Andrew Griffith MP: written questions 2026
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Import Duties: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 10% tariff announced by the USA and the 25% tariff proposed from June on British businesses.
Answer: Having retained our cool-headed approach and robustly defended the rights of the people of Greenland and the kingdom of Denmark alone to determine their future, we are glad that the President has announced that these tariffs will not be proceeding.
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIndustrial Disputes: BallotsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to carry out further consultations on section 68 of the Employment Rights Act 2025.
Answer: Before section 68 is brought into force, the Employment Rights Act 2025 requires the Government to consider the impact of non-postal balloting on participation in industrial action ballots and lay a statement before Parliament setting out how regard has b...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade Barriers: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 104310, on Trade Barriers: Regulation, whether he intends to publish the results of the most recent business questionnaire on domestic regulation.
Answer: On 21 October 2025, the Government launched a business questionnaire, ‘Unlocking Business: reform driven by you’, to gather feedback from UK businesses to identify outdated, duplicative, or disproportionate regulations and regulatory practices that hinder...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 104305, on Trade: Regulation, what analysis he undertook in order to come to his conclusion.
Answer: In order to assess regulations as they affect business, the department employs a number of methodologies and draws on data from a wide variety of internal and external sources. We have not identified any data gaps that limit the Department’s ability to as...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCourts: Digital TechnologyMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps with HM Courts and Tribunals Service to ensure that courts can accept attachments of more than 20 megabytes in size from plaintiffs and defendants.
Answer: New digital systems developed by HM Courts & Tribunals Service during the Reform Programme, are already of sufficient size to cater for most documents that need to be uploaded during proceedings. Limits are currently 1GB for documents and 500MB for mu...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade Barriers: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what mechanisms his Department uses to collect feedback from businesses on trade barriers arising from domestic regulation.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade has collected business feedback on domestic regulation through a business questionnaire and will continue to run the Business Perceptions Survey to gather quantitative data.
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of trade regulation on port congestion and throughput, broken down by port.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade has not undertaken an assessment of the impact of trade regulation on port congestion or throughput at individual ports. The Department has not received representation from industry indicating that current trade regul...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordImports: CustomsTreasuryTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104307More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of import consignments that require remedial action due to documentation or compliance errors.
Answer: To address the dynamic nature of import risk, HMRC continually enhances its capabilities to identify errors and address non-compliance, ensuring that interventions are proportionate and targeted—rather than creating and relying on static estimates. HMRC’s...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has identified any data gaps that limit its ability to quantify the cost of trade-related regulation.
Answer: No.
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade BarriersDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what performance indicators his Department uses to measure progress in reducing regulatory and administrative trade barriers.
Answer: Performance indicators the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) uses for market access are barriers reported, barriers resolved, and the potential value of opportunities associated with barriers resolved. During the financial year 2024-25, 394 barriers...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordImports: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has assessed the cumulative impact of multiple regulatory charges and fees applied to a single import consignment.
Answer: No cumulative impact has been conducted, but Article VIII of the WTO General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade limits fees and charges in connection with importation to the approximate cost of services rendered. The UK has also consistently sought through it...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitality IndustryDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the Hospitality Sector Council last met and when he plans to publish the minutes of the meeting.
Answer: I last met with the Hospitality Sector Council on 4 November 2025.The minutes of that meeting will be published on the Government’s website Hospitality Sector Council - GOV.UK in due course.
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade PromotionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 101496 on Trade Promotion, whether he plans to retain the role of International Trade Adviser as part of the strategic organisational redesign.
Answer: We are changing how we deliver export support in line with the Trade Strategy, and in response to the asks of businesses and our stakeholders. We aim to make this more accessible and easier to navigate and to use technology to deliver more cost-effective ...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: EqualityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what evaluation he has made of the effectiveness of reverse mentoring programmes in his department.
Answer: DBT and its staff networks support a range of learning and development opportunities including a mentoring / reverse mentoring offer which is taken up on a voluntary basis. Feedback is encouraged from matched mentor/mentee pairs. Due to small numbers taki...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordExports: Trade BarriersDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many formal market access barriers impacting UK exporters were recorded by his Department in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has been publishing the number of reported market access barriers as official statistics since 2021. These annual statistics are also regularly published in the DBT annual report and accounts as indicators on de...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: StaffDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many full-time equivalent staff within his Department were assigned to trade facilitation and market access barrier resolution in (a) 2026 and (b) 2021.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) operates a flexible resourcing model to support trade facilitation and market access barrier resolution. The majority of this work falls within three areas: Economic Security and Trade Relations, Trade Group and...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Products: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) per-consignment fees and (b) inspection charges on the retail price of sanitary and phytosanitary goods imported
Answer: Under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM), imported consignments of products of animal origin (POAO), and plant and plant products (P&PP), are subject to per-consignment requirements including health certification, pre-notification and inspection...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAfrica: BusinessForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was for the production of the Growth Gateway Masterclass on Fundraising in Africa.
Answer: Two masterclasses have been delivered using a catalytic model to build local capability, provide targeted expertise, mobilise investment, and support inclusive and sustainable growth. The training cost approximately £18,500 and has already delivered stron...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
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