Written questions
518 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Electric Vehicles: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the benefit in kind rates for new electric vehicles on sales of new electric vehicles.
22 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Electric Vehicles: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of increases in benefit in kind rates for used electric vehicle leasing via salary sacrifice schemes on levels of electric vehicle sales.
22 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he is having with (a) the Government of Pakistan and (b) other international partners on incidents of Ahmadiyya Muslims being barred from congregational Eid
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Brain Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2025 to Question 25126, whether his Department has now published a breakdown of spending on brain cancer research in 2023-24 for each UKRI body.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Universities: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage academic partnerships between UK and Ukrainian universities.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Prize Money
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to introduce further regulation for prize draws.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Individual Savings Accounts
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has considered exempting Lifetime ISAs from Universal Credit capital rules.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Universities: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of the Graduate route visa scheme on university finances.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Video Games
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has considered reintroducing a skills investment fund dedicated to the games industry to help tackle skills shortages.
17 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Video Games: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the economic benefits generated by the (a) Video Games Tax Relief and (b) Video Games Expenditure Credit; and if she will take steps to reform tax incentives.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Video Games
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the UK video games industry remains a source of economic growth in the context of US tariffs.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Video Games
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the (a) long-term growth and (b) international competitiveness of the video game industry.
17 Apr 2025 · Home Office
Visas: Graduates
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the proportion of applicants to the Graduate Visa scheme that are fraudulent.
17 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British International Investment: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he will consider reallocating proposed capital financing for British International Investment to aid spending.
17 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Sustainable Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the planned reduction to ODA spending on the UK's commitment to the Agenda 2030 leaving-no-one- behind principle.
17 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
International Development: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Foreign Secretary launches expert reviews to strengthen UK’s global impact and expertise, published on 9 September 2
17 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Overseas Territories: Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress made on the introduction of a publicly accessible register on beneficial ownership of businesses registered in their jurisdiction
17 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Overseas Territories: Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) the British Virgin Islands and (b) the Cayman Islands on the introduction of public registers of beneficial ow
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Graduates: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the graduate route visa scheme on levels of innovation.
17 Apr 2025 · Home Office
Graduates: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the graduate route visa scheme on economic growth.
17 Apr 2025 · Home Office
Visas: Graduates
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the graduate route visa scheme.
7 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Reserve Forces: Income Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to extend the Scottish Income Tax Mitigation scheme to reservists.
7 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Africa: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support African countries whose economies are affected by debt repayments.
7 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Copyright
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he is taking steps to help protect authors who do not want their works to be used by AI models.
7 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Tax Avoidance: British Overseas Territories
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of trends in the level of tax avoidance associated with the Overseas Territories.
7 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Tax Avoidance: British Overseas Territories
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to reduce tax avoidance associated with the Overseas Territories.
7 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Malawi: Education and Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the Official Development Assistance budget on (a) education and (b) health outcomes in Malawi.
7 Apr 2025 · Scotland Office
Malawi: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to help strengthen links between Scotland and Malawi.
3 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Parkinson's Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, on peop
2 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Sign Language: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of the provision of British Sign Language teaching in schools.
Source: official written-questions record.