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Written questions, answers and statements

Written questions allow MPs and Members of the House of Lords to ask for information on the work, policy and activities of Government departments, related bodies, and the administration of Parliament. Oral or written statements to Parliament are also made by the Government and others to inform both Houses of their work. Written statements are normally used to put the day-to-day business of Government on the official record and in the public domain.

All oral statements and any written content from before 2014 can be found in Hansard.

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Commons written questions and answers

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The most recent four written questions in the House of Commons

Question for Treasury
Personal Care Services: Tax Yields
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Conservative, Gosport

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of tax receipts from the hair and beauty sector.

Asked 12 May 2025
Answered 15 May 2025
By James Murray (Labour, Ealing North)
51357
Answered
Commons
Question for Treasury
Retail Trade
Charlie Dewhirst
Conservative, Bridlington and The Wolds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many retailers with a retail value of under £51,000 are based on retail parks.

Asked 12 May 2025
Answered 15 May 2025
By James Murray (Labour, Ealing North)
51650
Answered
Commons
Question for Treasury
Private Education: VAT
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative, Huntingdon

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been raised by the addition of VAT to school fees in the 2024-25 financial year.

Asked 12 May 2025
Answered 15 May 2025
By James Murray (Labour, Ealing North)
51574
Answered
Commons
Question for Treasury
Council Tax: Wales
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative, Thirsk and Malton

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15200 on Council Tax: Wales, when the Valuation Office Agency will publish this information.

Asked 9 May 2025
Answered 15 May 2025
By James Murray (Labour, Ealing North)
51129
Answered
Commons

Lords written questions and answers

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Indian Ocean Territory: Nature Conservation
Lord West of Spithead
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Mauritius regarding conservation and restoration of seabird islands in the Chagos Archipelago, including regarding eradication of rats and vegetation management, as p...

Asked 6 May 2025
Answered 15 May 2025
By Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour, Life peer)
HL7217
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Protective Clothing
Lord Rooker
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to prioritise UK suppliers for the supply of NHS face shield stock currently out for tender.

Asked 22 April 2025
Answered 15 May 2025
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL6745
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Protective Clothing
Lord Rooker
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to prevent companies who failed to provide useable stock during the COVID-19 pandemic from tendering for the contract to supply NHS face shield stock.

Asked 22 April 2025
Answered 15 May 2025
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL6744
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Protective Clothing
Lord Rooker
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to take steps to prevent tenders from China for the NHS face shield stock currently out for tender.

Asked 22 April 2025
Answered 15 May 2025
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL6743
Answered
Lords

Commons written statements

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Home Office
Extending licensing hours for the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship
Dame Diana Johnson
The Minister of State for Policing and Crime Prevention
Labour, Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Statement made 15 May 2025
HCWS644
Commons
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Publication of the Electoral Integrity Programme Evaluation Report on the 2024 UK Parliamentary general election
Rushanara Ali
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy
Labour, Bethnal Green and Stepney
Statement made 15 May 2025
HCWS643
Commons
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Government response to the consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime
Feryal Clark
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government
Labour, Enfield North
Statement made 15 May 2025
HCWS642
Commons
Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Very Senior Managers Pay Framework
Karin Smyth
Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care)
Labour, Bristol South
Statement made 15 May 2025
HCWS641
Commons

Lords written statements

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Treasury
Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES)
Lord Livermore
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 15 May 2025
HLWS643
Lords
Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Very Senior Managers Pay Framework
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 15 May 2025
HLWS642
Lords
Home Office
Extending licensing hours for the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship
Lord Hanson of Flint
The Minister of State, Home Office
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 15 May 2025
HLWS641
Lords
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Publication of the Electoral Integrity Programme Evaluation Report on the 2024 UK Parliamentary general election
Lord Khan of Burnley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 15 May 2025
HLWS640
Lords

Commons daily reports

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House of Commons written answers and statements
15 May 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
14 May 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
13 May 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
12 May 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
15 May 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
14 May 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
13 May 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
12 May 2025
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