Written questions
235 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that people impacted by the McCloud remedy receive their entitlements promptly.
21 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she has made on implementing the McCloud remedy since July 2024; and what steps she is taking to ensure (a) full and (b) timely delivery.
21 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Holiday Accommodation: Scotland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent analysis her Department has undertaken on the regional distribution of revenues from the abolition of the Furnished Holiday Lettings tax regime; and what proportion of this revenue is expected to be rais
21 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Energy: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the Energy Profits Levy on inward investment in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf.
21 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Energy: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the Energy Profits Levy on inward investment in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf.
21 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Climate Change: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the planned funding allocations for International Climate Finance in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26; and via which Departmental budgets will this be distributed.
5 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) changes to (i) Agricultural Property Relief and (ii) Business Property Relief and (b) interest rates on (A) family farm succession planning and (B) food se
5 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief on (i) food security, (ii) agricultural investment and (iii) the viability of fami
5 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria on (a) total acreage, (b) agricultural land usage, (c) livestock numbers and (d) Rural Payments Agency claim data were used to define an agricultural holding for impact assessments of changes to (i) Ag
5 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assumptions on the timing of intergenerational farm transfers were used in forecasts of farms affected by changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief.
5 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assumptions on marital status were used in forecasts of farms impacted by changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief.
5 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many farms impacted by changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief she expects to have previously claimed solely for Business Property Relief.
30 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Holiday Accommodation: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes in tax liabilities and reliefs on small-scale furnished holiday let operators transitioning to long-term residential letting; and what the d
30 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Holiday Accommodation: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the policy paper entitled Abolition of the furnished holiday lettings tax regime, updated on 7 November 2024, on what evidential basis her Department determined that the furnished holiday let tax r
29 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Business: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish an updated impact assessment of changes to Business Property Relief; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those changes on family-owned businesses in (a) Scotland and (b) t
29 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Business: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what sectoral impact assessments her Department has conducted on changes to Business Property Relief since the Autumn Budget 2024; and whether she has made an estimate of the number of businesses at risk of closure
29 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Holiday Accommodation: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the Furnished Holiday Let tax regime on rural tourism businesses.
29 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Holiday Accommodation: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with (a) the Scottish Government and (b) local authorities in Scotland on the abolition of the Furnished Holiday Let tax regime.
29 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Holiday Accommodation: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with (a) VisitScotland, (b) the Scottish Tourism Alliance and (c) other tourism sector representatives on the planned changes to the furnished holiday let tax regime.
29 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Holiday Accommodation: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of planned changes to the furnished holiday let tax regime on tourism accommodation capacity in (a) rural Scotland and (b) the UK.
29 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Holiday Accommodation: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the total value of tax relief claimed under the furnished holiday let tax regime in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in the 2023-24 financial year.
29 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Holiday Accommodation: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the number of furnished holiday let properties registered for tax purposes in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK as of January 2025.
24 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to provide funding to households that cannot afford to replace their total heating total control heating system when it stops working following the closure of the
24 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help prepare households for the closure of the radio teleswitch service in June 2025.
24 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help support households in rural areas in Scotland that do not have a (a) mobile and (b) radio signal and cannot install a smart meter in advance of the
24 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tyres: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of used tyre exports on the environment; and what steps his Department is taking to help mitigate these impacts.
24 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tyres: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support the development of domestic (a) infrastructure and (b) technology for tyre recycling.
24 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tyres: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) increase domestic recycling capacity for end-of-life vehicle tyres and (b) reduce reliance on exports.
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
African Swine Fever
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 10798 on African Swine Fever, what uncertainty is there around the human mediated pathways for African swine fever.
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
African Swine Fever: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12667 on African Swine Fever: Disease Control, whether his Department plans to continue to provide funding to Dover District Coun
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