Neil Shastri-Hurst MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Defence: Stocks and SharesTreasuryTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57088More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on whether there were irregular trading activities in UK-listed defence sector stocks on 2 June 2025.
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the UK’s markets regulator and the lead agency responsible for monitoring UK markets, and investigating and taking any enforcement action related to market abuse.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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Financial Institutions and Pension Funds: ChinaTreasuryTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50720More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of the UK’s exposure to Chinese (a) sovereign debt and (b) state-backed entities through (i) public pension funds and (ii) financial institutions.
Answer: Seven of the eight largest Public Service Pension Schemes (PSPSs) are unfunded, which means that they do not hold or invest assets against their pension liabilities and instead the Exchequer pays pensions as they come due. The largest funded PSPS is the L...
Answered 16 May 2025
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Employers' Contributions: CostsTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23612More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the costs to HMRC of processing changes to rates of National Insurance contributions.
Answer: Tax Information and Impact Notes (TIINs) covering recent changes to rates of National Insurance contributions (NICs) are available on GOV.UK and include information about estimated costs associated with these measures. A TIIN covering employer NICs change...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament record
Employers' Contributions: HospicesTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23611More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the increase of tax paid by hospices as a result of changes to National Insurance contributions rates.
Answer: The latest forecasts for tax revenues were published alongside the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) October Economic and Fiscal Outlook. These forecasts are based on economic determinants, including wage growth and employment levels. The OBR do no...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament record

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Department or topic	Published records
Department for Business and Trade	5
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	1
Department for Education	13
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	4
Department for Transport	4
Department for Work and Pensions	6
Department of Health and Social Care	62
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	25
Home Office	7
Ministry of Defence	32
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	1
Ministry of Justice	31
Treasury	4

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