Callum Anderson MP: written questions
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Financial Services: SwitzerlandTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80254More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the UK–Switzerland financial dialogue on financial services exports.
Answer: Financial regulatory dialogues, including the UK-Switzerland Financial Dialogue, are important to supporting cross-border trade in financial services and managing financial stability in the global financial system. They form a core part of the government’...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: SwitzerlandTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80253More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has identified any new areas of regulatory co-operation with Switzerland following the most recent financial dialogue.
Answer: Financial regulatory dialogues, including the UK-Switzerland Financial Dialogue, are important to supporting cross-border trade in financial services and managing financial stability in the global financial system. They form a core part of the government’...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: SwitzerlandTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80252More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential value of financial services trade as a result of the UK–Switzerland financial dialogue.
Answer: Financial regulatory dialogues, including the UK-Switzerland Financial Dialogue, are important to supporting cross-border trade in financial services and managing financial stability in the global financial system. They form a core part of the government’...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: SwitzerlandTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80251More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK–Switzerland financial dialogue on the UK’s wider financial diplomacy strategy.
Answer: Financial regulatory dialogues, including the UK-Switzerland Financial Dialogue, are important to supporting cross-border trade in financial services and managing financial stability in the global financial system. They form a core part of the government’...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Investment: SingaporeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential barriers to UK investment in Singapore.
Answer: UK companies and investors experience relatively few barriers to investment in Singapore. At the end of 2023, the stock of Foreign Direct Investment from the UK in Singapore was £15.9 billion, a 23% increase on the end of 2022. UK investors can benefit fr...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: SingaporeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to track the potential impact of UK-Singapore co-operation on digital trade.
Answer: The UK-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement (DEA), and associated Memoranda of Understanding (MoU), support cooperation on key themes of digital trade. We monitor impact via regular dialogue with the Singaporean government, as part of the UK-Singapore free...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed water-saving measures on water availability in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.
Answer: We are consulting on tighter water efficiency standards for new homes in Building Regulations. Within this we have assessed the policy’s impact on home construction and will be considering developer responses to enable a smooth transition. Our assessment ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department plans to provide to developers to implement proposed water efficiency standards.
Answer: We are consulting on tighter water efficiency standards for new homes in Building Regulations. Within this we have assessed the policy’s impact on home construction and will be considering developer responses to enable a smooth transition. Our assessment ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what metrics her Department will use to assess the effectiveness of water-saving measures in new homes.
Answer: We are consulting on tighter water efficiency standards for new homes in Building Regulations. Within this we have assessed the policy’s impact on home construction and will be considering developer responses to enable a smooth transition. Our assessment ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how her Department plans to evaluate the long-term impact of proposed water-saving measures on water consumption.
Answer: We are consulting on tighter water efficiency standards for new homes in Building Regulations. Within this we have assessed the policy’s impact on home construction and will be considering developer responses to enable a smooth transition. Our assessment ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she plans to monitor compliance with proposed water efficiency standards.
Answer: We are consulting on tighter water efficiency standards for new homes in Building Regulations. Within this we have assessed the policy’s impact on home construction and will be considering developer responses to enable a smooth transition. Our assessment ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed water efficiency standards on new home construction costs.
Answer: We are consulting on tighter water efficiency standards for new homes in Building Regulations. Within this we have assessed the policy’s impact on home construction and will be considering developer responses to enable a smooth transition. Our assessment ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordResearch: USADepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate her Department has made of the value of research and development projects to be launched under the Tech Prosperity Deal in the next 12 months.
Answer: During the unveiling of the UK-US Technology Prosperity Deal in September 2025, over £31 billion worth of investments and partnerships into the UK were unveiled. These will focus on building new data centres and growing AI start-ups, cutting edge tech as ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordExports: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans his Department has to monitor UK export growth arising from agreements made during President Trump's state visit in September 2025.
Answer: The US is the UK’s largest single country export market and President Trump’s State Visit was a valuable opportunity to further strengthen our economic relationship with the US. We launched a new technology partnership that will build on the foundations o...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of capital inflows from the United States over the next five years under agreements announced during President Trump's state visit in September 2025.
Answer: We have not made any such specific estimate, but the commitments made as part of the state visit will be over the lifetime of this Parliament and beyond.
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to monitor delivery of partnerships under the Tech Prosperity Deal.
Answer: As set out in the UK-US Tech Prosperity Deal’s public MoU, the UK and US intend to establish and convene a Ministerial-Level Working Group within six months of the MoU becoming operative, which will serve as a strategic forum to guide bilateral cooperatio...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the number jobs which will be created by US investment pledges made during President Trump's state visit in September 2025.
Answer: The commitments made as part of the state visit are expected to create over 15,000 jobs here in the United Kingdom (based on 7,600 jobs announced 17 September 2025 plus 8,250 jobs announced 16 September 2025).
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many new UK-US regulatory alignment agreements he plans to make in the next 12 months.
Answer: Following the landmark economic deal with the US which we signed in May, we are continuing talks on a wider UK-US Economic Deal which will look at addressing specific non-tariff barriers, increasing digital trade, and unlocking new commercial opportunitie...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and CustomsTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80236More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria HMRC will use to prioritise enforcement on high-risk tax areas.
Answer: HMRC uses a risk-based approach to identify individuals and businesses for investigation, applying civil and criminal powers to tackle avoidance, evasion, and error. In 2024–25, this approach helped protect an estimated £48 billion in tax revenue. Its Str...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: Digital TechnologyTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80235More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how HMRC will measure the potential impact of its digital services on levels of taxpayer compliance.
Answer: HMRC has a strategy to become a digital-first organisation with a minimum of 90% of interactions undertaken digitally by 2029 to 2030, as set out in the HMRC Transformation Roadmap. HMRC's Transformation Roadmap - GOV.UKAnnex A of the Roadmap sets out the...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: FinanceTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80234More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how her Department will allocate the £1 billion additional funding for HMRC across tax gap initiatives.
Answer: HMRC will allocate the additional funding at Autumn Budget 2024 and Spring Statement 2025 to close the tax gap predominately to frontline staff and digital services, including: 5,500 additional frontline compliance officers2,400 additional debt management...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: StandardsTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80233More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what metrics her Department will use to measure the success of HMRC’s transformation programme.
Answer: HMRC will use the metrics published in Annex A of HMRC’s Transformation Roadmap to measure the success of HMRC’s transformation programme. This is available online here: Annex A: HMRC's Transformation Roadmap metrics - GOV.UK
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British Energy: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what financial targets his Department has set to ensure that Great British Energy is self-sustaining by 2030.
Answer: The government has set a target for Great British Energy to start generating a portfolio-level return from its commercial activities by 2030, in support of its longer-term goal to be profitable and its wider policy objectives. The government has also task...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what criteria will be used to determine community access to Great British Energy (a) capacity-building and (b) financial support.
Answer: Great British Energy is an operationally independent company and will make its own decisions on how it supports the community energy sector. We expect initial plans to be published as part of the Local Power Plan, which will be published in due course. Th...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the role Great British Energy will be in energy (a) planning and (b) consenting when acting as a co-developer.
Answer: Great British Energy (GBE) will invest in, own, and develop clean energy projects throughout all stages of their life cycle, from early development through to successful operation. This will include leading on developing projects itself, as well as being ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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