Written Questions

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Enter an MP's name to view all written questions they have submitted. Written questions are formally addressed to government departments and require official written responses. In the House of Commons, these may be directed to the Secretary of State for a given department, or to a junior Commons Minister where the Secretary of State sits in the House of Lords. In the House of Lords, questions are addressed collectively to "His Majesty's Government" rather than to a specific Secretary of State or department.

Commons 2733
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 29 April 2026, to Question 129836, on Advisory Services: Fringe Benefits, and further to the HMRC Employment Income Manual EIM20020, whether HMRC has a specific policy on whet...
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Kevin Hollinrake
Con
To: Treasury
Answered 2026-05-28
As set out in the answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 129836, the Employment Income Manual at EIM20020 explains that a benefit is taxable where it is provided by reason of the employment and confer...
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Commons 2740
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of road wear caused by (a) motorcycles and (b) other vehicle types; and whether she plans to update future VED banding.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Suella Braverman
RUK
To: Treasury
Answered 2026-05-28
The Treasury has not made a specific assessment of the contribution of motorcycles to road wear compared with other vehicle types.There are no current plans to make changes to VED banding. The Chan...
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Commons 2739
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has considered aligning motorcycle Vehicle Excise Duty with the weight-based approach proposed for other vehicle categories in the eVED consultation.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Suella Braverman
RUK
To: Treasury
Answered 2026-05-28
All UK-registered electric and plug-in hybrid cars will pay Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED). eVED will not apply to other vehicle types such as motorcycles, vans, and buses when introduced in A...
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Commons 2997
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the cumulative costs of VAT and associated handling fees applied to parcels sent from distribution centres in Great Britain to customers in the Europe...
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Mr Joshua Reynolds
LD
To: Treasury
Answered 2026-05-28
VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption and is normally due in the country where the consumer of the goods or services is located. The application of this destination principle in VAT achieves neut...
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Commons 2707
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to fuel duty on households and businesses reliant on road transport.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Jim Shannon
DUP
To: Treasury
Answered 2026-05-28
The Government recognises the pressures faced by households and businesses that rely on road transport, particularly during periods of global volatility which affect fuel prices. That is why the te...
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Commons 3013
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the context of financial support for businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, what evidence her Department used to classify small limited company directors as a fraud risk.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Mr Connor Rand
Lab
To: Treasury
Answered 2026-05-28
Decisions on eligibility for COVID-19 financial support schemes were taken by the previous government. The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) supported self-employed individuals whose in...
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Commons 389
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of school exclusions on (i) children’s (a) long-term educational outcomes, (b) mental health and (c) contact with the criminal justice system and (ii...
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Lab
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-28
The department regularly monitors trends in suspension and permanent exclusion rates for various pupil groups and undertakes regular reviews of the evidence concerning the long-term outcomes of pup...
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Commons 1969
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 March 2026 (HCWS1425), what proportion of total ODA is allocated to non-FCDO departments in each year from 2026-27...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Wendy Morton
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-28
The Government has taken the difficult decision to reduce Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the equivalent of 0.3 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI) by 2027 to fund an essential increas...
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Commons 1968
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 March 2026 (HCWS1425), why the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s ODA allocation decreases from £...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Wendy Morton
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-28
The Government has taken the difficult decision to reduce Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the equivalent of 0.3 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI) by 2027 to fund an essential increas...
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Commons 1967
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 March 2026 (HCWS1425), what assessment she has made of the impact of reductions in ODA allocations to the Departme...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Wendy Morton
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-28
The Government has taken the difficult decision to reduce Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the equivalent of 0.3 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI) by 2027 to fund an essential increas...
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Commons 1966
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 March 2026 (HCWS1425), what factors explain the change in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s ODA a...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Wendy Morton
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-28
The Government has taken the difficult decision to reduce Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the equivalent of 0.3 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI) by 2027 to fund an essential increas...
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Commons 2884
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing the Normal Minimum Pension Age from 6 April 2028 on members of the Local Government Pension Scheme with ...
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Damien Egan
Lab
To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 2026-05-28
HMRC has published details of the general equalities impacts of the increase in Normal Minimum Pension Age. The Finance Act 2022 already includes protections for members of registered pension schem...
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Commons 2961
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of local authorities' financial resources to deliver the measures in the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 in the ne...
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Mr Will Forster
LD
To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 2026-05-28
The government is providing £3.6 billion funding for homelessness services from 2026/27 to 2028/29, including more than £2.2 billion for local authorities to prevent and address homelessness and ro...
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Commons 140
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department amended the draft Right to Try regulations from The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2026 follo...
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Vicky Foxcroft
Lab
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-28
We carefully considered the Social Security Advisory Committee’s report and have taken its recommendations on board. While the regulations were laid to provide immediate clarity that work, in and o...
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Commons 3072
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of out-of-area temporary accommodation placements for homeless households.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
James McMurdock
Ind
To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 2026-05-28
To reduce the use of out of area placements, we must tackle the root causes of homelessness and reduce the number of families in temporary accommodation. To do this we must build more homes, includ...
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