Written questions
1,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Apr 2018 · Treasury
General Anti-abuse Rule Advisory Panel
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of cases referred to the General Anti-Abuse Rule Advisory Panel by HMRC resulted in positive determinations in each year since 2013.
26 Apr 2018 · Treasury
General Anti-abuse Rule Advisory Panel
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many opinions the General Anti-Abuse Rule Advisory Panel has published in each year since 2013.
26 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Advance Pricing Agreements
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreements have been agreed to in each month in each of the last two years.
26 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Tax Avoidance
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many schemes have been notified to HMRC under Disclosure of tax avoidance schemes in relation to the Employment Allowance avoidance scheme set out in the guidance issued by HMRC on 29th June 2015.
26 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Taxation: Debts Written Off
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax was written off by HMRC for (a) individuals and (b) businesses due to them becoming insolvent and HMRC constituting an unsecured creditor in each year since 2010.
25 Apr 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which areas of Government policy are subject to the one-in-two-out rule for new regulations.
19 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Money Laundering
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127856 on Money Laundering, how many (a) warning notices, (b) action plans, (c) financial penalties and (d) withdrawals of the right to practice have been issued
17 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Iran: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to the Iranian Government on restrictions being applied to people in that country on access to the internet and social media; and if he wil
17 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Iran: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the implications are of recent Iranian cyber attacks on universities in the UK and US on the level of cyber threat posed by that country to the UK more generally.
13 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse has been of administering the childcare service portal in each month since the beginning of the portal's operation.
13 Apr 2018 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Wheelchairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the practice of taxi hire firms nominating cars suitable for wheelchairs as private hire taxis only thereby increasing the costs of taxi hire for disabled users.
13 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Tax: Exemptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities provide full Council Tax Relief for working-age people.
13 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Conditions of Employment
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to section 5.1 of HMRC's Annual Report 2016-17, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the low results for engagement amongst HMRC staff compared with other civil servants in other
13 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: ICT
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new contracts is Department has entered into in respect of the Columbus IT procurement programme for HMRC; what the value of those contracts was; and the (a) date and (b) duration of those contracts.
13 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Welfare Tax Credits
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Figure 8 of HMRC's Annual Report 2016-17, what methodology was used to assess the cost of providing personal tax credits and other reliefs at £30.5billion.
13 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Treasury: Revenue and Customs
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the Policy Partnership between HM Treasury and HMRC.
13 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Tax Evasion: Prosecutions
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the success rate of HMRC has been in taking action through (a) court proceedings and (b) tax tribunals in each of the last 10 years.
13 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Customs
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of customs checks were cleared by HMRC within (a) 30 minutes, (b) one hour, (c) 90 minutes, (d) two hours and (e) three hours in each of the last 12 months.
13 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Tax Yields
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the guidance his Department has issue to HMRC on the criteria for Future Revenue Benefit.
13 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Debt Collection: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to establish an independent, transparent complaints procedure for people affected by enforcement agents.
13 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Debt Collection
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will respond to the recommendations in the report, Taking control, the need for fundamental bailiff reform, published in March 2017.
13 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Tax: Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will commission research into the number of self-employed council tax support claimants who have lost (a) part and (b) all of their entitlement to council tax support since
13 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Tax: Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities use the minimum income floor for universal credit to calculate the eligibility of self-employed claimants for council tax support.
13 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Tax Evasion: Convictions
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases referred to prosecuting authorities by HMRC for serious and complex tax crime by corporations have concluded with a criminal conviction since 2010.
13 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Secure Tenancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to give councils the flexibility to retain secure tenancies as standard in local tenancy strategies within the regulations under the Housing and Plan
29 Mar 2018 · Treasury
Treasury: Equality
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what training is provided to staff of his Department on conducting equality impact assessments.
29 Mar 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out the service delivery standards for universal support.
29 Mar 2018 · Department for Education
Schools: Apprenticeship Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the apprenticeship levy in facilitating the training of apprentices in local authority schools.
29 Mar 2018 · Department for Education
Free Schools: Apprenticeship Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the apprenticeship levy in facilitating the training of apprentices in free schools.
29 Mar 2018 · Department for Education
Academies: Apprenticeship Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the apprenticeship levy in facilitating the training of apprentices in academy chains.
Source: official written-questions record.