Written questions
64 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Conflict of Interests
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in how many instances his Department has put mitigations for conflict of interest in place for (a) Ministers and (b) senior officials each year since 1 June 2024.
9 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Conflict of Interests
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many instances his Department has put mitigations for conflict of interest in place for (a) Ministers and (b) senior officials each year since 1 June 2024.
9 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Treasury: Conflict of Interests
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many instances her Department has put mitigations for conflict of interest in place for (a) Ministers and (b) senior officials each year since 1 June 2024.
9 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Conflict of Interests
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in how many instances his Department has put mitigations for conflict of interest in place for (a) Ministers and (b) senior officials each year since 1 June 2024.
9 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses: Accountancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many meetings his Department held with the Federation of Small Businesses that related to the changes to accounts for small companies and micro-entities between January and June 2026.
9 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses: Accountancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which stakeholders his Department consulted on changes to accounts for small companies and micro-entities.
9 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Public Bodies: Conflict of Interests
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to establish a central online register for conflicts of interest across government.
9 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Public Bodies: Conflict of Interests
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the NAO’s 2024 report on conflict of interest management in government.
30 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support veterans in South Dorset constituency.
17 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Companies: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the total number of unique individuals registered as Persons of Significant Control on Companies House.
10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tax Evasion
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to include tackling international tax abuse in the Illicit Finance Summit.
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Companies: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many individual Persons of Significant Control are registered on Companies House.
2 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Business: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many large business tax disputes have been submitted to international arbitration in the last 5 years.
21 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to assess the impact of benefit overpayments on the public purse.
15 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of conducting a public consultation and review of whistleblowing law as part of the measures announced in the UK anti-corruption strategy 2025.
14 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences will be completed and published.
26 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: South Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of GP services in South Dorset constituency.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sustainable Farming Incentive
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers received payments under the Sustainable Farming Incentive for buffer strip actions in the previous scheme year.
11 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle backlogs in the courts.
4 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Taxation: Advisory Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help ensure the accuracy of information provided by tax advisers.
5 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Weymouth Station: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve Weymouth train station.
4 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Wind Power: South Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help support offshore wind supply chains in South Dorset constituency.
26 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Labour Turnover
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to please provide staff turnover figures for the Wealthy Team in HMRC for each financial year 2017/18 to 2024/25.
26 Jan 2026 · Attorney General
Serious Fraud Office: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has any formal policies or guidance aimed at preventing potential retaliation against whistleblowers who report wrongdoing to the SFO; and whether consideration has been given to develop
23 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Recruitment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC plans to take to increase the recruitment of compliance and debt management staff.
23 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Recruitment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many additional HMRC debt management staff she plans to recruit in each of the next five years.
23 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Wealth: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total compliance yield generated by HMRC’s Wealthy Team was in each financial year between 2017-18 and 2024-25.
23 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Wealth: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of the wealthy tax gap HMRC attributes to (a) Capital Gains Tax and (b) Inheritance Tax for each financial year from 2017-18 to 2024-25.
25 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Stone: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of low-cost imported stone on the competitiveness of UK natural stone producers; and what steps he is taking to help support the na
25 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to expand the Bathing Water (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2025 to apply to all recreational water users.
Source: official written-questions record.