Andrew Griffith MP: written questions 2024
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British Business Bank: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications for loans to the British Business Bank were made between July and November 2024.
Answer: Data from the British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme should be publicly available in 2025. Other loan applications for British Business Bank products are managed through delivery partners, such as banks, leasing companies, venture capital funds ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNew BusinessesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many new businesses were registered on Companies House in each month since July 2024.
Answer: Official statistics on company incorporation are published quarterly. These are made publicly available online by Companies House. We have excerpted and reproduced the relevant figures for your convenience below:Monthly Incorporation VolumesMonthIncorpora...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Domestic VisitsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many times (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have visited businesses in the UK since 5 July 2024.
Answer: A) Since 5 July 2024, the Secretary of State has carried out 11 domestic visits across the UK. All domestic visits include substantive engagement with businesses, through multiple site visits, roundtables and meetings with business leaders.B) Since 5 July...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Special AdvisersDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to appoint any additional Special Advisers.
Answer: Currently, the Secretary of State has no plans to appoint additional Special Advisors.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Visits AbroadDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many foreign trips (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have made since 5 July 2024; and where these trips were to.
Answer: (a) Since 5 July 2024, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade has carried out four international visits. These were: Italy to attend the G7 Trade Ministers MeetingKingdom of Saudi Arabia to help progress GCC negotiationsBrazil to attend the G20 Tra...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Employment Tribunals ServiceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many employment tribunals were heard relating to employees of his Department between 1 August 2024 and 1 December 2024.
Answer: During the period stated, the Department for Business and Trade had 1 Employment Tribunal heard.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Government AssistanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many searches have been made on his Department's subsidy database since July 2024.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade does not have data for completed searches for this period. However, following recent improvements to the Department’s analytical capabilities, numbers of searches on the database will be available for periods starting...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Government AssistanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to update the guidance on the UK subsidy control regime.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade keeps guidance on the subsidy control regime under regular review. The last substantive update to the statutory guidance was in December 2023 and the next update is planned for early 2025. The Department has also rece...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: StaffDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what value of money assessment he has made of his Department's headcount and payroll data, published on 10 December 2024.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) publishes Workforce Management Information regularly on data.gov.uk. DBT does not publish value for money assessments on this headcount and payroll data.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has met with his counterparts from (a) Canada and (b) Mexico on the UK's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Answer: Ministers regularly meet with their counterparts to discuss a wide range of key issues. The Secretary of State met with Canada’s Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, Mary Ng at the G7 and the G20. I met with Minister...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHorizon Compensation Advisory BoardDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer prior to sending his letter dated 21 November 2024 to the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board.
Answer: My Rt. Hon. friend the Secretary of State works closely with all his Cabinet colleagues and has regular discussions with them, including the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHorizon IT SystemDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had meetings with the prosecuting authorities in relation to the Horizon scandal since July 2024.
Answer: The information requested will be released in the next publication of the transparency return. The latest version can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbt-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHorizon IT SystemDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings he has had with representatives of sub-postmasters affected by failures of the Horizon Post Office IT system since July 2024.
Answer: The information requested will be released in the next publication of the transparency return. The latest version can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbt-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordExports: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the transition from SPIRE to LITE in relation to licence applications made to the Export Control Joint Unit.
Answer: The ‘apply for a SIEL’ service (Single Individual Export Licence) was launched on gov.uk on 17 September 2024, the first licence type introduced on our new export control platform, LITE. To ease the transition for exporters, a suite of training videos, we...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish SteelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings he has had with representatives from British Steel since 11 November 2024.
Answer: We’re working across government in partnership with trade unions and businesses to secure a bright future for steel in the UK, including working with British Steel on their future plans. My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State has met with British Steel’s...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 20 November 2024 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.
Answer: The Department endeavours to meet the cross-Government standard of 20 working days for MP responses.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: FurnitureDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) desks and (b) chairs have been procured for use by his Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: According to central records, 16 chairs and 10 desks have been procured since 5 July 2024. These have been provided to colleagues as reasonable adjustments and are in use in homes and offices.
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: BillingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what budget his Department has allocated for the first year of the process of assessing applications for awards as part of the new Fair Payment Code.
Answer: The Fair Payment Code is administered by the Office of Small Business Commissioner on behalf of the Department of Business and Trade. The Office of the Small Business Commissioner is grant in aid funded by the Department and in 2023/24 received £1.148m in...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: BillingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many businesses he expects to (a) apply for and (b) be granted awards under the new Fair Payment Code award tiers.
Answer: The Government would like to see as many businesses applying to the Fair Payment Code as possible, particularly larger businesses. Tackling late payments is a priority for the Department and the Fair Payment Code is one of a number of measures we are taki...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: BillingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what budget his Department has allocated to the creation of the award tiers as part of the new Fair Payment Code.
Answer: The Fair Payment Code is administered by the Office of Small Business Commissioner on behalf of the Department of Business and Trade. The Office of the Small Business Commissioner is grant in aid funded by the Department and in 2023/24 received £1.148m in...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Remote WorkingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many computer monitors his Department has provided to (a) Ministers and (b) officials for home working since 5 July 2024; and what the cost to public purse was.
Answer: Expenditure on computer monitors purchased under the Department’s Home Working Equipment Policy between 01 January – 30 November 2024 is as follows: MonthNumber of monitors purchasedCostJanuary27£4,783.19February20£3,392.00March30£5,177.60April30£5,173.60...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to respond to the letter of 28 November 2024 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.
Answer: The Department aims to respond to answer correspondence within 15 working days, this response was issued on 9 December.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment Rights Bill: Hospitality IndustryDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the hospitality sector.
Answer: On Monday 21 October, the Government published a comprehensive package of analysis on the impact of the Employment Rights Bill:[http://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments].The majority of employees will benefit from new protectio...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCars: SalesDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on G20 states that have set a target to end the sale of new (a) solely internal combustion engine powered vehicles and (b) hybrid vehicles powered in part by internal combu
Answer: The UK Government’s commitment to phase out new cars that rely solely on internal combustion engines from 2030 and then to phase out all new non-zero emission cars and vans from 2035 correspond to a range of national and sub-national targets globally thro...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordXinjiang: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security's oral contribution of 3 December 2024, Official Report, column 174, whether his Department has
Answer: This Government stands firm on human rights, including in Xinjiang, where China continues to persecute and arbitrarily detain Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities.We continue to monitor the situation closely, including by conducting independe...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
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