Written questions

2,200 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jan 2023 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the extension of the freeze on alcohol duty until August 2023 on levels of alcohol-specific deaths.

24 Jan 2023 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the level expected revenue from alcohol duty in 2023-24 following the decision to the extend the freeze on alcohol duty from 1 February to 1 August 2023.

24 Jan 2023 · Treasury

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (b) Secretary of State for International Trade since their return from the World Economic Forum in Davos o

24 Jan 2023 · Department for International Trade

Climate Change: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department will take to align the UK to the principles of the Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she had discussions at the World Economic Forum on restoration of the WTO rules-based trade regime.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of his proposed Scale-Up Britain initiative on distributive tax reform for UK corporations.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

World Economic Forum

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish details of the meetings he had at the World Economic Forum.

24 Jan 2023 · Treasury

Taxation: Reform

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Oxfam report entitled Survival of the Richest, published on 16 January 2023.

24 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Members' Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that the List of ministers' interests is updated more regularly.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Taxation: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he had discussions at the World Economic Forum in Davos on international tax reform.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2023 to Question 126776, whether his Department will publish the minutes of the roundtable discussion.

23 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Oral contribution to the Urgent Question on Forced installation of prepayment meters in homes by energy companies on 23 January 2023, what reduction targets

23 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Urgent Question on Forced installation of prepayment meters in homes by energy companies of 23 January 2023, Official Report, what assessment he has made of

23 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to prevent disconnection from the energy network by ensuring that a minimum level of energy is supplied to each household.

23 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Oral Contribution to the Urgent Question on Forced installation of prepayment meters in homes by energy companies on 23 January 2023, for what reason the Gov

23 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Home Office: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 121112, tabled on 11 January for answer on 16 January.

23 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office

Secretaries of State: Taxation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will make it his policy to prohibit people under investigation by HM Revenue and Customs from sitting in his Cabinet.

23 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to improve safeguarding at Home Office-run accommodation.

23 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) adult and (b) children asylum seekers that were accommodated via the Home Office are missing.

23 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward the payment date for Spring 2023 cost-of-living payments.

23 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Supply: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with energy suppliers on (a) identifying and (b) supporting disabled customers.

23 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an energy social tariff for disabled customers.

23 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2023 to Question 126777 Energy: Meters, when he plans to publish those letters on the Government website.

23 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2023 to Question 126778 on Energy: Licensing, if he will take steps to ensure that Ofgem publishes an update on the compliance action being ta

23 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office

Nadhim Zahawi: Taxation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister was aware that HMRC were investigating the tax affairs of the Right Hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon when he appointed him to the Cabinet.

23 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his recent letter to energy suppliers regarding prepayment meters, what legislative steps the Government will take to enforce the instruction for suppliers to en

23 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his recent letter to energy suppliers regarding prepayment meters, if he will publish a the data for (a) applications for court warrants to force entry into cust

23 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office

Richard Sharp

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish any correspondence between his Department and the former Prime Minister on the appointment of Richard Sharp as BBC Chairman.

23 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Elective Recovery Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to (a) identify and (b) manage potential conflicts of interest during the appointment process to the Elective Recovery Taskforce.

23 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Death: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the End Fuel Poverty Coalition's analysis of official data on the levels of excess winter deaths caused by cold homes, published in December 2022, what assessmen

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