Written questions

502 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Public Sector Fraud Authority

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his proposed Public Sector Fraud Authority will (a) be established and (b) become operational.

29 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers pay Class 1 National Insurance contributions but are not eligible for the Employment Allowance.

29 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Capital Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the economic impact of the super-deduction on business investment in (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23.

29 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Public Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the distributional impact of financial decisions announced since the Spending Round 2019 on households in 2024-25, excluding benefits-in-kind from public services.

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Child Benefit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office of Budget Responsibility document entitled The effect of the personal allowance and higher rate threshold freezes on taxpayer numbers published on 13 January 2022, what assessment he has

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid the High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge in each year since 2011.

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be required to pay the High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge in each of the next five years due to the the freeze in the income tax higher rate threshold.

16 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Mileage Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the HMRC approved Mileage Allowance Payment rates for workers required to use vehicles for work journeys in the context of increases in (a) the cost o

15 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Sanctions: Russia

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any companies that have been sanctioned by the UK or are owned by people who have been sanctioned by the UK in relation to Russia's invasion of Ukraine received support through the coronavirus job retention

15 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Companies: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether companies that have been sanctioned by the UK or are owned by people who have been sanctioned by the UK in relation to Russia's invasion of Ukraine received loans through

15 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Companies: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many companies owned by Russian nationals or with significant links to Russia received (a) bounce back loans, (b) coronavirus business interruption loans, or (c) coronavirus l

7 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what value of fraudulently claimed R&D tax relief HMRC has recovered in each of the last five years.

7 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full time equivalent HMRC staff have worked on tackling abuse of R&D tax reliefs in each of the last five years.

7 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of R&D tax relief advisers operating in the UK who are involved in submitting fraudulent or dubious claims for R&D tax reliefs; and what steps his Department has taken

7 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of R&D tax relief advisors operating in the UK.

7 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what most recent estimate HMRC has made of the level of fraud in (a) the Research and Development Expenditure Credit, and (b) the SME R&D relief.

28 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government is providing to help (a) Black and Asian and (b) other British nationals to leave Ukraine.

28 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on supporting foreign nationals to leave Ukraine, including individuals from (a) India, (b) Nigeria, and (c)

28 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for family migration visas made in Ukraine have been concluded within 24 hours as of 25 February 2022.

28 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is prioritising applications for family migration visas made by people who are fleeing Ukraine.

28 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to enable the Ukrainian family members of British nationals to obtain family migration visas in the event that they cannot safely reach a Visa Application Centre.

24 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Immigration: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2022 to Question 126868 on Immigration: Applications, if she will publish data held by her Department on the number of outstanding applications for (a) leave to r

21 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Immigration: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many in-country (a) leave to remain and (b) indefinite leave to remain applications remain outstanding beyond their six month service standard as of 21 February 2022.

8 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Administration of Justice: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure justice sector staff are protected from abuse and assaults at work.

3 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enquiries HMRC has made as part of its random enquiry programme to investigate fraud in the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme; and how much money has been through that programme.

3 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways: Travel Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on producing the video announcing the removal of unnecessary train announcements.

2 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Taxpayer Protection Taskforce

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times he has met with officials from the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce; and on what dates those meetings have taken place.

2 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Taxpayer Protection Taskforce

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce became operational.

2 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the oral contribution of the Paymaster General of 1 February 2022, Official Report, column 160, that the estimate of fraud in the bounce back loan scheme had bee

2 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to add violence against women and girls to the strategic policing requirement.

Source: official written-questions record.