Andrew Griffith MP: written questions
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Employment Tribunals Service: VacanciesMinistry of JusticeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sitting days were lost in employment tribunals due to (a) judicial and (b) administrative staff shortages in the last 12 months.
Answer: HM Courts & Tribunals Service does not hold information on sitting days lost in employment tribunals due to (a) judicial and (b) administrative shortages in the past 12 months.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Tribunals Service: Small BusinessesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with (a) business groups and (b) employer organisations on the potential impact of the level of efficiency of employment tribunals on SMEs.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that Employment Tribunals operate effectively, ensuring workers have access to justice while minimising burdens on the majority of businesses which play by the rules.As part of the development of the Employment Rights Bill, th...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: CorrespondenceCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38691More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister plans to respond to the letter of 13 February 2025 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.
Answer: A response was issued on 19 March 2025.
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister of 5 March 2025, column 273, how many officials from his Department have travelled to the United States to discuss a potential UK-US trade
Answer: The Prime Minister travelled to Washington DC to meet with President Trump on 27 February. During their meeting, they agreed to deepen the UK-US relationship and to work together on a trade deal focused on tech. The Secretary of State for Business and Tra...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 5 March 2025, Official Report, column 273, what discussions officials in his Department have had with US officials on a UK-US trade deal.
Answer: The UK-US relationship is already very strong, with trade of around £300 billion, and shared investment of over £1.2 trillion at the end of 2023. The Prime Minister and President Trump met on 27 February and agreed to deepen this relationship and to work ...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 5 March 2025, Official Record Column 273, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with the US administration on
Answer: The UK-US relationship is already very strong, with trade of around £300 billion, and shared investment of over £1.2 trillion at the end of 2023. The Prime Minister and President Trump met on 27 February and agreed to deepen this relationship and to work ...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the United States Secretary of Commerce.
Answer: The UK-US relationship is already very strong, with trade of around £300 billion, and shared investment of over £1.2 trillion at the end of 2023. The Prime Minister and President Trump met on 27 February and agreed to deepen this relationship and to work ...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has allocated a lead negotiator to negotiate a potential UK-US free trade agreement.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade’s Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations (TPIN) Group operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across priorities. The DBT team for UK-US trade includes an allocated lead negotiator.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmigrationCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35385More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many UK nationals emigrated from the UK for long-term purposes in the (a) third and (b) fourth quarter of 2024.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 4th March is attached.
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Business Growth ServiceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Services, Small Business and Exports of 26 February 2025, Official Report, column 857, how many staff in his Department have been allocated t
Answer: The Business Growth Service (BGS) and the broader plans for small business are a priority for the Department for Business and Trade. There is currently a flexible resourcing model in place to develop the Business Growth Service. As of March 2025, a small,...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Growth ServiceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Services, Small Business and Exports of 26 February 2025, Official Report, column 857, what progress his Department has made on creating the
Answer: We have begun engagement and consultation with SMEs, business representative bodies, the devolved governments, local government, the Growth Hubs network and other key stakeholders to determine further details on the design, development and implementation ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Growth ServiceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Services, Small Business and Exports of 26 February 2025, Official Report, column 857, what his Department's timetable is for launching the b
Answer: We hope to launch the Business Growth Service (BGS) in the summer.The BGS will, over time, simplify the government’s business support ecosystem, with locally led support underpinned by an improved online service. It will help realise the government’s Smal...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: PaymentsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Services, Small Business and Exports of 26 February 2025, Official Report, column 857, whether his Department plans to undertake public consu
Answer: In September 2024 we announced a package of measures to help ensure small businesses are paid promptly by the large businesses they supply. This included launching a new Fair Payment Code and a commitment to including payment performance information in la...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of public transport procurement projects contracted by her Department have included net zero requirements since 5 July 2024; and what estimate she has made of the cost of those requirements.
Answer: The Department for Transport does not record the net-zero requirements included in procurement projects.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34005More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many public contracts awarded by the Crown Commercial Service since 5 July 2024 have included mandatory commitments to publish suppliers’ (a) gender and (b) ethnicity pay gaps.
Answer: Contracts are established between the supplier and the individual contracting authority.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: TrainingCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34004More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of procurement training for staff in his Department since 5 July 2024 has been delivered by organisations affiliated with trade unions.
Answer: Information on supplier organisations’ affiliation with trade unions is not held.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: ContractsDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many infrastructure contracts awarded by her Department since 5 July 2024 have included mandatory collective bargaining clauses.
Answer: There are no infrastructure contracts awarded by the Department since 5 July 2024 that have included mandatory collective bargaining clauses.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: ContractsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many public contracts awarded by his Department since 5 July 2024 have required suppliers to recognise trade unions as a condition of contract award.
Answer: The Department of Business and Trade uses Government standard contract templates and these do not contain a specific requirement to recognise trade unions as a condition of a contract award.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFertility: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to fertility treatments.
Answer: The Government recognises that fertility treatment across the National Health Service in England is subject to variation in access. Work continues on joint advice from the Department and NHS England about the offer around NHS-funded fertility services. Fu...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFertility: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 22722 on Fertility: Medical Treatments, whether he will make it his policy to collect these data centrally.
Answer: There are no current plans to collect these data.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFertilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 22721 on Fertility, whether he will make it his policy to collect these data centrally.
Answer: There are no current plans to collect these data.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceTreasuryTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31661More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to respond to the letter of 20 December 2024 from the hon. Members for Arundel and South Downs, East Surrey and Wyre Forest.
Answer: I can confirm a response was sent on 21 February 2025 to the hon. Members for Arundel and South Downs, East Surrey, and Wyre Forest.
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether any staff in his Department have been allocated to negotiating a free trade agreement with the United States.
Answer: DBT's Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations (TPIN) Group operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across its priorities. The Department has committed to delivering six Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations alongside leading wo...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Trade AgreementsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to change the number of staff in his Department working on new free trade agreements.
Answer: DBT's Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations (TPIN) Group operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across its priorities. The Department has committed to delivering six Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations alongside leading wo...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written QuestionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to Question 25350 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Paternity Leave, tabled on 21 January 2025.
Answer: A response to Question 25350 is being prepared and will be provided as soon as possible. I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member.
Answered 24 Feb 2025
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