Andrew Griffith MP: written questions
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Industrial Strategy CouncilDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications his Department received for the appointment to the Industrial Strategy Council; and how many and what proportion of those applications reached each stage of consideration for appo
Answer: Appointments to the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council were made through direct ministerial appointment by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Council’s membership includes senior business leaders, poli...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustrial Strategy CouncilDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will outline the process for appointments to the Industrial Strategy Council.
Answer: Appointments to the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council were made through direct ministerial appointment by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Council’s membership includes senior business leaders, poli...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: TrainingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many away days or off-site team building exercises his Department has arranged for officials in each month of this year; and what the cost of these was.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade does not routinely collect this information. It could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Redundancy PayDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) settlement agreements and (b) special severance payments with (i) current and (ii) former employees his Department has made in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade made no settlement agreements or special severance payments in the last 12 months for either current or former employees.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: AviationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) commercial and (b) non-commercial flights he has taken since 5 July 2024.
Answer: We can confirm that since 5 July 2024, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade has taken: 28 commercial flights1 non-commercial flight
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: TheftDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many thefts of motor vehicles there were from the railway station car parks at (a) Arundel, (b) Amberley, (c) Barnham, (d) Haslemere, (e) Liphook, (f) Pulborough and (g) Billingshurst in each of the last fi
Answer: According to British Transport Police (BTP) data there have been 45 thefts of motor vehicle offences at the 7 named stations between January 2020 and up to and including the 2nd December 2024. Of these currently 2 have resulted in criminal prosecution. Nu...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: TheftDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many thefts of motor vehicles from railway station car parks there were in each of the last five years; and how many of those thefts resulted in a criminal prosecution.
Answer: According to British Transport Police (BTP) data, there have been 1,853 thefts of motor vehicles from rail station car parks between January 2020 and up to and including the 2nd December 2024. Of these, 69 resulted in criminal prosecution. YearBTP Recorde...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Remote WorkingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department takes to monitor the productivity of officials when they work from home.
Answer: It is expected that every Department for Business and Trade employee has personal objectives aligned to their role. Performance is monitored regularly against these objectives, as part of ongoing reviews.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordStellantisDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets attended any of the meetings held by his Department with Stellantis.
Answer: I refer the member for Arundel and South Downs to the answer I provided to UIN 17527 on 6 December.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordImport Duties: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for the potential imposition of trade tariffs by the US.
Answer: The Government has not speculated on what President-elect Trump may or may not do when he is in office. The Government will continue to make a strong case for open, transparent, and free trade. We are an open trading economy, and we benefit from that in o...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProductivityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with (a) the ONS (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Public Services Productivity Review.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has confirmed that no formal discussions have taken place with (a) the Office for National Statistics (ONS) or (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding the Public Services Productivity Review.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordG20Department for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many of his counterparts from G20 nations (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met.
Answer: (a) Since July, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade has met with counterparts from 16 G20 nations .(b) The DBT ministerial team have met a total of 18 G20 nations.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordConstruction: IndustryDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the minutes of the meeting of the Consultative Committee on Construction Industry Statistics on 28 October 2024, published on 2 Decem
Answer: The Consultative Committee on Construction Industry Statistics (CCCIS) is a long running forum for producers and users of official statistics on construction to engage with expert users. The meetings are chaired by the Department for Business and Trade, a...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Billing and DisabilityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consultation was undertaken before publication of the (a) Fair Payment and (b) Disability Finance Code.
Answer: A new Fair Payment Code which is more credible, enforceable, and ambitious was launched earlier this month to replace the former Prompt Payment Code. This followed feedback from small business stakeholder groups, including Federation of Small Businesses, ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordStandard Individual Export LicencesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications for standard individual export licences were made between July and November 2024.
Answer: We will release statistics on export licensing outcomes relating to this period one quarter at a time via our regular Strategic Export Controls Licensing Statistical Releases.Export licensing statistics for 1 January to 30 June 2024 were published on 12 D...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBritish 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
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