Harriett Baldwin MP: written questions
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Department for Business and Trade: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what programmes in his Department were not (a) renewed and (b) cancelled as a result of the zero-based budget review.
Answer: DBT conducted a comprehensive zero-based review as part of SR25 to identify a range of savings and efficiencies, including agreeing bespoke technical efficiency targets and delivery plans for day-today budgets with the Office for Value or Money. Through t...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Sick LeaveDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.4 of the Spending Review Departmental Efficiency Plans, published on 11 June 2025, what the sickness absence rate was for NHS entities included in the NHS Productivity
Answer: Sickness absence rates are published monthly and are available on the NHS England Digital website, at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-sickness-absence-ratesThe NHS Productivity Plan referenced in...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UKDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the conversion success rate for inward investment deals managed by the Office for Investment is since October 2024.
Answer: The Office for Investment (OfI) facilitates high-value, strategically important inward investment into the UK. As a dedicated concierge service, it provides a seamless journey for investors, unlocking high-impact opportunities and accelerating delivery of...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UKDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the value was of inward investment deals for the Office of Investment in (a) October 2024 and (b) June 2025.
Answer: The Office for Investment (OfI) facilitates high-value, strategically important inward investment into the UK. As a dedicated concierge service, it provides a seamless journey for investors, unlocking high-impact opportunities and accelerating delivery of...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for InvestmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which businesses have used the Office for Investment since October 2024.
Answer: The Office for Investment (OfI) facilitates high-value, strategically important inward investment into the UK. As a dedicated concierge service, it provides a seamless journey for investors, unlocking high-impact opportunities and accelerating delivery of...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestockDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that livestock can move freely between land in England and Wales.
Answer: Defra works closely with the Devolved Governments with the aim of providing, where possible, a consistent and coordinated response across the UK. A key forum for this is the Animal Disease Policy Group, which is a UK-wide policy decision making group. Def...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the (a) culture, (b) media and (c) sport sectors.
Answer: The deal does not have direct or immediate implications for the culture, media or sports sectors, but the UK and US have a long mutually beneficial relationship embracing our thriving cultural, media and sports sectors and we will continue to monitor the ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the health and social care sectors.
Answer: The Department continues to work closely with United Kingdom pharmaceutical firms, life sciences trade associations, and other Government departments to assess the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on the health and social care sector...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordScience and Technology: USADepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the (a) science and (b) technology sectors.
Answer: The UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal (EPD) includes a number of provisions that will in future benefit UK science and technology sectors. These include, for example, provisions on future negotiations on significantly preferential tariff treatment for pharma...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the (a) environment and (b) food sectors.
Answer: On 8 May, the UK Government announced a landmark economic deal with the United States, making the UK the first country to reach an agreement with President Trump. This delivers on the commitment by the Prime Minister and the President on 27 February to a...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the energy sector.
Answer: On 16 June, we announced concrete progress towards the implementation of the UK-US trade deal as agreed on 8 May. We continue to work closely with the energy sector to understand the impacts of the UK-US trade deal.The government is committed to supportin...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: WorcestershireDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the £209 million of reallocated HS2 Funding for Better Local Transport was allocated to Worcestershire for each of the seven years following the announcement.
Answer: The previous government made several unfunded commitments. This government is committed to long-term sustainable funding settlements to support local authorities in building credible delivery plans for local transport improvements. Worcestershire County C...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: WorcestershireDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Local Transport Grant funding has been allocated to Worcestershire in each year of the Spending Review 2025.
Answer: Spending Review 2025 confirmed a £2.3 billion investment in local transport through the Local Transport Grant (LTG) for smaller cities, towns and rural areas, outside London which do not receive City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) or Tra...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustryDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to issue embargoed copies of the industrial strategy.
Answer: The Industrial Strategy will be published shortly, and the department is currently finalising plans for publication.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food Programme: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to Holiday Activities and Food Programme in each of the last three financial years; and how much funding has been allocated in each financial year of the 2025 Spending Review
Answer: The government is committed to the holiday activities and food (HAF) programme to ensure children who are eligible for free school meals can access enriching activities and healthy meals.The department has invested £205 million per year for 2023/24, 2024/...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordConditions of Employment: ReformDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the research published by IoD entitled IoD research finds employment law reforms will damage UK economic growth, published
Answer: My department has published a set of Impact Assessments that provide a comprehensive analysis on the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill. This analysis includes con-sideration of impacts on economic growth. This analysis is available at: https:...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for Investment: StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what key performance indicators his Department plans to use to measure the success of the Office for Investment; and how these differ from key performance indicators outlined at the launch of the Offic
Answer: The Office for Investment (OfI) is focusing on building and converting a pipeline of significant investments opportunities, delivering economic growth and strategic government priorities. This was also the focus of the OfI when originally launched in 2020...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJob CreationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Record-breaking International Investment Summit secures £63 billion and nearly 38,000 jobs for the UK, published on 14 October 2024, what the r
Answer: The figures released as part of the International Investment Summit last autumn are aggregate values of investment plans from several multi-national enterprises. The Office for Investment does not hold information from companies on the regional breakdown ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for Investment: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what budget was allocated to the Office for Investment in the spending review 2025.
Answer: £3.8 billion was allocated to The Department for Business and Trade as part of the Spending Review, which includes funding for the Office for Investment (OfI). As set out previously, (9th June), the OfI's budget for FY 2025/6 is £24,671,291.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the capital budget for flood defences was in each of the last three fiscal years; and what the capital budget for flood defences is for each year of the 2025 Spending Review perio
Answer: We are investing £2.65 billion over two years in 2024/25 to 2025/26 maintain, repair, and build flood defences. As part of the Government’s Plan for Change, the Spending Review settlement committed a further £4.2 billion total investment over three years ...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordData CentresDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Ofgem's readiness criteria for the UK data centre sector on growth in that sector.
Answer: The Government has worked closely with Ofgem and NESO on major reforms to the grid connections process. These reforms are expected to deprioritise up to 500GW of excess generation and storage capacity from the connections queue, freeing up capacity for vi...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for Investment: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2024 to Question 53498 on the Office for Investment, what the budget is of the expanded Office for Investment.
Answer: The budget for the Office for Investment (OfI) for FY 2025/6 is £24,671,291.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for InvestmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2024 to Question 53498 on the Office for Investment, where the expanded Office for Investment will be located.
Answer: The Office for Investment (OfI) is a joint unit that works across the Department of Business and Trade, HM Treasury (HMT), and No 10 Downing Street to bring in top-tier investment to the UK. The main base will be in DBT offices. Seconded staff to HMT will...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for Investment: ExpenditureDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2024 to Question 53498 on the Office for Investment, what expenditure has been incurred to allocate (a) office space, (b) furnishings and (c)) computers to the Office f
Answer: The overall budget for the Office for Investment (OfI) and the Investment Directorate (ID) for FY 2024/5 was £27,630,000. This included expenditure on the three categories outlined above but no specific further provision was made.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for Investment: StaffDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2024 to Question 53498 on the Office for Investment, how many staff were allocated to the expanded Office for Investment in each month from July 2024.
Answer: The number of staff (FTE) in the Office for Investment (OfI) was c.30 from July 2024 to June 2025. When the expanded OfI was launched on 5th June 2025, this figure increased to c. 230 FTE.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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