Written questions

3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

Pay: Young People

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1812 on Pay: Young People, if she will make it her policy to publish data on average take home pay for young people working full-time on the minimum wage in (a) cas

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1576 on Mental Health Services: Finance, what the total planned expenditure for mental health services was in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Railways: Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many heritage railways have received grants or financial assistance from the Government since 1999; and how much each of those which have been given support has received.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Coal: Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 1 August 2024 to Question 1982 on Coal: Imports and Production, if he will make an estimate of the amount of coal the UK heritage rail requires on an annual basis.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 1981 on Electricity: Infrastructure, whether his Department has had such discussions in the period since the publication of the most recent

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of people previously in receipt of the winter fuel payment who will no longer be eligible to receive it in each (a) local authority and (b) cons

30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much is budgeted for aid to India in this financial year.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) a single pensioner aged 90 on £218.16 per week and (b) a pensioner couple aged 90 on £332.96 per week who (i) own their own home, (ii) have no savings and (iii) are in receipt of no other be

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Museums and Galleries: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to charge non-UK nationals to visit free museums.

30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to reform the leasehold system for residential property; and whether she has a planned timetable for such reforms.

30 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Pay: Young People

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1812 on Pay: Young People, if she will make these calculations.

30 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1811 on Taxation, what the tax gap of (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2022-3 is adjusted for inflation in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2022-23 real terms.

29 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the potential (a) cost of and (b) return per pound spent on each scheme in the (i) Strategic Road Network and (ii) Major Road Network and Large Local Major Programmes (A

29 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fossil Fuels: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount of oil and gas that the North Sea will produce in each year until 2060 and (b) tax revenue generated from that oil and gas (i) directly from North

26 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the amount of solar energy generated by ensuring that five per cent of (a) industrial and (b) commercial roofs are covered with solar panels.

26 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Coal: Imports and Production

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much coal is (a) required annually by the UK heritage rail sector and (b) produced in the UK; which countries the non-UK supplies originate from, by annual tonnage; and what assessment he

26 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with his German counterpart on the potential impact of an underground first policy towards new electricity infrastructure.

25 Jul 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding is available from the Arts Council for schemes in Basildon and Billericay constituency; how much funding has been awarded to those schemes; whether the Arts Council has sponsored any

25 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total Government underspend is for this financial year; and what the underspend is for each Department.

25 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Pay: Young People

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average take home pay was of someone aged 23 working full-time on the minimum wage in (a) cash terms and (b) adjusted for inflation in the financial year (i) 2000-01, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2023-24.

25 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax gap was in the (a) 2005-06 financial year and (b) latest financial year for which data is available; what steps her Department is taking to close the tax gap; and whether she has set a target for closin

25 Jul 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Remote Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on home working across the civil service.

25 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Private Education: Business Rates and VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans she has to consult on ending the VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools.

24 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors and Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors were employed by the NHS in (i) May 2010 and (ii) the most recent month for which data is available.

24 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the NHS allocated to mental health services in (a) cash terms and (b) adjusted for inflation in the (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2023-24 financial year.

24 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the NHS budget was in (a) cash terms and (b) adjusted for inflation in the (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2023-24 financial year.

24 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children are home schooled in each local education authority area.

24 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children at (a) key stage one and two, (b) key stage three and four and (c) post-16 education are in (i) state-funded and (ii) privately-funded independent education in each loca

24 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Private Education: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 458 on Private Education: Fees and Charges, whether the Department has made an assessment to date of the impact of the introduction of VAT on schools in the in

23 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Technical Excellence Colleges: Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has for the role of trade unions in working with specialist technical excellence colleges.

Source: official written-questions record.