Written questions

3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Equality: Impact Assessments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish all internal equality impact assessments produced for measures included in the Autumn Budget 2024 and lay copies of them in the House of Commons library.

13 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Money Laundering: Bangladesh

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HMRC has made of levels of money laundering from Bangladesh into the UK property market.

13 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2024 to Question 10436 on Special Advisers: Training and with reference to the Freedom of Information Act request with reference FOI2024/14571, for what reason the requested

13 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Publicity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question 21256 on Film: Marketing, where on gov.uk her Department plans to publish departmental spending on (a) branding and (b) official events.

13 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Recruitment and Unpaid Work: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will issue new guidance to (a) the civil service and (b) public bodies to prevent practices which limit (i) recruitment and (ii) internships on the basis of protected characteristics.

10 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: British Society for Genetic Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had meetings with representatives of the British Society for Genetic Medicine in the last 30 years.

10 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Unpaid Work

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question HL2771 on Civil Servants: Recruitment, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of crown servant internships not being open those of white Briti

9 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department’s definition of a tax break is.

9 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Rachel Reeves: Self-assessment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 21387 on Rachel Reeves: Self-assessment, for what reason she does not plan to publish her tax return.

9 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Ed Miliband

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question 19415 on Ed Miliband, whether the Rt Hon Member for Islington North (a) made an application for and (b) received a severance payment.

9 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Questionnaires

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish of the questionnaire form that incoming Ministers are asked to provide to the Propriety and Ethics Team.

9 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

9 Downing Street: Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 13808 on 9 Downing Street: Media, whether refurbishment works had been commissioned when this Answer was given.

9 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 27 December 2024 to Question 20832 on Special Advisers: Pay, if he will ensure that the list of special advisers is published by 31 March 2025.

9 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Directors

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Baroness Casey made a declaration of political activity following her appointment as Lead Non-Executive Director.

9 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2025 to Question 21403 on Cabinet Office: Pay, whether the mean salary of civil servants in the (a) Women's Equality Unit, (b) Race Disparity Unit and (c) Disability Unit will

9 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Non-departmental Public Bodies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 19414 on Non-departmental Public Bodies, how many non-departmental public bodies the Government plans to (a) open and (b) close.

9 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 16332 on Undocumented Migrants, whether she plans to make an estimate of the number of people in the UK illegally.

9 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Unpaid Work: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of (a) 6 January 2025 to Question 21057 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Unpaid Work and (b) 20 November 2024 to Question 14502 on Gender: Equality, whether guidance

8 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been (a) released in error and (b) released in error and not re-apprehended under the Early Release scheme as of 8 January 2025.

8 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gonorrhoea: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21699 on Gonorrhoea: Health Services, what data his Department holds on the cost of treating gonorrhoea to the NHS; and if he will publish that

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Construction: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to ensure the availability of positive mental health initiatives including (a) on-site mental health resources, (b) training for employers in mental health first aid and (c) helpl

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Construction: Vocational Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department provides support programs including (a) appropriate training, (b) mentorship and (c) career pathways to encourage young people to enter the construction sector.

8 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) national and (b) local inquiries have been carried out into rape grooming gangs.

7 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Overseas Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve trade links between Northern Ireland and the channel ports.

7 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Intelligence Services: Unpaid Work

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any internship programmes at (a) MI5, (b) M16 and (c) GCHQ were open to people from white British backgrounds.

7 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Unpaid Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Environment Agency plans to run an internship programme which is open to people from white British backgrounds in 2025.

7 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Unpaid Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question 21057 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Unpaid Work, if he will list each internship scheme operated by (a) hi

6 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the increase in the number of veterans able to vote due to the introduction of the Veterans ID card as voter ID.

6 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to (a) Business Property Relief and (b) employer National Insurance contributions on SMEs in the defence sector.

6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hereditary Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Question 19417 on Genetics: Diseases, how much funding was provided by NHS England to the Genetic Risk Equity project; and what that funding was used for

Source: official written-questions record.