Written questions

Peter Dowd

1,057 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Soft Drinks: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the decision by soft drinks suppliers to repackage the size of their bottles and cans on the revenue to the Exchequer from the soft drinks industry levy.

16 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents have accessed tax-free child care since April 2017.

15 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Pension Scheme: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government if he will publish the (a) pay and (b) other benefits of the (i) chair, (ii) vice chair, (iii) non-executive and (i) executive directors of each Local Government Pension Scheme p

12 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government what the cost to the public purse of establishing each local government pension scheme pool has been to date; and what costs to the public purse his Department has forecast for ea

12 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government for what reasons the scale criteria of £25 billion for pooling local government pension scheme assets has been dropped; and what evidence was used to inform the lowering of that t

12 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the evidence used to calculate the minimum threshold for pooling assets under the local government pension scheme.

12 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Productivity

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of low productivity growth since 2010.

11 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse for social security of the public sector pay cap in each year since 2013.

11 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Debts: Inflation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has commissioned recent research on the effect of inflation on household debt.

11 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Debt Respite Scheme

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what date the Government plans to introduce a statutory breathing space scheme for household debt.

11 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Debts

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of household debt in each of the last eight years.

11 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Debts

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of household debt in each of the last three years.

11 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Debts

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of changes in the level of average household debt in each of the last three years.

11 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Proof of Identity

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date HM Revenue and Customs stopped using the GOV.UK Verify service; and for what reasons that decision was taken.

11 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

State Retirement Pensions

11 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of abolishing the 50p income tax rate.

11 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Enterprise Investment Scheme

11 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Venture Capital: Tax Allowances

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of venture capital schemes: tax relief for investors in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015, (g) 2016 and (h) 2017.

19 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Customs Intermediaries

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customs agents there were in the UK in each year since 2010.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Safety: Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the effect on the personal protective equipment market of the UK leaving the EU.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

UK Notified Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what steps his Department is taking to ensure UK notified bodies can continue to provide EU certification services in the UK and elsewhere after the UK leaves the EU.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Health and Safety and Productivity

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the safety, health and productivity of workplaces in the UK are maintained after the UK leaves the EU.

14 Dec 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Private Rented Housing

12 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Barclays and HSBC

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have met representatives of (i) HSBC and (ii) Barclays since July 2016.

20 Oct 2017 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Export Credit Guarantees

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost was to the public purse of export credit guarantees for arms sales and other military assistance in 2016.

20 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) training foreign military officers in the UK, (b) training foreign military officers overseas and (c) providing logistical support for foreign militaries in (i) 2010,

20 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2017 to Question 105974, on military aid, which countries received funding from his Department's Defence Assistance Fund in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (

11 Oct 2017 · HM Treasury

Taxation: Domicil

11 Oct 2017 · HM Treasury

Taxation: Domicil

11 Oct 2017 · HM Treasury

Corporation Tax: Northern Ireland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of trading profits taxable at the Northern Ireland rate on UK tax revenues.

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