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.