Written questions

64 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Treasury plans to introduce additional protections for individuals who face retaliation as a result of engaging with the HMRC whistleblowing reward scheme; and whether HMRC will be required to provide su

20 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department will take to ensure transparency in the operation of HMRC's proposed whistleblowing reward scheme; and whether she plans to publish (a) eligibility criteria and award thresholds for applica

11 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the 74 HMRC engagement forums are involved in developing tax policy; and what is the composition of those stakeholder groups, including the proportion of tax practitioners compared to academics or indepe

20 May 2025 · Home Office

Economic Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on implementing the cross-system professional enablers strategy.

6 May 2025 · Home Office

Proceeds of Crime: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many disclosure orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act the National Crime Agency has (a) sought and (b) been granted in each of the last three years.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support school-based nurseries.

7 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Money Laundering

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions of companies for money laundering there were under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in the last five years.

24 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Trusts: Assets

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) land and (b) property assets are held through UK trusts registered with the Trust Registration Services; and what the aggregate value is of (i) land and (ii) property assets held via trusts.

24 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Trusts: Assets

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many trusts registered with the Trusts Registration Service hold UK land or property via a type (a) A, (b) B and (c) C trust.

24 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Trusts: Assets

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the trusts registered with the Trusts Registration Service hold UK land or property.

21 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Crown Dependencies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the agenda for the meeting with Crown Dependencies on 3 March 2025.

10 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people work in the large business directorate in HMRC.

10 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customer compliance managers there are in the HMRC large business directorate.

10 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's document entitled Measuring tax gaps 2024 edition: tax gap estimates for 2022 to 2023, updated on 20 June 2024, if she will take steps to widen the scope of the published offshore tax gap st

10 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Companies House: Risk Assessment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether professional body supervisors will share risk assessments of Trusts and Corporate Service Providers with Companies House for (a) assessing and (b) granting authorised Corporate Service Provider status, in th

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Foreign Companies: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Register of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, whether applicants who obtain trust information through this regulation will be allowed to publ

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Foreign Companies: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Register of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, whether applicants will need to demonstrate legitimate interest for each application where rele

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Foreign Companies: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to The Register of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, when applicants are required to demonstrate a legitimate interest; how this differs from inform

13 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Multinational Companies: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to require public country-by-country reporting by multinational corporations on (a) taxation and (b) where companies are (i) trading and (ii) making profits.

11 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bangladesh: Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has provided the interim government in Bangladesh with support for the asset recovery of funds potentially misappropriated by the previous government.

10 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Economic Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing ring-fenced funding for taking criminal enforcement measures against professional enablers of economic crimes.

10 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Bodies: Conflict of Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Audit Office's report entitled Managing conflicts of interest: value for money, published on 22 November 2024, whether the Government plans to introduce central electronic register

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Residual Waste Infrastructure Capacity Note will make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) incineration capacity and (b) potential feedstock availability in the light of (i

24 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Administration of Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timetable is to respond to her Department’s consultation entitled Open Justice: the way forward which closed on 7 September 2023.

15 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish a new terms of reference for the Independent Advisor on Ministerial Interests; and whether this will include the power to initiate investigations.

15 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Codes of Practice

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish a new Ministerial Code of Conduct; and whether it will include (a) an explicit commitment to the seven Principles of Public Life, (b) an ability for the Independent Adviser on Ministeria

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

Political Parties: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take steps to strengthen the rules on donations to political parties.

9 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories: Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he intends to publish a deadline for the implementation public registers of beneficial ownership in the Overseas Territories per the requirements in the Sanctions and

9 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gubad Ibadoghlu

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will raise the case of Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu with Azerbaijani officials during pre-COP 29 discussions to help secure his release from detention.

4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bangladesh: Corruption

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help (a) recover and (b) repatriate funds linked to corruption investigations involving former members of the government of Bangladesh.

Source: official written-questions record.