Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Jul 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Billing: Payment Methods

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 to introduce new metrics on retentions; and whether he plans to bring i

25 Jul 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has for new efficiency savings in (a) his Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies.

25 Jul 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what underspends there have been in (a) his Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies in (i) this financial year and (ii) the Spending Review period.

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Horizon IT System: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many postmasters have been notified that their convictions have been quashed by the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024.

11 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many warning letters have been issued by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation in response to Suspicious Activity Reports of potential sanctions breaches in (a) each financial and (b) calendar years i

15 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Developer pledge letter, published 13 April 2022, what steps he is taking to progress the implementation of the Developer pledge.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will consult (a) building owners, (b) managing agents and (c) residents of buildings on the delivery of the commitments pledged by developers for buildings those developers no

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment on the financial impact on UK pension funds of the Building Safety Act 2022.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what measures his Department will take to locate polluters under the first tier of the waterfall model of liability contained in the Building Safety Act 2022 before placing liability

12 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether class 3B agricultural land is classified as best and most versatile land in the National Planning Policy Framework.

1 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it his Department's policy to reach a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement with the EU.

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Mental Health: Emergency Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the Gratitude Games.

30 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will (a) impose an asset freeze against the Central Bank of Russia, (b) take steps to confiscate frozen assets and (c) issue a licence from the Treasury's O

29 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to impose secondary sanctions on Chinese firms who are believed to have violated sanctions on Russia by providing military equipment or other s

13 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Economic Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will include a new offence of failing to prevent economic crime in the provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill announced in the Queen's Speech 2022.

9 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopian Airlines: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Ethiopian Government on the release of the final air accident report for Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which crashed

6 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will commit to not developing any forms of rent control as part of the planned white paper and legislation on reform of the private rented sector.

18 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report published by his Department entitled Tackling antimicrobial resistance 2019–2024: the UK's 5-year national action plan, published on 24 January 2019, whether his Depart

18 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 2016 Review on Antimicrobial Resistance: Lord O’Neill’s independent review of antimicrobial resistance in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust, which recommended that all ant

18 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antimicrobials: Drug resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made on the effectiveness of rapid point of care diagnostics across the NHS in helping the UK to be a world-leader in the delivery of antimicrobial stewardship pr

18 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antimicrobials: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing adoption of rapid point of care diagnostics to support antimicrobial stewardship objectives within (a) primary and (b)

16 May 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the proposed asylum processing site at Linton-on-Ouse with section 1.7 of the National Audit Office report entitled COMPASS contracts for the provi

16 May 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed asylum processing site at Linton-on-Ouse on (a) public services and (b) local residents in the context of that village's

22 Apr 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) locations and (b) sizes are of defence bases his Department will have vacated between 2015-2030.

19 Apr 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Inland Waterways

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Canal & River Trust on securing the long-term future of canals and waterways and the wider benefits they provide.

9 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Companies: Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies registered for VAT have an annual turnover (a) between (i) £85,000 and £125,000, (ii) £126,000 and £250,000, (iii) £251,000 and £500,000, (iv) £500,000 and £750,000, (v) £751,000 and £1,000,000 an

9 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Companies: Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue from VAT his Department has received from companies with an annual turnover (a) between (i) £85,000 and £125,000, (ii) £126,000 and £250,000, (iii) £251,000 and £500,000, (iv) £500,000 and £750,000,

9 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Income

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the number of UK-based businesses with an annual turnover of between (a) £10,000 and £20,000, (b) £21,000 and £30,000, (c) £31,000 and £40,000,

2 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the management costs of bin and ground packaging litter incurred by (a) local authorities, (b) other duty bodies, (c) litter authorities

2 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether packaging producers will be made responsible for the full net costs of managing packaging waste, including bin and ground litter management costs, as proposed by his Department

Source: official written-questions record.