Andrew Griffith MP: written questions 2025
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Department for Business and Trade: ConsultantsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's publication entitled DBT: Workforce management information October 2025, for what purpose the Department's non-payroll staff consultancy costs increased to £4,345,742
Answer: Spend on Consultancy does vary month to month dependent upon which projects are underway through the year. An even spread is not expected. While consultancy costs for October 2025 are broadly in line with July and August 2025, they do appear as being sign...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Business RatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he will publish guidance for Businesses on the application of the a.) Transition Relief Scheme, b.) Transition Relief Supplement, and c.) Supporting Small Business Relief Sc
Answer: At the Budget the Chancellor announced a business rates Transitional Relief, Transitional Relief Supplement and Supporting Small Business Relief. Regulations providing for the Transitional Relief Scheme and the Transitional Relief Supplement must be made ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Rights BillDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will review the dates set out in the Employment Rights Bill Implementation Roadmap to account for the time taken for the Bill's passage.
Answer: There will be several phases of delivery following Royal Assent of the Employment Rights Bill. For many measures, Government will consult on the detail of policy and implementation. As set out in the Implementation Roadmap, we will provide more detail on ...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June to Question 58286 on Trade Agreements: USA, if he will publish further detail on the quota system with respect to small volume manufacturers.
Answer: The preferential rate of 10% on UK-manufactured cars being exported to the US went live on 30 June. For 2025, there is a pro-rata quantity of 65,205 that can access the 10% tariff. From 1 January next year, the quota will be administered on a quarterly ba...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Rights BillDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many consultations his Department plans to hold on the Employment Rights Bill prior to its implementation.
Answer: Twenty-six consultations are currently planned to deliver the Employment Rights Bill and commitments made in the Implementing the Employment Rights Bill publication, across relevant Government departments. Five have already concluded and six are currently...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: ScunthorpeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many safety incidents were reported at the British Steel Limited site in Scunthorpe in each quarter of the last year.
Answer: Under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013, British Steel Limited reported 11 cases in Q1 2025, 15 in Q2, 7 in Q3 and 7 to date in Q4, across all of their sites, including Scunthorpe. In the year to date there hav...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTickets: SalesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Government response to the consultation on the resale of live events ticket of 19 November 2025, what is his target date for the introduction of legislation to implement the propo
Answer: The government has announced that it will introduce new measures to end the scourge of ticket touting and put fans back at the heart of live events, including a resale price cap.Our consultation revealed widespread support for a price cap from fans, indus...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTickets: Price CapsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish an impact assessment for the plan for a secondary live event ticket sales price cap.
Answer: The government has announced that it will introduce new measures to end the scourge of ticket touting and put fans back at the heart of live events, including a resale price cap.Our consultation revealed widespread support for a price cap from fans, indus...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTickets: Price CapsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a secondary live event ticket sales price cap on levels of tourism.
Answer: The government has announced that it will introduce new measures to end the scourge of ticket touting and put fans back at the heart of live events, including a resale price cap.Our consultation revealed widespread support for a price cap from fans, indus...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTickets: Price CapsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the effectiveness of secondary live event ticket sales price caps in other countries.
Answer: The government has announced that it will introduce new measures to end the scourge of ticket touting and put fans back at the heart of live events, including a resale price cap.Our consultation revealed widespread support for a price cap from fans, indus...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: Government AssistanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the comments by the Minister for Industry to BBC News on 6 November 2025, how opportunities to provide support to the steel industry will be chosen.
Answer: This government remains committed to delivering up to £2.5bn for steel which is being delivered in part through the National Wealth Fund (NWF). This is in addition to £500m for the Tata Steel transformation project in Port Talbot.The NWF has £5.8bn of cap...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish SteelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Written Ministerial Statement HCWS1030 of 11 November on British Steel, what meetings (a) he and (b) his ministers have had with Jingye since 14 October 2025.
Answer: To date, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has provided British Steel with £274m for working capital, covering approximately 33% of raw material purchases, payroll costs and other operating expenditure. British Steel revenues have funded the rem...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: Capital InvestmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Written Ministerial Statement of 11 November on British Steel, HCWS1030, what proportion of the working capital provided to British Steel Limited to date he expects to be offset by re
Answer: To date, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has provided British Steel with £274m for working capital, covering approximately 33% of raw material purchases, payroll costs and other operating expenditure. British Steel revenues have funded the rem...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish SteelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Written Ministerial Statement of 11 November on British Steel, HCWS1030, when he plans to submit the impact assessment to the Regulatory Policy Committee for scrutiny.
Answer: To date, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has provided British Steel with £274m for working capital, covering approximately 33% of raw material purchases, payroll costs and other operating expenditure. British Steel revenues have funded the rem...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordIntestacy: InternetAttorney GeneralTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89664More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October to Question 77946 on Intestacy: Internet, what the timetable is for the review of the future publication of the Bona Vacantia unclaimed estates list.
Answer: The review into the future publication of the Bona Vacantia unclaimed estates list is nearing completion, and publication will remain suspended until it has concluded.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS England staff who (a) have long term health conditions and (b) are considered disabled under the Equality Act 2010 have raised concerns about not having a suitable substantive role in
Answer: NHS England has no records of any staff who have long term health conditions and are considered disabled under the Equality Act 2010 having raised concerns about not having a suitable substantive role in the past 12 months.
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS England staff have raised complaints on not having a suitable role following their raising concerns through (a) formal and (b) informal processes in each year for which information is
Answer: NHS England has no records of any staff raising complaints about not having a suitable role after having raised concerns through formal and informal processes.
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers housed contingency accommodation in Horsham District are adult males not accompanied by family members; and what proportion of contingency accommodation locations in Horsham Di
Answer: Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, and by local authority can be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent statistics release: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK.
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: Gulf StatesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timetable is for agreeing a UK-Gulf Cooperation Council trade deal.
Answer: The UK has been negotiating a modern and ambitious free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council to boost economic growth, raise wages, and increase investment since June 2022. Negotiations have now reached an advanced stage, with both sides work...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: IndiaTreasuryTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81402More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when negotiations on the double contribution convention with India will conclude.
Answer: In a side letter to the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA), agreed in July 2025, the UK and India committed to concluding the negotiations to allow for the Double Contributions Convention to enter into force at the same time as the CETA.
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: IndiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to formally present the UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement to Parliament.
Answer: We will do so as soon as possible once the Trade and Agriculture Commission have provided advice on the agreement, which will enable us to produce the necessary Section 42 report, and trigger the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act process thereafter...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordJaguar Land RoverDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department's financial support for Jaguar Land Rover was made available.
Answer: The UK Government acted quickly to prioritise rapid support for Jaguar Land Rover’s operations, with a partial guarantee for a commercial loan, through UK Export Finance (UKEF)’s Export Development Guarantee.We are not able to comment on the detail of cur...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: EU External TradeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the EU’s plans to reduce its tariff free steel import quota on the UK steel industry.
Answer: We are in active dialogue with the European Commission to fully understand the details of their proposal and next steps.The government is also working closely with UK industry, including through a roundtable with industry held on the 9 October, to underst...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agricultural businesses in (a) West Sussex, (b) East Sussex and (c) Brighton and Hove received Sustainable Farming Incentive grants in 2024.
Answer: As of the 1st of January 2025, there were 32,200 Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements in England. This was made up of 25,300 agreements in the Sustainable Farming Incentive 23 and 6,900 agreements in the Sustainable Farming Incentive Expanded Offer. T...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the number of agricultural businesses that have been affected by the suspension of the Sustainable Farming Incentive in (a) West Sussex, (b) East Sussex
Answer: Following the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) Scheme, the Rural Payments Agency re-opened the SFI 2024 offer to eligible farmers who had started but not submitted an application as at 11 March 2025, and those who were eligible under one...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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