Written questions

974 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Small Businesses: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the average annual training cost per apprentice borne by small businesses in the personal services sector.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Advertising: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of VAT treatment rules in the digital advertising market for UK-based small businesses.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Buckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many businesses with fewer than 50 employees have accessed government-funded business support grants in the past 12 months in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Business: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure compliance with employment and tax regulations among cash-based businesses operating on the high street.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent comparative assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of VAT differentials on the competitiveness of hospitality businesses in (a) Buckingham and Bletchley constituency and (b) their Eur

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of small businesses in (a) the UK and (b) Buckingham and Bletchley constituency that operate below the VAT registration threshold.

29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to set statutory targets for levels of SME participation in public sector procurement.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to p.53 of the document entitled Backing your business, published on 31 July 2025, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the level of SME participation in public procurement.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what mechanisms his Department uses to evaluate the effectiveness of export support services for SMEs.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Business: Training and Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the document entitled Backing your business, published on 31 July 2025, what steps her Department plans to take to tackle sector-specific labour shortages identified by industry groups

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Buckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the document entitled Backing your business, published on 31 July 2025, what steps his Department plans to take to support SMEs to access skills funding in Buckingham and Bletchley co

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Small Businesses: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department plans to collect to assess the effectiveness of its targeted support to help SMEs offer apprenticeships.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans the Department has to publish impact assessments of regulatory changes affecting small businesses.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what methodology his Department plans to use to quantify the (a) time and (b) cost savings to SMEs from regulatory reform.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what criteria his Department plans to use to identify regulatory reporting requirements suitable for (a) simplification and (b) removal.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many regulations affecting SMEs are under review as part of the SME Regulation Review.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what modelling his Department has undertaken on the anticipated economic impact of expanding SME access to growth capital.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans are in place to monitor the geographic distribution of SME lending facilitated by British Business Bank schemes.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Stock Market

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans she has to measure the effectiveness of the Listings Taskforce in increasing the number of UK and international firms listing on UK markets.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Stock Market: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Benchmarks Regulation reform on (a) market confidence and (b) cross-border data interoperability.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Capital Markets: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the effectiveness of the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System will be assessed in supporting firms to raise pre-IPO capital.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Capital Markets

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the barriers faced by UK-domiciled high-growth firms seeking to transition from private to public capital markets.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Office for Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Office for Investment: Financial Services engages systematically with (a) devolved Administrations and (b) regional investment bodies.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has established metrics for evaluating the impact of the concierge service on foreign direct investment into UK financial services.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Office for Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the regulatory co-ordination mechanisms in place between the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority to support the operations of the Offic

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Capital Markets: Asia-Pacific Region

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to align the implementation of Overseas Recognition Regimes with the UK's financial services trade objectives in Asia-Pacific markets.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Economic Partnership Agreements

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the barriers to expanding the financial services provisions within existing Economic Partnership Agreements.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that Early Years Pupil Premium funding is aligned with the Government’s quality improvement objectives in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.

29 Aug 2025 · Cabinet Office

Pre-school Education: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of local strategic delivery plans for early childhood outcomes under the Test, Learn and Grow programme in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes

17 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Buckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that new mental health staff are deployed in areas of greatest demand in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.

Source: official written-questions record.