Written questions

553 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Reserve Forces: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the daily rate of pay for armed forces reservists is calculated from the regular equivalents.

24 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page seven of the Government's response to the paper entitled, Creating a responsible payment culture: a call for evidence on tackling late payment, what the ev

24 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the £1 million technology fund for businesses on the issue of late payments.

24 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what evidence base the Government used in reaching the decision to provide a £1 million business fund for the use of technology to help reduce late payments.

24 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how he plans to define late payments that the Small Business Commissioner will enforce.

24 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the maximum payment terms of the Prompt Payment Code from 60 days to 30 days.

24 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making the Prompt Payment Code compulsory for large businesses.

19 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the average time taken to reach an outcome for mandatory re-considerations of personal independence payment applications.

19 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Visas: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where the assisted digital locations in Scotland will be; and what type of visa applicants will be able to use that service.

9 May 2019 · Treasury

Pensions: Doctors

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he had had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on reviewing the annual allowance taper in relation to NHS doctor and consultant pensions.

9 May 2019 · Treasury

Pensions: Doctors

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he had had with the Secretary of State for Health on the flexibility of pensions available to NHS (a) doctors and (b) consultants.

9 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: Aberdeen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appointment slots are available each week at the UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services Centre in Aberdeen; and how many of those appointment slots are filled each week.

9 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: Aberdeen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with AB postcodes have been seen at UKVCAS centres broken down by (a) month and (b) UKVCAS centre.

9 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: Aberdeen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with AB postcodes have been seen at service and support centres broken down by (a) month and (b) support centre.

1 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport

Transport for London: Borrowing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Transport for London has the power to defer borrowing from one year to the next.

1 Apr 2019 · Treasury

Public Sector: Borrowing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) UK Government, (b) devolved and (c) local authority agencies have powers to defer borrowing from one year to the next.

1 Apr 2019 · Treasury

Banks: Scotland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to support the Scottish Government in establishing the Scottish National Investment Bank.

1 Apr 2019 · Treasury

Banks: Scotland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with the Scottish Government on borrowing limits for the proposed Scottish National Investment Bank.

5 Mar 2019 · Treasury

Financial Services: Women

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will rename the Women in Finance Charter to reflect the contribution of women across the whole of the economy.

5 Mar 2019 · Treasury

Financial Services: Women

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the widening of the Women in Finance Charter to cover other sectors of the economy.

5 Mar 2019 · Treasury

Financial Services: Women

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the conclusions of the AAT MP Survey Results, published on 21 January 2019, which found that 54 per cent of hon. Members would support changing the

5 Mar 2019 · Treasury

Financial Services: Women

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of widening the scope of the Women in Finance Charter to other sectors of the economy.

1 Mar 2019 · Home Office

British Nationality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to section 66 of the Immigration Act 2014, what the timeframe is for his Department to undertake a review of his powers to deprive individuals of their citizenship for the period from J

14 Jan 2019 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his Department’s policy to provide additional fiscal support to providers of public services should their costs change as a result of the UK leaving the EU without a deal and if (a) such inflationary e

10 Jan 2019 · Treasury

Import Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on the amount of customs revenue accruing to the public purse of (a) leaving the EU, (b) leaving the EU without a deal and (b) the Department for Transport’s decision to prior

10 Jan 2019 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Trade: Turkey

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the UK has secured an agreement with Turkey to continue trading after 30 March 2019 on the same terms on which it currently trades with that country; and if he will make a statement.

10 Jan 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many free trade agreements to which the UK is a party through its EU membership will be rolled over in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 30 March 2019; and which countries thos

10 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Brexit

What steps he is taking to ensure the preparedness of his Department in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

9 Jan 2019 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the additional expenditure that will be required in each Department in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a negotiated deal.

9 Jan 2019 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with other Departments on providing fiscal support to the providers of public services for changes to their costs in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a negotiated d

Source: official written-questions record.