Written questions

1,682 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Public Appointments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he has nominated the Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs as the expert adviser to the Independent Inquiry on the Loan Charge.

25 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the finding of the Independent Loan Charge Review that loans made pre-December 2010 were made before the law was clear, for what reason HMRC has pursued tax from people with pre-2010 open years.

25 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance: Bankruptcy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of how many clients of loan scheme promoters may become bankrupt.

25 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department determines who the employer is between the promoter and end user client engaged in the loan charge scheme in circumstances where HMRC and Customs Digital Technology Services are also the engagers

25 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what responsibilities the most senior contractors who used the loan charge scheme had while they were engaged at Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and Revenue and Customs Digital Technology Services.

24 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of how long international tourism will take to return to previous levels as covid-19 lockdown restrictions ease.

24 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what additional support his Department plans to offer to UK tourism businesses as covid-19 lockdown restrictions ease.

24 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Windrush Lessons Learned Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 October 2020 to Question 96770 on Windrush Lessons Learned Review, if she will publish a progress report on that full evaluation of the compliant environment policy and mea

22 Feb 2021 · Church Commissioners

Bishops: Offences against Children

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what the composition of the (a) Gibbs and (b) Whitsey reviews are; and if he will place non-redacted copies of the reports in the Library.

19 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Buildings: VAT Zero Rating

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a zero-rating of VAT on remedial fire safety works to buildings.

19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the level of revenue lost by (a) tenants and (b) leaseholders due to home sales not progressing as a result of cladding-related issues in

19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Safety Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the additional £3.5 billion announced for the Building Safety Fund will cover residential buildings that are mixed-use developments.

19 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department concluded its internal review of the factors driving the use of food banks.

8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the decision will be taken on the next priority groups to receive the covid-19 vaccine; and when that decision will be communicated to the NHS workforce responsible for inviting people for vac

4 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 57261, when she plans to place a copy in the Library of her Department's internal review of the drivers of food bank usage.

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Data Protection: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress the Government has made in securing an agreement on data adequacy with the EU.

28 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Waking Watch Relief Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the eligibility criteria for the Waking Watch Relief Fund will be published; when application decisions are likely to be assessed; and when payments will be made available.

26 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Arbitration: Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the commercial arbitration system is obliged to ensure that crimes identified during hearings are raised with the appropriate investigating authority.

26 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Arbitration: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making commercial arbitration procedures and findings public.

26 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether anyone working in the UK will be required to pay for a covid-19 vaccine.

25 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department for Work and Pensions, on the effect on the food redistributi

25 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to work with medical research organisations to increase capacity to deliver the covid-19 vaccination.

21 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2021 to Question 136542, how many and what proportion of the 33,000 people supported through the Everyone In scheme were subject to No Recour

19 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Podiatry: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2020 to Question 117279, what steps his Department is taking in response to the covid-19 outbeak to recruit podiatrists into the NHS workforce.

19 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Podiatry: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 25 November 2020 to Question 117280, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the ability of podiatrists to provide their services

19 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Podiatry: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many students registered for a podiatry undergraduate degree through UCAS in each year from 2016 to 2020.

19 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Podiatry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 25 November 2020 to Question 117281, what assessment his Department been made of the long term sustainability of podiatry.

14 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Migrants: Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2021 to Question 131288 on Immigrants: Sleeping Rough, when her Department plans to publish guidance for migrants on the recent changes to the Immigration Rules wh

13 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department monitors how effectively the NHS track and trace system service reaches schoolchildren identified as having covid-19.

12 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2021 to Question 130094, how many and what proportion of the 29,000 people housed through the Everyone In scheme were subject to No Recourse

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