Harriett Baldwin MP: written questions
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Employment Tribunals Service: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Employment Tribunal cases had been outstanding for more than 12 months in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: A case may be outstanding for many reasons, often driven by the behaviour and choices of the parties. HM Courts & Tribunals Service does not hold information on the number of outstanding cases for more than 12 months.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAluminium: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with manufacturers on the potential impact of US tariffs on (a) finished and (b) semi-finished aluminium derivative products.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade is working closely with the UK’s steel and aluminium industries to anticipate and assess the potential impacts of the US tariffs on UK exports, and we continue to engage closely with affected industries.We have commit...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAluminium: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US tariffs on (a) finished and (b) semi-finished (i) steel and (ii) aluminium derivative products on manufacturing jobs.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade is working closely with the UK’s steel and aluminium industries to anticipate and assess the potential impacts of the US tariffs on UK exports, and we continue to engage closely with affected industries.We have commit...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVAT: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with his US counterpart on reducing VAT on US firms exporting to the UK.
Answer: DBT Secretary of State and officials continue to hold regular and productive conversations with the Trump administration to press the case for UK business interests. We’re prioritising engagement with the US to stand up for our national interests.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAluminium: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US aluminium tariffs on (a) finished and (b) semi-finished aluminium derivative products.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade is working closely with the UK’s steel and aluminium industries to anticipate and assess the potential impacts of the US tariffs on UK exports, and we continue to engage closely with affected industries.We have commit...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US steel tariffs on (a) finished and (b) semi-finished steel derivative products.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade is working closely with the UK’s steel and aluminium industries to anticipate and assess the potential impacts of the US tariffs on UK exports, and we continue to engage closely with affected industries.We have commit...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWomen: Personal Care ServicesTreasuryTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39411More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made on the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on the levels of employment of women in the (a) hairdressing and (b) beauty industries.
Answer: The Government has taken a number of difficult but necessary decisions on tax, welfare, and spending to fix the public finances and fund public services.The Government has set out the impacts of the policy changes from Autumn Budget 2024 in the usual way....
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Care Services: Money LaunderingHome OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of barber shops that are linked to money laundering.
Answer: According to a report by the Local Data Company and Green Street, the average number of barber shops per 10,000 people has more than doubled in the last 10 years, from 1.4 per 10,000 people in 2013, to 3.1 per 10,000 in 2023. The Government recognises tha...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Care Services: Off-payroll WorkingTreasuryTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39409More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of disguised employment in the (a) hairdressing and (b) beauty industries; and what steps she plans to take with C
Answer: HMRC is committed to ensuring that the tax system operates fairly and efficiently and creates a level playing field for compliant businesses. Most businesses pay what they owe but a minority fail to register with HMRC or only declare a portion of their ea...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Care Services: ClosuresDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of (a) hairdressing and (b) beauty businesses that are considering closing in the next 12 months.
Answer: There are no official statistics on the number of hair and beauty businesses that are considering closing down in the next 12 months. We regularly engage with the sector and review industry surveys to understand sector confidence.The Government are protec...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department made an assessment of the potential impact of changes made to (a) National Insurance and (b) the National Living Wage at the Autumn Budget 2024 on the number of apprenticeships offered by
Answer: To repair public finances and help raise the revenue required to increase funding for public services, the government has taken the difficult decision to increase employer National Insurance.The government recognises the need to protect the smallest emplo...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: ContractsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has included mandatory commitments to equality, diversity and inclusion training in contracts awarded since 5 July 2024.
Answer: In accordance with government commercial policy, the department uses centrally maintained frameworks provided by the Crown Commercial Service and otherwise uses the suite of standard contracts maintained by Cabinet Office, for the majority of its contract...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: ContractsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has included diversity quotas as selection criteria for contracts awarded since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Department has not have included diversity quotas as selection criteria for contracts awarded since 5 July 2024.
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34258More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Procurement Policy Statement published on 13 February 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) the updated statement and (b) the Employment Rights Bill on p
Answer: Contracting authorities must have regard to the NPPS when undertaking their procurement activities, as set out in the Procurement Act 2023. An Impact Assessment in relation to the Procurement Act was published in May 2022 and can be found at https://bills...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34257More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what training programmes his Department has put in place to help procurement officials navigate the (a) recently updated National Procurement Policy Statement and the (b) Employment Rights Bill.
Answer: Contracting authorities must have regard to the NPPS when undertaking their procurement activities, as set out in the Procurement Act 2023. An Impact Assessment in relation to the Procurement Act was published in May 2022 and can be found at https://bills...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34256More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's National Procurement Policy Statement published on 13 February 2025, whether he has made an estimate of compliance costs for contracting authorities in implementing the (a) up
Answer: Contracting authorities must have regard to the NPPS when undertaking their procurement activities, as set out in the Procurement Act 2023. An Impact Assessment in relation to the Procurement Act was published in May 2022 and can be found at https://bills...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Procurement Policy Statement published on 13 February 2025, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that supplier requirements include statutory sick pay from d
Answer: The National Procurement Policy Statement states that contracting authorities should ensure that their suppliers are committed to providing high quality jobs, safe and healthy working conditions, fair pay, and opportunity and progression for their workers...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ProcurementMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has adopted trade union representation requirements in their procurement processes since July 2024.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government procurement processes apply all applicable legislation and published procurement policy set by the Cabinet Office. MHCLG has regard for the National Procurement Policy Statement which drives procur...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33867More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many public procurement contracts issued by the Crown Commercial Service have included mandatory commitments to trade union recognition since July 2024.
Answer: Individual contracting authorities are responsible for defining their relationships with trade unions.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: StaffDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department were working in the goods and tariffs team in February 2025.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across goods and tariffs policy between the Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations (TPIN) Group and the Economic Security and Trade Relations (ESTR) G...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: StaffDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department were working in the goods and tariffs team in July 2024.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across goods and tariffs policy between the Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations (TPIN) Group and the Economic Security and Trade Relations (ESTR) G...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written QuestionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to Question 25193 tabled by the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on 21 January 2025.
Answer: A response to Question 25193 is being prepared and will be provided as soon as possible. I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: StaffDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department were working on new free trade agreements in February 2025.
Answer: DBT’s Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations (TPIN) Group operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across priorities. DBT has committed to delivering six Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations alongside leading work on the Compr...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: StaffDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department were working on new free trade agreements in July 2024.
Answer: DBT’s Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations (TPIN) Group operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across priorities. DBT has committed to delivering six Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations alongside leading work on the Compr...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written QuestionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to Question 25193 tabled by the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on 21 January 2025.
Answer: A response to Question 25193 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
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