Written questions

333 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with Ofcom on their consultation on the future of the universal service obligation for postal services.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure there will be parliamentary oversight of reforms to the Universal Service Obligation for postal services.

26 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Financial Ombudsman Service

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) scope and (b) remit is of the Treasury review into Financial Ombudsman Service.

26 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Government Securities

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has a planned timeline for the implementation of digital gilts; and when she expects to lay legislation before the House.

26 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Government Securities

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress her Department has made on the development of digital gilts; and what assessment she has made on their potential impact on the UK financial system.

26 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers' Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has of the adequacy of the range of communication methods used by Teachers' Pensions to contact their customers.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers' Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an an assessment of the adequacy of the length of time taken by Teachers' Pensions to process applications for remedial service statements.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) financial and (b) other support her Department provides to teachers who retire unexpectedly due to ill health.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers' Pensions: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of complaints made against the service provided by Teachers' Pensions in the last five years.

13 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services Compensation Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Bank of England on the Financial Services Compensation Scheme's compensation limit for (a) consumer and (b) business accounts.

13 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to require (a) technology and (b) telecommunication firms to contribute to the cost of (i) fraud prevention and (ii) the reimbursement of victims of fraud on their platforms.

13 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Financial Conduct Authority and Payment Systems Regulator: Mergers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of merging the Financial Conduct Authority and the Payment Systems Regulator.

13 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Financial Conduct Authority and Payment Systems Regulator: Mergers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of merging the Financial Conduct Authority and the Payment Systems Regulator on costs to the Exchequer.

13 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Charging Points: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce a nationwide policing strategy to prevent the theft of materials from charging stations.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has considered designating public electric vehicle charger sites as Critical National Infrastructure.

3 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of (a) reducing the cash ISA limit to £4,000 and (b) creating incentives to put money into stocks and shares ISAs on the amount of money that will be put into sto

28 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Stamp Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been raised from stamp duty charged to UK listed equity transactions in each financial year since 2010.

28 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Stamp Duties: Economic Growth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of removing stamp duty from UK listed equity transactions on economic growth.

28 Feb 2025 · Treasury

PISCES

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when her Department plans to lay the Statutory Instrument for the introduction of the PISCES Sandbox.

28 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Bank of England: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Bank of England on increasing the proposed eligibility threshold in its consultation on minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) to £50bn.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Aviation and Emergency Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the unavailability of localiser performance with vertical guidance (LPV) approaches on (a) general aviation, (b) emergency medical services and (c) regional airport

21 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Mortgages

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of additional mortgages that could be approved by increasing the 15% cap on bank mortgage lending above 4.5 times income to (a) 17.5%, (b) 20% or (c) removing the cap entir

21 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Mortgages: Bank of England

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee's 15% cap on mortgage lending.

21 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Credit Unions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to allow credit unions to access the Bank of England’s liquidity facilities.

21 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the recommendations within the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee's report entitled Naming and shaming: how not to regulate, published on 6 Februar

21 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Financial Conduct Authority

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Financial Conduct Authority’s decision to automatically delete emails after 12 months.

21 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Financial Ombudsman Service: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Financial Ombudsman Service’s decision to introduce a £250 charge for claims management companies to refer cases.

21 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Financial Ombudsman Service

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure the (a) transparency and (b) accountability of the Financial Ombudsman Service.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Space Debris

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his planned timetable is for publishing the Active Debris Removal Programme.

30 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Cryptocurrencies: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Bank of England on creating a regulatory framework for stablecoins.

Source: official written-questions record.