Written questions
1,066 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Apr 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
HM Land Registry
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the public purse received from the HM Land Registry trading fund in 2015-16.
19 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Academies: Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of legal costs (a) to her Department and (b) to the academies and local authorities affected arising following the transfer of all local authority school land to the Secretary of Stat
19 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Academies: Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a property management company will be created for land held as a result of the proposals to transfer land owned by local authorities to the Secretary of State as part of the policy of converting all sch
19 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Academies
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a standard precedent lease will be issued to all schools planned to be converted to an academy under her Department's recent proposals; what the proposed standard length is of such leases; whether a mar
19 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Academies: Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities will retain rights of overage, clawback or pre-emption or any other interest in land transferred to her as a result of the Government's recent academisation proposals.
19 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury
Wholesale Trade: Alcoholic Drinks
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses had signed up for the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme by the 31 March 2016 application deadline; whether the number of businesses was in line with the 20,000 businesses that HM Revenue and
19 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury
Wholesale Trade: Alcoholic Drinks
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many wholesalers have been found as a result of their failure to sign up to the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme to have been trading in alcohol fraudulently since the introduction of that scheme
19 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury
Wholesale Trade: Alcoholic Drinks
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the businesses and sectors which have failed to sign up to the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme; what steps his Department is taking to ensure that such businesses sign up to that
24 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Offshore Industry: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.133 of Budget 2016, whether the adjustments to Investment Allowances for oil and gas production in the UK will extend to investment in pipelines.
24 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Energy: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.134 of Budget 2016, when HM Revenue and Customs plans to publish the technical note clarifying the interpretation of existing legislation on tax reliefs for decommissioning expenditure.
24 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Energy: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.19 of the Treasury report entitled, Overview of Tax Legislation and Rates, published on 16 March 2016, what impact assessment has been undertaken on which technologies will be added or r
24 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Soft Drinks: Taxation
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 34 of the report, Overview of Tax Legislation and Rates, published on 16 March 2016, which producers will be exempt from the soft drinks industry levy.
24 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Energy: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.19 of the report, Overview of Tax Legislation and Rates, published on 16 March 2016, what consultation with industry his Department undertook when considering which technologies will be
24 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Energy: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.19 of the report, Overview of Tax Legislation and Rates, published on 16 March 2016, which technologies his Department is considering (a) adding and (b) removing from the list of qualify
24 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Soft Drinks: Taxation
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether revenue raised from the planned soft drink industry levy will be hypothecated for the public health budget.
22 Mar 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Civil Servants: Location
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 1.287 of Budget 2016, where those centres of expertise will be located; what those centres will be responsible for; and how those centres will be funded.
22 Mar 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Administration of Justice: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 1.293 of Budget 2016, which areas of criminal justice services he plans to devolve to Greater Manchester; which bodies will assume overall governance of such services; what legal frame
22 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Devolution: Greater Manchester
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.293 of Budget 2016, how his Department plans to support the establishment of a Life Chances Investment Fund; and how much funding will be allocated to that Fund.
15 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Energy: VAT
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has made to the EU Commission on the application of VAT to energy-saving materials.
3 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Wholesale Trade: Alcoholic Drinks
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on its communications programme for the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme.
3 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Wholesale Trade: Alcoholic Drinks
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what processes are in place to ensure that wholesalers sign up to the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme by the end of March 2016.
3 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Wholesale Trade: Alcoholic Drinks
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many wholesalers have registered for the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme to date.
3 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Wholesale Trade: Alcoholic Drinks
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contingency plans he has should an insufficient number of wholesalers not have signed up to the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme by the end of March 2016.
1 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Welfare Tax Credits
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government's memorandum submitted to the Lords Secondary Legislation Committee on 28 January, how many of the 800,000 tax credit claimants with a reduced award to an income rise above the new le
1 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Welfare Tax Credits: Females
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government's memorandum submitted to the Lords Secondary Legislation Committee on 28 January, how many of the 800,000 tax credit claimants with a reduced award to an income rise above the new le
1 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Welfare Tax Credits
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was overpaid in tax credits in 2014-15; and what forecast he has made of the level of such overpayments in each of the next three years.
1 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the maximum reduction in tax credits is that an individual could be subject to as a result of the reduction in the income rise disregard implemented through the draft Tax Credits (Income Threshold and Determinat
1 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has carried out an equality impact assessment on the draft Tax Credits (Income Threshold and Determination of Rates) Amendment Regulations 2016.
29 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury
Welfare Tax Credits
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.205 of Budget 2014, HC 1104, when he plans to bring forward draft legislation to implement the increase in the rate of tax credits debt recovery from ongoing awards from 25 per cent to 5
29 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury
Welfare Tax Credits
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average yearly reduction in a household's tax credit award was when repaying an overpayment from the previous financial year for each financial year since 2006.
Source: official written-questions record.