Written questions
688 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Trade Agreements: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the (a) environment and (b) food sectors.
19 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the energy sector.
17 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Worcestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the £209 million of reallocated HS2 Funding for Better Local Transport was allocated to Worcestershire for each of the seven years following the announcement.
17 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Worcestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Local Transport Grant funding has been allocated to Worcestershire in each year of the Spending Review 2025.
16 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to issue embargoed copies of the industrial strategy.
13 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to Holiday Activities and Food Programme in each of the last three financial years; and how much funding has been allocated in each financial year of the 2025 Spending Review
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Conditions of Employment: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the research published by IoD entitled IoD research finds employment law reforms will damage UK economic growth, published
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Office for Investment: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what key performance indicators his Department plans to use to measure the success of the Office for Investment; and how these differ from key performance indicators outlined at the launch of the Offic
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Job Creation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Record-breaking International Investment Summit secures £63 billion and nearly 38,000 jobs for the UK, published on 14 October 2024, what the r
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Office for Investment: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what budget was allocated to the Office for Investment in the spending review 2025.
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the capital budget for flood defences was in each of the last three fiscal years; and what the capital budget for flood defences is for each year of the 2025 Spending Review perio
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Data Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Ofgem's readiness criteria for the UK data centre sector on growth in that sector.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Office for Investment: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2024 to Question 53498 on the Office for Investment, what the budget is of the expanded Office for Investment.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Office for Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2024 to Question 53498 on the Office for Investment, where the expanded Office for Investment will be located.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Office for Investment: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2024 to Question 53498 on the Office for Investment, what expenditure has been incurred to allocate (a) office space, (b) furnishings and (c)) computers to the Office f
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Office for Investment: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2024 to Question 53498 on the Office for Investment, how many staff were allocated to the expanded Office for Investment in each month from July 2024.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Office for Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2024 to Question 53498 on the Office for Investment, in May of which year the expanded Office for Investment will be operational.
2 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Post Office: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to commission an independent investigation into the Post Office data breach in June 2024.
2 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Post Office: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Post Office has taken to prevent future data breaches.
2 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Post Office: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timeline is for compensation payments to people impacted by the Post Office data breach in June 2024.
2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Construction: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of skilled workers entering employment as a result of construction skills funding in the Spring Statement 2025.
2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Construction: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Spring Statement 2025, published on 26 March 2025, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding for (a) improving skills and (b) increasing recruitment in the construction sec
22 May 2025 · Treasury
Government Departments: Cheques
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department collects information on the number of cheques issued by (a) the Government and (b) central government public bodies in 2024-25.
22 May 2025 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Cheques
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was to HMRC of administering cheque payments to (a) people and (b) companies in 2024-25.
22 May 2025 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Cheques
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cheques were issued by HMRC to (a) people and (b) companies in the 2024-25 financial year.
22 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Post Offices: Bank Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the fourth iteration of the Post Office's Banking Framework, published on 30 April 2025, what steps his Department is taking to expand access through post offices to (a) cash and (b)
21 May 2025 · Treasury
Government Departments: Cheques
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of administering cheque payments across government in 2024-25 financial year.
20 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Office for Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the About Us page for the Office for Investment on gov.uk, updated on 8 November 2024, when he plans to set out further details on the expanded Office for Investment; and when that ex
20 May 2025 · Treasury
Foreign Investment in UK
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of international investors in the UK.
20 May 2025 · Treasury
Remittances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed the remittance basis in each of the last five tax years.
Source: official written-questions record.