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.