Written questions

1,066 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Welfare Tax Credits: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 1.123 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, when he plans to publish further information on transitional protection for universal credit recipients; whether his p

2 Dec 2015 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit claimant households benefited from the income rise disregard in each of the last five financial years.

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of tax credit claimants who will be migrated to universal credit in each year to 2020-21.

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each local authority in the Greater Manchester area have been transferred from tax credits to universal credit.

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 1.125 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, whether the cap on housing benefit for single claimants under 35 will apply to those in receipt of disability benefits

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 1.125 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what estimate he has made of the number of single claimants under 35 without dependent children living in social housi

2 Dec 2015 · Home Office

Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 1.81 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, whether the protection of overall police spending includes (a) British Transport Police, (b) the Civil Nuclear Consta

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Working Class Movement Library: Salford

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraphs 1.207 to 1.212 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, whether financial support will be provided to the Working Class Movement Library in Salford.

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Temporary Accommodation: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what management fee was paid to each local authority in Greater Manchester for housing tenants in receipt of housing benefit in temporary accommodation in the last financial year for which information i

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 1.242 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what estimate he has made of the amount that the two per cent precept for adult social care would raise

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 1.242 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, whether the Government carried out an equality impact assessment on the policy to allow local authoriti

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 1.123 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what estimate he has made of the effect of uprating the individual threshold in the minimum income floor for self-empl

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Welfare Tax Credits: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what modelling his Department has done to estimate the potential effect on household income for tax credit claimant families who are migrated to universal credit before 2020; and if he will place that m

2 Dec 2015 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.122 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what estimate his Department has made of the effect of reducing the income disregard on the household income of a tax credit claiman

2 Dec 2015 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Salford and Eccles

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Government property is located in Salford and Eccles constituency.

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of student loan borrowers with post-2012 student loan arrangements in (a) Salford and Eccles constituency, (b) the City of Salford and (c) Greater M

23 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Homelessness

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward plans to develop a formula to allocate the Homelessness Protection Grant according to the levels of homelessness and rough sleeping in local authorities.

23 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Homelessness

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward plans to monitor the effectiveness of how the Homelessness Protection Grant is spent.

23 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Electronic Commerce: VAT

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2015 to Question 16174, what success his Department has had in targeting operational and intelligence activity on tackling online VAT fraud.

23 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Electronic Commerce: VAT

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2015 to Question 16174, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of HM Revenue and Customs' targeting of operational and intelligence activity on tackling online VAT frau

23 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Wholesale Trade: Alcoholic Drinks

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure that the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme is introduced and now planned on 1 January 2016.

19 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Wholesale Trade: Alcoholic Drinks

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information has been provided to businesses to ensure that they are aware of their obligations under the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration scheme.

19 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Wholesale Trade: Alcoholic Drinks

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the provisions of the Finance Act 2015 relating to penalties for late registration for the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration scheme will apply now implementation of that scheme has been delayed.

18 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Emerging Industry Action Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made by the Emerging Industry Action Group.

18 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 13.17 of HM Treasury's publication entitled, Fixing the Foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation, Cm 9098, published in July 2015, what progress his Depar

13 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much she expects to be top-sliced from the (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17 police grant; and from what areas that funding will be top-sliced.

13 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits: Salford

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total on-flow and off-flow for tax credits was for claimants in Salford in the most recent (a) three and (b) six months for which data is available.

13 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits: Salford

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average duration of a claim for tax credits was in Salford in the most recent (a) three and (b) six months for which data is available.

13 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Electronic Commerce: VAT

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Government has had with (a) Amazon and (b) eBay on VAT fraud conducted by online traders operating from outside the EU; and what safeguards his Department has put in place to prevent such fraud.

13 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Electronic Commerce: VAT

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs is investigating VAT fraud conducted by online traders operating from outside the EU; and what action his Department is taking to prevent the possibility of such fraud taking place.

Source: official written-questions record.