Andrew Griffith MP: written questions 2025
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Tickets: Price CapsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of secondary live event ticket sales price caps in other countries, in the context of potential price caps in the UK.
Answer: The government is committed to putting fans back at the heart of live events by clamping down on exploitative practices in the ticket resale market. We ran a consultation earlier this year to seek views on a range of proposals, including a price cap that ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTickets: Price CapsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of has made of the feasibility of implementing a secondary live event ticket sales price cap.
Answer: The government is committed to putting fans back at the heart of live events by clamping down on exploitative practices in the ticket resale market. We ran a consultation earlier this year to seek views on a range of proposals, including a price cap that ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTickets: Price CapsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment the he has made of the potential impact of a secondary live event ticket sales price cap on levels of tourism.
Answer: The government is committed to putting fans back at the heart of live events by clamping down on exploitative practices in the ticket resale market. We ran a consultation earlier this year to seek views on a range of proposals, including a price cap that ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Overseas ResidenceTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67522More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2024 to Question 65664 on Taxation: Overseas Residence, whether the Government has conducted such hypothetical tax change costings for an exit tax payable upon person ending their r
Answer: HMRC publishes estimates of the direct impacts of illustrative tax changes in its Direct effects of illustrative tax changes publication. The Government does not routinely publish costings for hypothetical tax changes outside of this. The Government is co...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWealth: TaxationTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67521More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2024 to Question 65661 on Wealth: Taxation, whether this will include an exit tax payable upon persons ending their UK tax residency.
Answer: HMRC publishes estimates of the direct impacts of illustrative tax changes in its Direct effects of illustrative tax changes publication. The Government does not routinely publish costings for hypothetical tax changes outside of this. The Government is co...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: ScunthorpeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 64503 on British Steel: Scunthorpe, what conclusion the report in late 2024 commissioned at British Steel reached on the remaining lifespan of the blas
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 65668.
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWealth: TaxationTreasuryTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66670More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2024 to Question 65661 on Wealth: Taxation, whether this will include a wealth tax.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given to UIN 65661.
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: Official HospitalityTreasuryTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66306More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to publish Ministerial transparency data on hospitality in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Answer: Transparency data on hospitality received by HM Treasury Ministers can be found on gov.uk here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/register-of-ministers-gifts-and-hospitality
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to correspondence of (a) 2 April, (b) 6 May and (c) 12 June 2025 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.
Answer: I replied to the Hon. Member on 6 June 2025. The Department sent a further copy of this reply to the Hon. Member on 10 July 2025.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustry: PublicityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department has spent on advertising the Industrial Strategy in (a) newspapers, (b) other print media, (c) online and (d) in total.
Answer: Marketing including paid advertising is necessary to reach a target audience of senior business decision makers, raising awareness of the UK’s new modern industrial strategy and the opportunities it presents for business growth. The Department of Business...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with devolved Administrations on coordinating business regulation to reduce duplication.
Answer: To deliver growth across the UK, and support businesses and consumers, UK Government officials have been engaging with officials from the Scottish and Welsh Governments, and Northern Ireland Executive, on its Action Plan to overhaul our regulatory system,...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that small businesses have input into Departmental regulatory consultations.
Answer: For regulation to be effective, it must be created in partnership with businesses. To support this, the government initiated the Invest 2035 call for evidence from key stakeholders, including small businesses, providing input on where regulation can be re...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordData Protection: Small BusinessesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had discussions with industry representatives on the impact of data protection requirements on SMEs.
Answer: Yes, my department has regularly engaged with businesses, trade associations and other interest groups during passage of the Data (Use and Access) Act. Many of the provisions in the Act are designed to simplify the data protection legislation for organisa...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an estimate of the time spent by businesses on regulatory paperwork annually.
Answer: Determining the cumulative administrative costs of regulation that businesses face has not been done for 15 years. That’s why we are undertaking a baselining exercise to understand the administrative costs of regulation to businesses. This baseline will i...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what comparative assessment he has made of levels of regulation on businesses in (a) the UK and (b) other G20 countries.
Answer: The UK is an excellent place to do business, and in 2023 scored in the top 3 G20 countries on regulatory quality according to the World Bank [Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank | Data]. However, businesses have told us that regulation can be too complex,...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of carbon reporting requirements on businesses.
Answer: Building on a summary of responses to a Call for Evidence published in November 2024 , DESNZ has commissioned an evaluation of the SECR regulations, which we expect to publish in early 2026. DESNZ is also undertaking an internal review to assess opportuni...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Overseas TradeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce cross-border trade processes for small businesses.
Answer: There are a number of different Departments and agencies with responsibility for cross-border processes. The Government’s Trade Strategy sets out how HMG will continue to work to support business, including through DBT working with industry on initiatives...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: ScunthorpeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 64503 on British Steel: Scunthorpe, if he will publish (a) the findings of the independent assessment and (b) a summary of the findings of the independ
Answer: The Government does not intend to publish the findings of the independent assessment as they are commercially sensitive.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Overseas ResidenceTreasuryTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65664More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential fiscal impact of introducing an exit tax payable upon persons ending their UK tax residency.
Answer: HMRC publishes regular estimates of the direct impacts of illustrative tax changes in its Direct effects of illustrative tax changes publication. However, the Government does not routinely publish costings for hypothetical tax changes outside of this.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWealth: TaxationTreasuryTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65661More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the fiscal impact of introducing a wealth tax.
Answer: The Government is committed to making sure the wealthiest in our society pay their fair share of tax. That is why the Chancellor announced a series of reforms at Autumn Budget 2024 to help fix the public finances in as fair a way as possible. These and o...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64507More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what private businesses she has consulted on the business rates system.
Answer: The Government published a Discussion Paper at Autumn Budget 2024 setting out priority areas for business rates reform. This paper invited industry to help co-design a fairer business rates system that supports investment and is fit for the 21st century. ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParental Leave: ReviewsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the parental leave review will examine options for reducing administrative burdens on employers in managing statutory parental leave and pay.
Answer: The Parental Leave and Pay Review launched on 1 July fulfilling our manifesto commitment. It will explore how the system can better support working families while still balancing the needs of businesses.As part of this, the review will consider opportunit...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Parental LeaveDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to parental leave entitlements on small and medium-sized enterprises, as part of the ongoing review.
Answer: The Parental Leave and Pay Review launched on 1 July fulfilling our manifesto commitment. It will explore how the system can better support working families while still balancing the needs of businesses.As part of this, the review will consider opportunit...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish SteelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the ONS's classification of British Steel as part of the public non-financial corporations subsector.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade meets with the Chancellor regularly on a range of issues, including steel. Following the passing of emergency legislation in the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025 on 12 April, the ONS informed my depa...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: ScunthorpeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the lifespan of the blast furnaces at British Steel in Scunthorpe.
Answer: British Steel’s remaining blast furnaces were built in 1938 and 1954 respectively and are approaching the end of their operational life.An independent assessment was undertaken in late 2024 to help inform decision-making on their future use.
Answered 7 Jul 2025
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