Lord Goodman of Wycombe

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the guidance List of Public Bodies for Review in 2023/24, updated on 25 April 2024, whether a reviewer has been appointed for the review of the British Business Bank; and if so, who is that reviewer, what...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish a list of all accredited national statistics produced by departments about fraud and error in public expenditure, including precise titles, responsible departments, publication frequencies, and ...

To ask His Majesty's Government when the British Bank Business last underwent a board effectiveness review, and whether they will place a copy of that review in the Library of the House.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the 1.1 million trees planted in round 1 of the Green Recovery Challenge Fund have survived, what monitoring processes are in place to track the survival rate, and what estimate they have made of the cost per su...

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to HM Treasury: 2023 COVID-19 Cost Tracker update, published 20 July 2023, what is the current status of the measure 'last resort business interventions' (ID31); whether the £30 million loan issued to Celsa ...

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the transparency data COVID-19 loan guarantee schemes repayment data: March 2025, published on 6 June, what is the total fraud loss rate as a percentage of total lending for each of the COVID-19 loan guar...

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to HM Treasury: 2023 COVID-19 Cost Tracker update, published 20 July 2023, whether they will provide a breakdown of the £258 million estimated lifetime cost of the administration of the Bounce Back Loan Sche...

To ask His Majesty's Government what total quantified estimate they have made of fraud and error in the Culture Recovery Fund; what methodology, including statistical sampling or independent audit verification, they used to calculate that estimate; and ho...

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the fraud and error of the Film and TV Production Restart Scheme; what processes are in place to identify, quantify and mitigate fraud and error in that scheme; and how much has been recovere...

To ask His Majesty's Government what was their original target number of apprenticeships supported by the Green Recovery Challenge Fund Round 1, and how many apprenticeships were completed.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many Green Recovery Challenge Fund Round 1 and 2 projects underwent independent auditing or verification of reported environmental outcomes, and how many of those audits identified discrepancies or inflated reporting by...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 5 September (HC2635) and 11 October (HC5739), what specific Government activity has ceased or changed to ...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 11 October (HC5739) and 17 October (HC6994), whether it remains their policy not to engage with the organ...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 9 September (HC2987), and further to the Written Statement by Baroness Swinburne on 14 March (HLWS336), wh...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for?Housing, Communities and Local Government on 9 September (HC2987), and further to the Written Statement by?Baroness Swinburne?on 14 March (HLWS336) , w...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the?Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 5 September (HC2635), and further to the Written Statement by?Baroness Swinburne?on 14 March (HLWS336), wh...

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average length of proceedings in cases of unfair dismissal being heard by employment tribunals in each of the past five years.

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average length of proceedings in cases of wrongful dismissal being heard by employment tribunals in each of the past five years.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ensure that the maximum award applying to Employment Tribunal claims brought under the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010 is at least increased to, and maintained at, the level ...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce legislation to give employment tribunals jurisdiction to apply set-off principles in an unauthorised deduction from wages claim under Part II of the Employment Rights Act 1996, limited to esta...