Written questions
1,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Jan 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her speech entitled, Universal Credit: personal welfare, delivered on 11 January 2019, how many recipients of universal credit where payments are made to the woman’s bank account (a) h
22 Jan 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her speech entitled, Universal Credit: personal welfare, delivered on 11 January 2019, if she will publish the evidential basis for 60 per cent of payments to couples claiming universa
21 Jan 2019 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Peterlee
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 17 January 2019 to Question 208357, for what reasons his Department delayed the closure of the HMRC office in Peterlee.
17 Jan 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2019 to Question 207294 on Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on how EU Nationals' access to social securit
16 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Services: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2019 to Question 207293 on Local Government Services: EU Nationals, whether carrying out their lives broadly as now includes accessing local
16 Jan 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Products: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will conduct a review into the issuing of licences for the importation of hunting trophies.
16 Jan 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ivory: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to suspend the importation of trophies from ivory-bearing animals such as the hippopotamus until the conclusion of the consultation on adding other species to the
16 Jan 2019 · Treasury
VAT: Electronic Government
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2019 to Question 207321, for what reasons that answer did not provide an estimate of what proportion of eligible businesses the 4000 companies now in scope for making tax digital
15 Jan 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Limited Liability: Company Accounts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total contribution to the public purse has been from fines charged to (a) Scottish, (b) English and (c) Northern Irish Partnerships under Section 15.6 of The Partnerships
15 Jan 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Limited Liability: Company Accounts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) Scottish, (b) English and (c) Northern Irish Partnerships have been prosecuted each year since 2009 under Section 15.6 of The Partnerships (Accounts) Regulations 2008
14 Jan 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Papua: Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Indonesian Government on the escalation of violence in West Papua at the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019.
14 Jan 2019 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Closures
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement that the Peterlee HMRC office closure will be delayed, which other HMRC offices will have their closures delayed; and if he will make a statement.
14 Jan 2019 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 10 December 2018 to Question 198924 on Immigration: EU Nationals, which private sector organisations could be involved in the use of the data.
14 Jan 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Syria: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK Government is making and to whom on behalf of British citizens who travelled to Syria for humanitarian, personal or religious reasons and have subsequently bee
10 Jan 2019 · Treasury
VAT: Electronic Government
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2019 to Question 205403, what the total to date is of businesses signed up for making tax digital for VAT; and what estimate he has made of what that total represents as a proport
10 Jan 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on ensuring that EU citizens in the process of seeking settled status in the UK will continue to be able to access social security benefits while awa
10 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Services: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with the Home Office to ensure that non-UK EU residents in the process of seeking settled status will be able to access local authority-pr
10 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hormone Replacement Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on reducing the cost of hormone replacement therapy for patients who pay multiple prescription charges for medication with more than one ingredie
4 Jan 2019 · Treasury
VAT: Electronic Government
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2018 to Question 197633 on VAT: Electronic Government, how many and what proportion of eligible businesses have signed up for making tax digital for VAT.
20 Dec 2018 · Treasury
Immigration: Fraud
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the press release of Her Majesty's Treasury Press Release entitled Crackdown on financial crime made reference to the Written Statement of 6 December 2018 on Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules, HCWS11
20 Dec 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Supermarkets: Restrictive Practices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to previous cases brought by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) against retailers under Chapter 1, Section 2, Subsection 2 of the Competition Act 1998, what discussio
20 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Business: Economic Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the results of his Department's consultation on the creation of a new offence of failure to prevent economic crime.
20 Dec 2018 · Home Office
Unexplained Wealth Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, what information his Department holds on the nationality of people affect by the imposition of Unexplained Wealth Orders.
20 Dec 2018 · Home Office
Unexplained Wealth Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, how many Unexplained Wealth Orders have been invoked in each month since they were introduced.
20 Dec 2018 · Home Office
Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 6 September 2018, HCWS1159, how the review of Tier 1 (investor) visas will be conducted; which bodies will be consulted as part of that review; and what the
20 Dec 2018 · Home Office
Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status is of Tier 1 (investor) visa applications.
20 Dec 2018 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether resident EU citizens and their family members applying for UK immigration status under the EU Settlement Scheme will be required to show that they meet all the requirements of current free mov
3 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator: Annual Reports
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timeframe is for the (a) completion and (b) publication of the annual assurance report for the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator for 2017-18.
3 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence
AWE
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 15 December 2015 to Question 20228 on AWE, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) anticipated out-turn cost and (b) projected in-service date of each of the new build projects
3 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence
HMS Victorious: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish his Department's decision on a second refit for HMS Victorious.
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