Andrew Griffith MP: written questions 2024
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Foreign Investment in UK: IndiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish the list of attendees of the Indian Business Leaders delegation meeting of 18 December 2024.
Answer: The delegation included Bharti Enterprises, Bharat Semi Systems, Biocon Group, Blue Star Limited, Essar Group, Hero Enterprise, Jet Synthesis, Piramal Group, Reliance Industries, Tata Steel, TVS Motor Company, TVS Supply Chain Solutions, and UPL Limited.
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: DevolutionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, about the potential impact of the Devolution White Paper on support for small b
Answer: Ministers from the Department for Business and Trade regularly engage with colleagues from across Government, including from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, on support for small businesses. As committed to in the English Devolut...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFleet Solid Support Ships: ProcurementDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the Fleet Solid Support Ship programme.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has maintained regular communication with the Secretary of State for Defence on the Fleet Solid Support Ship programme. Together, they have worked closely with commercial partners Navantia UK and Harland and W...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHarland and Wolff: BelfastDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has visited Harland and Wolff in Belfast.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not yet had the opportunity to visit the Harland and Wolff Belfast site but looks forward to doing so in the future. However, as the Minister for Industry, I had the privilege of visiting Northern Ireland on 19th December to obs...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustrial Strategy Council: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people were considered for appointment to the Industrial Strategy Council.
Answer: Appointments to the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council were made through direct ministerial appointment by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Council’s membership includes senior business leaders, poli...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFair Work Agency: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the projected annual budget of the Fair Work Agency.
Answer: The Employment Rights Bill is the first phase of delivering our plan to Make Work Pay, supporting employers, workers, and unions to get Britain moving forward. Establishing the Fair Work Agency will create a strong, recognisable single brand so individual...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Cost EffectivenessDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of potential efficiency savings (a) his Department and (b) in arms length bodies for which his Department is responsible.
Answer: At the announcement of Phase 2 of the 2025 Spending Review, departments have been set a target of identifying efficiency savings of 5% by 2029. Through the spending review process my department will be carrying out the required work to identify options fo...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Written QuestionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to respond to Questions 18414, 18415 and 18416 tabled by the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs on 6 December 2024.
Answer: Questions 18414, 18415 and 18416 were answered on 19 December 2024.
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: UK Relations with EUDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives from the European Union since 5 July; and for what purpose.
Answer: My officials meet regularly with their counterparts in the European Commission to discuss areas such as implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the Competition Cooperation Agreement, and trade. Officials have also recently presented the Ind...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings (a) he, (b) ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with President-Elect Trump's transition team on a potential UK-US trade deal.
Answer: The incoming US administration is still in the process of appointing senior staff.The Prime Minister had a warm introductory call with President-Elect Trump on 6 November. During this call, the Prime Minister offered his congratulations and said he looked...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustrial Strategy CouncilDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications his Department received for the appointment to the Industrial Strategy Council; and how many and what proportion of those applications reached each stage of consideration for appo
Answer: Appointments to the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council were made through direct ministerial appointment by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Council’s membership includes senior business leaders, poli...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustrial Strategy CouncilDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will outline the process for appointments to the Industrial Strategy Council.
Answer: Appointments to the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council were made through direct ministerial appointment by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Council’s membership includes senior business leaders, poli...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: TrainingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many away days or off-site team building exercises his Department has arranged for officials in each month of this year; and what the cost of these was.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade does not routinely collect this information. It could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Redundancy PayDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) settlement agreements and (b) special severance payments with (i) current and (ii) former employees his Department has made in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade made no settlement agreements or special severance payments in the last 12 months for either current or former employees.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: AviationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) commercial and (b) non-commercial flights he has taken since 5 July 2024.
Answer: We can confirm that since 5 July 2024, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade has taken: 28 commercial flights1 non-commercial flight
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: TheftDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many thefts of motor vehicles there were from the railway station car parks at (a) Arundel, (b) Amberley, (c) Barnham, (d) Haslemere, (e) Liphook, (f) Pulborough and (g) Billingshurst in each of the last fi
Answer: According to British Transport Police (BTP) data there have been 45 thefts of motor vehicle offences at the 7 named stations between January 2020 and up to and including the 2nd December 2024. Of these currently 2 have resulted in criminal prosecution. Nu...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: TheftDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many thefts of motor vehicles from railway station car parks there were in each of the last five years; and how many of those thefts resulted in a criminal prosecution.
Answer: According to British Transport Police (BTP) data, there have been 1,853 thefts of motor vehicles from rail station car parks between January 2020 and up to and including the 2nd December 2024. Of these, 69 resulted in criminal prosecution. YearBTP Recorde...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Remote WorkingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department takes to monitor the productivity of officials when they work from home.
Answer: It is expected that every Department for Business and Trade employee has personal objectives aligned to their role. Performance is monitored regularly against these objectives, as part of ongoing reviews.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordStellantisDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets attended any of the meetings held by his Department with Stellantis.
Answer: I refer the member for Arundel and South Downs to the answer I provided to UIN 17527 on 6 December.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordImport Duties: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for the potential imposition of trade tariffs by the US.
Answer: The Government has not speculated on what President-elect Trump may or may not do when he is in office. The Government will continue to make a strong case for open, transparent, and free trade. We are an open trading economy, and we benefit from that in o...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProductivityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with (a) the ONS (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Public Services Productivity Review.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has confirmed that no formal discussions have taken place with (a) the Office for National Statistics (ONS) or (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding the Public Services Productivity Review.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordG20Department for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many of his counterparts from G20 nations (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met.
Answer: (a) Since July, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade has met with counterparts from 16 G20 nations .(b) The DBT ministerial team have met a total of 18 G20 nations.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordConstruction: IndustryDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the minutes of the meeting of the Consultative Committee on Construction Industry Statistics on 28 October 2024, published on 2 Decem
Answer: The Consultative Committee on Construction Industry Statistics (CCCIS) is a long running forum for producers and users of official statistics on construction to engage with expert users. The meetings are chaired by the Department for Business and Trade, a...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Billing and DisabilityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consultation was undertaken before publication of the (a) Fair Payment and (b) Disability Finance Code.
Answer: A new Fair Payment Code which is more credible, enforceable, and ambitious was launched earlier this month to replace the former Prompt Payment Code. This followed feedback from small business stakeholder groups, including Federation of Small Businesses, ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordStandard Individual Export LicencesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications for standard individual export licences were made between July and November 2024.
Answer: We will release statistics on export licensing outcomes relating to this period one quarter at a time via our regular Strategic Export Controls Licensing Statistical Releases.Export licensing statistics for 1 January to 30 June 2024 were published on 12 D...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
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