Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

British Business Bank

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to help support the British Business Bank strengthen its approach to countering fraud.

24 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

British Business Bank

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the British Business Bank being required to set higher standards for lenders than the statutory minimum be

24 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

British Business Bank

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to take steps to tackle disparities in basic lender performance of the British Business Bank, in response to some lenders putting in additional checks

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling Act 2005 Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in what way her Department plans to consult the British racing industry prior to the publication of the Gambling Act Review White Paper.

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

Sandeels: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect sandeel populations in the North Sea in advance of the 2022 sea bird breeding season.

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

Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to introduce bylaws following the consultation on four of England’s Marine Protected Areas, published February 2021, which proposed the prohibition of the use of bott

2 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Directors: Money Laundering

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure strict anti-money laundering and identity checks for directors are in place at the point of company formation on Companies House.

31 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide a full list of the lenders to the (a) Bounce Back Loan Scheme, (b) Covid Business Interruption Loan Scheme and (c) Covid Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme

24 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Mortgages: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2022 to Question 103605 on Financial Services Authority, on what specific information and reports the decision not take forward the legislation referred to in that Question was b

17 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Drugs: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to introduce legislation to make the sale of banned narcotics to people under the age of 16 a specific criminal offence.

13 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Mortgages: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) correspondence and (b) other information his Department holds on the basis on which the Economic Secretary to the Treasury decided not to take forward the Financial Services Authority regulation of administ

10 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Wines: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the review of excise duties on wine and subsequent price impacts on small businesses and independent wine sellers of higher strength and higher value wines.

5 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plants: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce red tape for the importing of ornamental plants and trees; and if he will introduce a trusted trader scheme for that sector.

15 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what Government body will determine (a) which buildings are most at risk due to dangerous cladding and (b) a matrix of which buildings to remediate first.

14 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs: Slaughterhouses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) call a meeting of representatives of the pig sector supply chain for the purposes of investigating the take up of (i) temporary visas for skilled butchers, (ii) Private

13 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will call a meeting of representatives of the pig sector supply chain to investigate the take up of measures announced by his Department on 14 October 2021.

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Birds: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) mitigate the spread of trichomonosis amongst bird populations and (b) prevent the further decline of greenfinches.

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Birds: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to halt and reverse population declines in (a) puffins and (b) other seabirds.

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Birds: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the fifth UK Birds of Conservation Concern report published on 1 December 2021.

30 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports Competitors: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure professional athletes can train visa free for more than 180 days outside the UK.

29 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Private Rented Housing: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Treasury has made of the potential impact of taxation on the supply of homes for private rent.

29 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Mortgages: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 2 November 2021 to Question 64692, on Mortgages: Tax Allowances, for what reason his Department's estimate of the number of landlords affected by the decision to restrict tax relief on mort

29 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Mortgages: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 2 November 2021 to Question 64692, on Mortgages: Tax Allowances, on what basis his Department has concluded that one in 10 landlords are affected by the decision to restrict tax relief on m

9 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) annual budget and (b) number of staff was for HMRC's Proceeds of Crime Unit in each of the last five years.

9 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) annual budget and (b) number of staff was for HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service in each of the last five years.

9 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Corruption Unit: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of cuts to Overseas Development Assistance on the budget of the National Crime Agency's International Corruption Unit.

9 Nov 2021 · Home Office

National Crime Agency: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff there were in the National Crime Agency's Financial Intelligence Unit in each of the last five years.

9 Nov 2021 · Home Office

National Crime Agency: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget was for the National Crime Agency's Financial Intelligence Unit in each of the last five years.

9 Nov 2021 · Home Office

National Crime Agency: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff there were in the National Crime Agency's Civil Recovery Team in each of the last five years.

9 Nov 2021 · Home Office

National Crime Agency: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget was for the National Crime Agency's Civil Recovery Team in each of the last five years.

Source: official written-questions record.