Andrew Griffith MP: written questions 2025
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Trade 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
Original Parliament recordHM Land Registry: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what HM Land Registry's average response time is on requests to merge title deeds.
Answer: The government does not hold the information in the format requested.HM Land Registry processing times for a range of broad application categories can be found on gov.uk here.
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 19 December 2024 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.
Answer: My noble Friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath wrote to the hon Member on 6 February about Rampion 2.
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPan-Euro-Mediterranean ConventionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2025 to Question 26598 on Rules of Origin, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the economic impact on the UK of joining the Pan-E
Answer: The Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Business and Trade meet regularly to discuss a wide range of pertinent issues, including through relevant Cabinet Committee meetings. At this time we do not currently have plans to join the Pan-Euro-Mediterran...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCompaniesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on what date the Incorporated Companies in the UK statistical release for October to December 2024 will be published.
Answer: Companies House aims to release the specific statistics for October to December 2024 by the end of February 2025. Further information about the reason for the delay will accompany the statistics when they are published. Updates on this matter are availabl...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: LicensingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to section 180 of the Health and Social Care Act 2022, whether he plans to create a licensing regime for non-surgical cosmetic procedures.
Answer: The Government is committed to taking action to address concerns about the safety of the cosmetics sector, and is exploring options for further regulation in this area. We will set out the details of our approach at the earliest opportunity.
Answered 6 Feb 2025
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