Written questions

1,408 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Help to Grow Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many businesses have accessed the Help to Grow programme in the latest period for which data is available.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Export Credit Guarantees

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the export credit schemes run by UK Export Finance.

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the changes to business rates relief on (a) leisure, (b) hospitality and (c) retail businesses.

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Wealth: Emigration

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) millionaires and (b) ultra-high-net-worth people who have relocated to other countries since 2020.

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Taxation: Domicil

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made as assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the non-domiciled tax regime.

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Taxation: Domicil

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the number of people with non-domiciled status who have left the UK in each of the last five years.

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Taxation: Domicil

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to non-domiciled tax status on the number of high-net-worth people living in the UK.

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of simplifying the tax code.

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Economic Policy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with business groups on economic policy.

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to review tax reliefs and their effectiveness.

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Economic Growth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support regional economic growth across the UK.

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Disposable Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of inflation on household disposable income.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve water quality in (a) rivers and (b) coastal areas.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle agricultural pollution in protected areas.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers transitioning to sustainable land management.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms have applied for grants under the Environmental Land Management Scheme in the last 12 months.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Production

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) support and (b) increase domestic food production.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve flood defences in high-risk areas.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the delivery of affordable housing targets in 2023–24.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to provide support to councils with high levels of financial distress.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Brownfield Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many brownfield housing starts have been recorded in the last 12 months.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to increase local planning capacity.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to improve the quality of private rented accommodation.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to support community (a) cohesion and (b) integration.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Blockchain

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with the British Blockchain Association on the potential of blockchain technology to (a) reduce fraud, (b) enhance transparency, (c) improve costs and (d) provide efficie

7 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax: Social Mobility

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to inheritance tax on social mobility.

4 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax: North East

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate the regional economic impact of the inheritance tax changes on family businesses in the North East.

4 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with representatives of Family Business UK on the findings of their June 2025 report on inheritance tax reform.

4 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support family-owned SMEs with additional tax liabilities under reforms to Business Property Relief.

4 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered introducing (a) sector-specific and (b) asset-based valuation methodologies for Business Property Relief claims by asset-intensive SMEs.

Source: official written-questions record.