planning Permission: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the (a) total and (b) average cost of processing planning appeals per appeal type in each of the last three financial years.
28 Feb 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Wind Power: North Sea
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to approve future sites for offshore wind farms in the North Sea.
28 Feb 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Offshore Industry: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she is taking steps to secure private investment to develop an offshore energy grid in the East of England.
28 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Horizon IT System: Shareholder Executive and UK Government Investments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish (a) reports and (b) briefings provided to (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in her Department and its predecessor Departments by the (A) former UK Shareholder Executive and (B) UK Go
28 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Horizon IT System
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what weighting the Post Office Horizon compensation scheme gives to individual sub-postmaster’s (a) mental health, (b) physical health and (c) family circumstances when calculating compensation offers.
28 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Royal Mail: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of Royal Mail's compliance with the universal service obligation in each postal code area in Witham constituency in each week of (a) 2023 and (b) 2024
22 Feb 2024 · Cabinet Office
Official Secrets
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) Ministers and (b) staff on maintaining the confidentiality of official documents after they leave office.
1 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
A12
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects work on the A12 widening scheme to begin and to be completed.
31 Jan 2024 · Treasury
Foreign Investment in UK: Fiscal Policy
What recent assessment he has made of the impact of his fiscal policies on levels of foreign direct investment into the UK.
23 Jan 2024 · Department for Education
Apprenticeship Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2024 to Question 7553 on Apprentices: Taxation, what the process is for the reallocation of funds in apprenticeship accounts that have expired; and what the destination of th
23 Jan 2024 · Home Office
Terrorism: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Victims of Terrorism Unit (a) completed its review into the support package provided to victims of terrorism and (b) made a draft of its findings available to Ministers; and what plans his De
17 Jan 2024 · Department for Education
Apprenticeship Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2024 to Question 7553 on Apprentices: Taxation, what estimate he has made of the amount of apprenticeship levy that will expire and be returned in each month from December 20
17 Jan 2024 · Department for Education
Apprenticeship Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2024 to Question 7553 on Apprentices: Taxation, what the total spend from apprenticeship levy accounts was in each year since 2017; and how much and what what proportion of t
17 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Seeds: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Windsor Framework on the trade in seeds between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
17 Jan 2024 · Home Office
Terrorism: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If he will introduce a National Day of Service and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism.
19 Dec 2023 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Land and Property
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) buildings, (b) land and (c) other property held by the Government are no longer required for operational purposes; and whether his Department is taking steps to (i) dispose and (ii) repurpose each site.
19 Dec 2023 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Land and Property
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of maintaining under-utilised (a) buildings, (b) other property and (c) land held by Government departments in the last 12 months.
19 Dec 2023 · Treasury
Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to reduce costs across Government departments in each of the next five years; and what estimate he has made of the resulting annual savings, by department.
19 Dec 2023 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Land and Property
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the total value of (a) land, (b) buildings and (c) other property owned by the Government.
19 Dec 2023 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Land and Property
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) buildings, (b) other properties and (c) land leased by the Government have leases that are due to expire in each of the next ten years; how much the Government pays for each site each year; and what fun
19 Dec 2023 · Treasury
Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the Government Efficiency Framework; and if he will make an estimate of the impact of that framework on costs to the public purse (i) so far and (ii) in e
19 Dec 2023 · Cabinet Office
Public Bodies
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the public bodies reform programme 2020 to 2025; and if he will make an estimate of the impact of that reform programme on costs to the public purse (
19 Dec 2023 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were employed in each (a) Government department and (b) other public sector bodies by (i) head count and (ii) full time equivalent in each year since 1997.
19 Dec 2023 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of civil service salaries in each year since 1997.
19 Dec 2023 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) total and (b) full-time equivalent head count was of the civil service in each year since 1997.
19 Dec 2023 · Treasury
Corporation Tax: International Cooperation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 3785 on Corporation Tax: International Cooperation, when he next plans to (a) review and (b) make an assessment of the potential impact on (i) UK-based businesse
19 Dec 2023 · Department for Education
Apprenticeship Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) sectors and (b) employers were (i) most and (ii) least likely to utilise the funds provided through the apprenticeship levy in the latest period for which data is available.
19 Dec 2023 · Department for Education
Apprenticeship Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 3789 on Apprentices: Taxation, what the total expired unused Apprenticeship Levy funds were in each month since May 2019.
12 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployment: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the unemployment rate in Essex.
5 Dec 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Concrete
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what process her Department has put in place to allow schools to report concerns on temporary classroom provision due to RAAC to her Department.
Source: official written-questions record.