Written questions

Matt Vickers

1,408 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to (a) Business Property Relief and (b) Agricultural Property Relief on business (i) closures and (ii) divestment.

4 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by Family Business UK and CBI Economics entitled Taxing Futures, published in June 2025.

4 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis her Department has conducted on the projected fiscal impact of the proposed cap on Business Property Relief; and if she will publish the modelling assumptions used to calculate the anticipated revenue

4 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to Business Property Relief on family-owned businesses in (a) the North East and (b) the UK.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing mandatory food waste reporting on food prices.

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Ethanol: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increased tariff-free imports of ethanol under the US-UK trade agreement on (a) the viability of (i) Ensus UK and (ii) other domestic

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Ethanol: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the quantity of ethanol permitted to enter the UK tariff-free under the UK-US trade agreement on the UK bioethanol industry; and what

17 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Location

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Thousands of Civil Service roles moved out of London in latest reform to the state, published on 14 May 2025, what recent progress his Department has mad

13 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Cybersecurity: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to improve resilience to cyberattacks on public services.

13 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Buildings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to (a) consolidate and (b) relocate departmental property estates outside of London.

13 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Departments: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many data breaches have been recorded in Government departments in the last 12 months.

13 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Places for Growth Programme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress he has made on the Places for Growth programme.

13 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of the Government Major Projects Portfolio.

13 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many government contracts have been awarded without competitive tender since January 2023.

13 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure timely responses to ministerial correspondence.

13 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Consultants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the cost to the public purse of central Government spending on external consultants in each of the last three years.

13 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-disclosure agreements have been signed by staff in central government departments in the last 12 months.

13 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps her Department has taken to (a) strengthen electoral integrity and (b) tackle voter fraud.