Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Postage StampsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether any representatives of the Government sit as observers or members on Royal Mail’s Stamp Advisory Committee; and whether proposals for new stamps are reviewed by the Government before they are p
Answer: A representative of the government from the Department of Business and Trade sits as a member on Royal Mail’s Stamp Advisory Committee.Decisions on Royal Mail’s annual stamp programmes are the direct responsibility of the company. Stamp designs are thorou...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: EU LawDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to accelerate the removal of retained EU law; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK's exit from the EU increases international competitiveness.
Answer: The Government’s approach to assimilated law reform (formerly ‘retained EU law’) is to deliver reforms that serve the national interest and support economic growth and wider Government priorities. Unlike the previous Government we will not set arbitrary t...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordShellfish: ExportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to remove barriers to trade for UK seafood exporters.
Answer: The Government has secured a new Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement with the EU that will remove red tape for UK seafood exporters and businesses. This will make it easier to sell British fish to our largest trading partner, which will in turn drive gro...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Government AssistanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Business and Trade of 31 October 2024, Official Report, column 927, what his Department's timetable is for publishing a
Answer: The Government expects to publish the SME strategy later this year.This will set out the Government’s vision for SMEs, from encouraging entrepreneurship to boosting scale-ups, across key policy areas such as creating thriving high streets, making it easie...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Natural GasDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on businesses’ reliance on gas for profitable commercial operations.
Answer: The Secretary of State works closely with all of Cabinet, discussing a wide range of issues. He is committed to this Government's growth mission and ensuring the UK is a place where businesses can thrive.
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCatering: CostsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with (a) fish and chip and (b) other commercial food providers on pressures faced by SMEs due to (i) taxation, (ii) the price of fish and (iii) the expense of fu
Answer: Fish and chip shops are integral to our high streets, communities and culture. Commercial food providers more broadly play a key role in supporting economic growth in every corner of the UK. I recognise that these businesses are being challenged by rising...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: ElectrificationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Small Business Strategy will consider the cost of full electrification of commercial properties for SMEs.
Answer: We will launch the Small Business Strategy later this year complementing the Government’s forthcoming Industrial and Trade Strategies as part of our economic growth mission.The strategy will help drive small business growth and productivity, for example –...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Investment: Western SaharaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to encourage UK companies to invest in Morocco’s Western Sahara region, in the context of (a) levels of (i) economic growth and (ii) infrastructure development in th
Answer: It is for companies to make their own decisions regarding investments in Western Sahara, as in any other region, based on the information available to them including from the Department of Business and Trade.Products originating in Western Sahara, subject...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the speech entitled PM remarks on the fundamental reform of the British state, published on 13 March 2025, on what methodological basis the Prime Minister said that compliance costs f
Answer: On 13 March, the Prime Minister issued a new target for the government to cut the costs of regulation to business. This target for government departments and regulators will lead to less red tape, more delivery and renew the country with economic growth. ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordConditions of EmploymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the planned Right to Switch Off, what plans he has for the application of this policy (a) on fallow days for employees, (b) during office hours on Mondays to Fridays for people who wo
Answer: In “Next Steps to Make Work Pay” the Government said it would deliver the right to switch off through a Statutory Code of Practice, rather than through the Employment Rights Bill.A Code of Practice sets out guidelines for employers to follow. A failure to...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIain AndersonDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the appointment of Iain Anderson as a non-executive board member, if he will place a copy of Mr Anderson’s declaration of interests in the House of Commons Library.
Answer: Iain Anderson has declared his interests in line with the published process.(https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-executive-board-member-declaration-of-interests-process/non-executive-board-member-declaration-of-interests-process#context).Intere...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for the Pay Review BodiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 13801 on Office for the Pay Review Bodies, in what way the change in name better reflects the role of the organisation.
Answer: The change of name from the Office of Manpower Economics to the Office for the Pay Review Bodies better reflects the role of the organisation as the work of the Office for the Pay Review Bodies is to support the eight independent public sector pay review ...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Official CarsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20536 on Department for Business and Trade: Official Cars, how many Government Car Service (a) cars and (b) drivers are provided for the use of ci
Answer: No Government Car Service cars or drivers are provided specifically for the use of civil servants.
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBrexit Opportunities UnitDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what priority policy areas the Brexit Opportunities Unit is working on in 2025.
Answer: The Brexit Opportunities Unit transitioned into the Regulation Directorate (RD) through a machinery of government change in February 2023. RD aims to improve regulation to support the Government’s mission to boost economic growth.RD is leading the regulat...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustrial Strategy Advisory Council: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to include appointments to the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council in the Public Bodies Order in Council; and whether the chair appointment will be classified as a significant appoint
Answer: The Industrial Strategy Advisory Council (ISAC) is an independent, non-statutory, expert committee and as such these appointments are not in scope for addition to the Order in Council or Significant Appointments under Cabinet Office guidance. We have comm...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Official CarsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7007 on Department for Business and Trade: Official Cars, which senior officials in his Department have access to a government car; and whether tho
Answer: The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Official CarsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7006 on Department for Business and Trade: Official Cars, how many of those allocated three vehicles are electric cars.
Answer: For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: MinistersDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) his officials have held with external stakeholders since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Official CarsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his Department's policy is on the allocation of Government Car Service cars to senior officials; what the policy was on 24 May 2024; and which senior officials have been granted access to the serv
Answer: The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles.The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Official CarsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answers of 6 September 2024 to Questions 2306 and 2308 on Ministers: Official Cars, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have (i) been allocated a dedicated vehicle a
Answer: The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials, as under previous administrations. The Departmen...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordExport ControlsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what changes have been made to export licence approval procedures since 5 July 2024.
Answer: No changes to export licensing procedures have been made since 5 July 2024. All export licence applications are assessed on a case by case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. We are satisfied that these Criteria continue to provide a th...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordExport ControlsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many export licences were approved in (a) August 2024 and (b) each of the preceding 12 months.
Answer: Official Statistics for 2024 have not yet been published. Information covering January to July 2024 are planned to be released by November 2024. The UK operates one of the most transparent export licensing systems in the world. We publish quarterly and an...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
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