Harriett Baldwin MP: written questions 2025
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Office 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
Original Parliament recordOffice for InvestmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56769More
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, in May of which year the expanded Office for Investment will be operational.
Answer: The expanded Office for Investment (OfI) was officially launched on 5th June 2025.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPost Office: Data ProtectionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to commission an independent investigation into the Post Office data breach in June 2024.
Answer: These matters are the responsibility of the Post Office, although the Department for Business and Trade has made clear to them the very serious view which we take of this breach and the need to avoid similar failings in future. The Information Commissione...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPost Office: Data ProtectionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Post Office has taken to prevent future data breaches.
Answer: These matters are the responsibility of the Post Office, although the Department for Business and Trade has made clear to them the very serious view which we take of this breach and the need to avoid similar failings in future. The Information Commissione...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPost Office: Data ProtectionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timeline is for compensation payments to people impacted by the Post Office data breach in June 2024.
Answer: These matters are the responsibility of the Post Office, although the Department for Business and Trade has made clear to them the very serious view which we take of this breach and the need to avoid similar failings in future. The Information Commissione...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: Skilled WorkersDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of skilled workers entering employment as a result of construction skills funding in the Spring Statement 2025.
Answer: The government is committed to addressing skills shortages in the construction sector and supporting workforce growth. In the Spring Statement 2025, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced a £625 million investment to train 60,000...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: Skilled WorkersDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Spring Statement 2025, published on 26 March 2025, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding for (a) improving skills and (b) increasing recruitment in the construction sec
Answer: The government is committed to addressing skills shortages in the construction sector and supporting workforce growth. In the Spring Statement 2025, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced a £625 million investment to train 60,000...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ChequesTreasuryTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54249More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department collects information on the number of cheques issued by (a) the Government and (b) central government public bodies in 2024-25.
Answer: Cheques are issued individually by Government Departments and other central government public bodies. HM Treasury does not collect information on the number of cheques issued.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: ChequesTreasuryTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54248More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was to HMRC of administering cheque payments to (a) people and (b) companies in 2024-25.
Answer: The cost of sending cheque payments to people and companies in 2024-5 was £1.7 million. HMRC does not keep separate figures for cheques sent to people and companies.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: ChequesTreasuryTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54247More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cheques were issued by HMRC to (a) people and (b) companies in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: In 2024-25, HMRC issued 2,719,522 cheques to people and companies. HMRC does not keep separate figures for cheques sent to people and companies.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: Bank ServicesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the fourth iteration of the Post Office's Banking Framework, published on 30 April 2025, what steps his Department is taking to expand access through post offices to (a) cash and (b)
Answer: The Government welcomes Banking Framework 4, which provides both personal and business customers with certainty about access to services provided through the post office network to the end of the decade, including vital in-person cash and banking services...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ChequesTreasuryTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53837More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of administering cheque payments across government in 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: The information requested is not held by HM Treasury and could only be produced at a disproportionate cost due to the scope and complexity of analysis required.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for InvestmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the About Us page for the Office for Investment on gov.uk, updated on 8 November 2024, when he plans to set out further details on the expanded Office for Investment; and when that ex
Answer: The Office for Investment (OfI) has remained operational throughout this period, continuing to lead efforts to secure high-value investment into the UK — such as through its role in landing the major investment partnership worth £24 billion between The Cr...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UKTreasuryTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53497More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of international investors in the UK.
Answer: The ONS is responsible for collecting and publishing official statistics related to the economy, population, and society at national, regional and local levels. The ONS publish annual statistics on inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), which are availab...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRemittancesTreasuryTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53496More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed the remittance basis in each of the last five tax years.
Answer: The numbers of non-domiciled taxpayers taxed on the remittance basis are published in Table 5 of the latest Non Domicile Taxpayer Statistics accessible for download here. The latest available year for numbers taxed on the remittance basis is tax year endi...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRemittancesTreasuryTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53495More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of people who claimed the remittance basis and will use the temporary repatriation facility in the last year.
Answer: The numbers of non-domiciled taxpayers taxed on the remittance basis are published in Table 5 of the latest Non Domicile Taxpayer Statistics accessible for download here. The latest available year for numbers taxed on the remittance basis is tax year endi...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Export FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications were received by UK Export Finance in each month of the last five years; and what the value of those applications was.
Answer: It is not possible to provide the information requested other than at disproportionate cost.Applications are made to UK Export Finance (UKEF) through a variety of channels, including through banks and other financial institutions, and through its network ...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
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