Written questions

268 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Tax Yields

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the revenues to the Exchequer (a) in total and (b) from each form of tax in (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-26.

25 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, if she will list the tax changes that will come into effect on 6 April 2025.

12 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British International Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New partnerships with financial sector to unlock growth in UK and overseas, published on 3 February 2025, what role

12 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has plans to create a business tax roadmap including taxes such as secondary Class 1 National Insurance Contributions.

12 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to support the purchase of zero-emission and low-emission vehicles.

12 Feb 2025 · Treasury

State Retirement Pensions and Income Tax: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of future trends in the level of the (a) State Pension and (b) Income tax personal allowance threshold; and whether her Department forecasts the State Pension to exceed the income tax pers

29 Jan 2025 · Treasury

British Business Bank: National Wealth Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has plans to align the British Business Bank under the National Wealth Fund.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Heckington Fen Solar Park on future trends in the level of energy bills for (a) domestic and (b) commercial consumers in Lincolnshire.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Ecotricity

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had discussions with (i) Dale Vince and (ii) representatives of Ecotricity since 5 July 2024.

27 Jan 2025 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of staff within the National Wealth Fund that did not previously work for the UK Infrastructure Bank.

27 Jan 2025 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of people employed by the National Wealth Fund that previously worked for the UK Infrastructure Bank.

27 Jan 2025 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the total cost of the rebranding of the National Wealth Fund.

14 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Treasury: Subscriptions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which news services her Department holds subscriptions to.

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

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to activate the Flood Recovery Framework in response to flooding (a) in Lincolnshire and (b) elsewhere in January 2025.

11 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Capital Gains Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Capital Gains Tax: Rates of tax — carried interest, published on 30 October 2024, what the evidential basis is for the cost of implementing a one year increas

11 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Offshore Industry

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.76 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, when the next bi-annual fiscal forum with the Oil and Gas sector will take place; where that forum will take place; a

26 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who are employed to deliver public services by private sector organisations that have been contracted for this purpose by Government Departments.

21 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of contracted employees in the public sector.

20 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13623 on Agriculture: Inheritance Tax, what data her Department holds on the impact of reforms to (a) agricultural property relief and (b) business property rel

11 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Summary of reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief, published on 30 October 2024, whether he has made an assessment of the number

11 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Summary of reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief, published on 30 October 2024, what assessment he has made of the impact of th

11 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.51 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, whether (a) non-residential agricultural buildings, (b) farm vehicles, (c) farm tools, (d) livestock and (e) chemicals and fertili

11 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 41 of her Department's document entitled Autumn Budget 2024, Policy Costings, published on 30 October 2024, what the evidential basis is for the Exchequer impact of changes to agricultural pro

10 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Agriculture: Compulsory Purchase

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to support farmers affected by compulsory purchase orders for nationally significant infrastructure projects to find alternative land nearb

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Income

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her oral contribution to the debate on Social Security of 10 September 2024, Official Report, column 735, whether her estimate that pensioners will be £1,700 better off by the end of t

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Take-up

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of people who are eligible for Pension Credit who will take up that benefit in the next 12 months.

24 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Mull of Kintyre Crash Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the The Mull of Kintyre Review, HC 1348, published July 2011, what assessment he has made of the implications of that review on similar cases that occurred between 1983 and 2011.

6 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircrew were deemed negligent by reviewing officers despite contrary findings by the RAF Board of Inquiry between 1983 and 2011.

24 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Diagnostic Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on creating new community diagnostic centres.

10 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Financial Ombudsman Service: Standards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure the Financial Ombudsman Service deals promptly and fairly with complaints in respect of small financial advice businesses.

Source: official written-questions record.