Written questions

1,131 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what industrial disputes are ongoing within (a) her Department and (b) each of the arm’s length bodies connected to her Department; how many (i) staff and (ii) contractors are involved in each dispute

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who are not British citizens are claiming benefits, by immigration status and benefit.

7 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the lifetime fiscal (a) cost of and (b) income generated by those granted asylum in the UK.

4 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Holiday Accommodation: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to implement the proposed changes in the tax treatment of furnished holiday lettings in the next financial year.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Supply: Refineries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed ban on petrol and diesel cars on the (a) economic viability of the UK's refining sector and (b) UK's energy sec

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Supply: Refineries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the role of the refining sector in UK energy security in the periods (a) 2025-30, (b) 2030-40 and (c) 2040-50.

4 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Fuels: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the zero emissions vehicle mandate on fuel duty revenues between (a) 2025 and 2030, (b) 2030 and 2040 and (c) 2040 and 2050.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the zero emission vehicle mandate on (a) levels of demand for fuel and (b) the economic viability of the refining sector.

4 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Pension Credit: Eligibility

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will ensure data held by HMRC to help identify people eligible for Pension Credit is made available to local authorities.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will ensure data to help identify people eligible for Pension Credit is made available to local authorities.

11 Sep 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Costs and Income

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the lifetime fiscal (a) cost of and (b) income generated by people granted asylum in the UK.

11 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alan Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Alan Milburn has been issued with a departmental security pass.

9 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Income Tax and Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to publish what the total value of (a) income tax paid, (b) National Insurance Contributions paid, (c) tax credits claimed and (d) child benefit claimed for non-UK nationals is, broken down by nationality, for each

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the total number of claimants broken down by nationality for all benefits.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims were processed by the Child Maintenance Agency in each of the last five years; and how many appeals were (a) lodged, (b) fully processed, (c) upheld and (d) rejected.

9 Sep 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees of (a) Immigration Enforcement, (b) UK Visas and Immigration, (c) Border Force and (d) HM Passport Office have been found guilty of (i) corruption and (ii) immigration offences in e

9 Sep 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees of (a) Immigration Enforcement, (b) UK Visas and Immigration, (c) Border Force and (d) HM Passport Office were (i) suspended and (ii) dismissed for gross misconduct in each of the l

9 Sep 2024 · Home Office

Police: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made in reforming vetting procedures for police recruits since 3 March 2021.

9 Sep 2024 · Home Office

British Nationality: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) names and (b) addresses are of all test centres used for the Life in the UK Test.

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the names of people issued with a security pass to access Downing Street since 4 July 2024, excluding special advisers and civil servants.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the eligibility criteria for the Nuclear Test Medal to include UK service personnel who took part in (a) Operation Bagpipes in 1954 and (b) all ot

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