Written questions

3,870 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Sovereignty: British Indian Ocean Territory

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Office for Value for Money will assess the proposed Chagos settlement.

23 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the number of farms affected by changes to (a) Inheritance Tax, (b) Agricultural Property Relief and (c) Business Property Relief in South Suffolk co

23 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Private Education: South Suffolk

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will estimate the revenue expected to be raised from applying business rates to independent schools in South Suffolk constituency in the next financial year.

23 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Private Education: South Suffolk

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the total revenue to be raised from applying VAT to independent schools in South Suffolk constituency in the next financial year.

23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Diego Garcia: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has discussed the proposed payment to leaseback the military base on Diego Garcia with the Office for Value for Money.

23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with US counterparts regarding the Chagos Islands since President Trump took office.

23 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Armed Forces: Private Education

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the children of EU nationals serving in the armed forces in the UK are exempt from VAT on school fees.

23 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Armed Forces: Private Education

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the children of US military families based in the UK are exempt from paying VAT on independent school fees.

20 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumer Rights Act 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the application of the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

20 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fraud: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to tackle financial scams committed by online firms.

20 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Osteoporosis: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to offer early diagnosis to people suspected of suffering from osteoporosis.

16 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the potential cost to the defence industry of lost output arising from protests at (a) Glasgow Govan shipyard, (b) Glasgow Scotsoun and (c) Samlesbury aerospace factory in each of t

16 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Defence: Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2024 to Question 22961 on Defence: Expenditure, whether the future fiscal event will take place before June 2025.

16 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

RAF Odiham

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to transfer the management of RAF Odiham from the Army to the Royal Air Force.

16 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Boxer Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential lessons that could be learned from the use of RCH 155 by Ukraine.

16 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Boxer Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans that the RCH 155 will reach minimum deployable capability.

16 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Boxer Vehicles: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Germany’s decision to provide Ukraine with RCH 155 will have an impact on his Department’s approach to certifying RCH 155 for use by the British Army.

16 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Diego Garcia: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 23156 on Diego Garcia: Military Bases, on what dates each meeting took place; which Ministers in his Department were present at each meeting; and whether the

15 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in employer's National Insurance contributions on social care providers in South Suffolk constituency.

13 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 17189 on National Grid: Costs of the Western and Eastern Links, if he will make an estimate of the time for delivering the onshore option

13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the contractual end date is for the principle members of the Strategic Defence Review team.

13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has reached agreement with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the financial year when defence spending will reach 2.5% of GDP.

10 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the delay to the publication of his Department's annual statistics on armed forces equipment will impact the scheduling of other departmental (a) reports and (b) reviews.

10 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Diego Garcia: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings he has held with the incoming US administration on the terms of the Diego Garcia military base as part of the Chagos settlement.

10 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the UK’s contribution to the cost of Chagos settlement will be funded from his Department’s budget.

9 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason have the annual armed forces equipment statistics not been published.

9 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for publishing his Department's annual statistics on armed forces equipment.

9 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the MySafety (DURALS) system in recording incidents involving defence personnel.

9 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces and Civilians: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to avoid underreporting of incidents relating to injuries of civilian and military personnel.

9 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help protect untrained military personnel from injury during training exercises.

Source: official written-questions record.