Written questions

1,495 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many debt collection companies whose accounts are based in offshore tax havens have been hired by HMRC since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Contracts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what HMRC's policy is on using companies that engage in tax avoidance.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Foreign Companies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what HMRC's policy is on using companies registered in tax havens.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Foreign Companies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what HMRC’s policy is on using companies that are not registered in the UK.

15 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have used debt collection companies since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many debt collection companies HMRC has employed since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been recovered by debt collection companies contracted by HMRC since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

9 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses supplying public bodies that have been deemed to be at risk under the terms of Procurement Policy Note 02/20.

9 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tourette's Syndrome: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what pathways exist for children in the North West for the diagnosis of Tourettes syndrome.

9 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of ending VAT-free shopping on (a) visitor numbers and (b) jobs at Manchester Airport's duty-free retailers.

9 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to make the NHS Learning Support Fund available in September 2021 for (a) new students and (b) continuing students who have benefited from that fund in 2020.

9 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS trusts have covid-19 restrictions in place for birth partners attending maternity appointments and scans as at 1 December 2020.

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) oversight of and (b) involvement in the rail industry’s Ticketing and Settlement Agreement the Government has.

2 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Morocco

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government has issued arms exports licences for equipment or technology to Morocco for use in Western Sahara.

2 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Morocco: Western Sahara

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to abide by Criterion 4 of the Consolidated EU and National Arms Licencing Consolidated Criteria ensuring that licences for Morocco are not used to as

18 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what advice his Department is giving to British citizens living in occupied Western Sahara following the recent breakdown of the 1991 ceasefire agreement.

17 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Morocco: Western Sahara

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will (a) discuss with the Moroccan Ambassador and (b) instruct the HM Ambassador to Morocco to raise with the Moroccan authorities reports of (i) arbitrary detention an

17 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Morocco: Western Sahara

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the Moroccan Ambassador on that country's breach of the 1991 ceasefire agreement with Polisario Front by the sending of troops into the buf

17 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people living with cancer in Stockport during the second wave of the covid-19 outbreak.

17 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) information and (b) financial support is being made available to help protect people who are clinically extremely vulnerable in Stockport.

17 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sri Lanka: Keenie Meenie Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support he is providing to the Metropolitan Police investigating Keenie Meenie Services in relation to war crimes in Sri Lanka.

17 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome; and how many of their families have received additional specialist support.

17 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Autism: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome have (a) been excluded from school and (b) received additional support whilst in school in each of the last three years.

17 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to support local authorities to meet their statutory duties in (a) road maintenance, (b) library services and (c) waste collection in the event that

17 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints her Department has received from claimants in respect of breaches of the Equality Act 2010 during the processing of (a) personal independence payment and (b) limited capability for w

17 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what reasonable adjustments have been put in place by her Department and its contractors when undertaking telephone assessments for disabled persons.

17 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the number of parents registering to home school their children.

17 Nov 2020 · Department for International Trade

Flowers: Import Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has made an economic assessment of the potential effect the introduction of a flower tariff after the transition period will have on small florist businesses.

17 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Consumption

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 restrictions on levels of alcohol consumption.

17 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what risk assessment his Department has carried out on their bilateral deals with pharmaceutical companies for covid-19 vaccine candidates.

Source: official written-questions record.