Harriett Baldwin MP: written questions
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Post Office: Public ConsultationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on the Green Paper: Future of the Post Office, which closed on 6 October 2025.
Answer: We received over 2,500 responses to the Government’s Green Paper on the future of the Post Office, from a wide range of individuals, postmasters, businesses and organisations. We are currently analysing all the responses received and will include further ...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPost Office: Public ConsultationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many responses his Department has received to the his Department's consultation on the Green Paper: Future of the Post Office, which closed on 6 October 2025.
Answer: We received over 2,500 responses to the Government’s Green Paper on the future of the Post Office, from a wide range of individuals, postmasters, businesses and organisations. We are currently analysing all the responses received and will include further ...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and SteelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish the UK Steel Strategy.
Answer: The Government is developing a Steel Strategy to be published in 2025 that will set out a long-term vision for a bright and sustainable steel sector in the UK and the actions needed to get there. The strategy will articulate what is needed to create a com...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSteel Council: MeetingsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on which dates the Steel Council has met since its formation in January 2025.
Answer: Since the relaunch of the Steel Council in January 2025, it has convened on three occasions. The meetings took place on 7 January, 8 April, and 14 July. The next meeting of the Steel Council is scheduled for 4 November 2025. The Steel Council is assisting...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Deprived communities to get new flood defences faster further to the announcement, published on 14 October 2025, how much fund
Answer: On 14 October, following consultation, the government announced major changes to its flood and coastal erosion funding policy. These changes will be used for the next flood programme starting in April 2026. The new funding policy will optimise funding bet...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what contingency plans his Department has in place to mitigate disruption to UK-EU steel trade arising from changes to EU safeguard measures.
Answer: The Government is engaging with the EU on how their proposed trade measure will be applied to the UK, in a way which honours our Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the Windsor Framework and minimises disruption; we are reserving the right to take any action...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the European Union’s revised steel safeguard measures on UK steel exports.
Answer: We are in active dialogue with the European Commission to fully understand the details of their proposal and next steps.The government is also working closely with UK industry to understand potential impacts and solutions, and to assess how best to secure...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHorizon IT System: CompensationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, what steps he has taken to (a) assess and (b) compensate for non-financial loss
Answer: Redress is available for both financial and non-financial losses. Across the compensation schemes, cases are assessed individually on their facts and in accordance with established legal principles. The losses compensated may include impacts on mental or ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHorizon IT System: CompensationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, whether his Depar
Answer: The Department currently has no plans to publish anonymised case studies but may explore this in future. We do, however, publish monthly updates on redress delivery, which provide detailed insights into the number of claims received, offers made, and sett...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHorizon IT System: CompensationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, what steps his De
Answer: The Government recognises the challenges some postmasters face in providing evidence, particularly where significant time has passed or records have been lost or destroyed. The independent panel assessing each case takes these difficulties into account wh...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHorizon Shortfall SchemeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, what mechanisms are in place to monitor whether decision-makers are applying a generous
Answer: On 9 October, the Department for Business and Trade and the Post Office published a joint statement setting out what constitutes “full and fair” redress, following a recommendation from Sir Wyn Williams. This statement has been embedded in the guidance fo...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHorizon Shortfall SchemeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, what steps his De
Answer: The Post Office has contacted the vast majority of current and former postmasters who may be eligible for the Horizon Shortfall Scheme (HSS). Following the announcement of the scheme’s closure date, the Post Office will write to postmasters again to ensur...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHorizon IT System: CompensationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, what his planned
Answer: The full extent of Fujitsu’s culpability for the Horizon scandal will only become clear once all volumes of Sir Wyn Williams’ Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report have been published. In the meantime, the Department continues to engage with Fujitsu regar...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHorizon Shortfall Scheme: AppealsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, whether legal sup
Answer: In line with the Government’s response to Recommendation 9 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report, postmasters who accepted fixed sum offers under the Horizon Shortfall Scheme will be able to seek funded legal advice if they wish to apply for permis...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHorizon Shortfall Scheme: AppealsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2025 entitled Volume 1 of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry report: Government response to recommendations, HCWS937, what the estimate
Answer: My Department will start publishing legal costs associated with Horizon Shortfall Scheme Appeals as part of the quarterly legal cost publication on GOV.UK. The next legal costs publication is scheduled for early November. We work closely with legal repres...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPost OfficeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which Minister has responsibility for the Post Office.
Answer: Departmental Ministerial portfolios can be found at Department for Business and Trade - GOV.UK
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: CanadaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, who will be part of the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group.
Answer: The UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group will meet this Autumn and will consist of officials from the UK and Canadian Governments.We remain receptive to any views of relevant business and industry with an interest in UK-Canada trade.
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: CanadaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the terms of reference are for the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group.
Answer: In line with the commitment made between our Prime Ministers in June, the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group will meet this Autumn to deepen our trading relationship further, including to address existing market access barriers, to expand existing...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: CanadaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to place in the Library a copy of the report of the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group.
Answer: Growing our bilateral trade is a shared priority. In line with the commitment made between our Prime Ministers in June, the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group will meet this Autumn with the objective of deepening the bilateral trading relationship...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: CanadaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of inviting external stakeholders to provide information for the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group’s consideration of market access ba
Answer: In line with the commitment made between our Prime Ministers in June, the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group will meet this Autumn with the objective of deepening the bilateral trading relationship further and seeking to address existing market ac...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UKDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what pipeline of future inward investment opportunities is being managed by the Office for Investment as of 10 September 2025.
Answer: OfI teams actively work across government to scope out potential future projects. The Government does not comment on active commercial negotiations.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJob CreationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many jobs have been created in each region by the Office for Investment since October 2024.
Answer: The Official Statistics for inward investment at DBT inward investment results 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK show the number of new jobs that have been created by DBT supported investment projects which landed in the 2024-25 financial year. These are split by reg...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: EqualityDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department have included mandatory commitments to equality, diversity and inclusion training as part of it's procurement contracts awarded since 5 July 2024.
Answer: In accordance with government commercial policy, the department uses centrally maintained frameworks provided by Crown Commercial Service and otherwise uses the suite of standard contracts maintained by Cabinet Office, for the majority of contracts. These...
Answered 7 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: ContractsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department have included diversity quotas as part of selection criteria for contracts awarded since 5 July 2024.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor gave on 25th March 2025 to question UIN 38901 (Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament).The Department has not included diversity quotas as part of sele...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UKDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what was the value of inward investment deals secured by the Office for Investment in (a) October 2024, (b) June 2025 and (c) September 2025.
Answer: The Official Statistics for inward investment at DBT inward investment results 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK show both the capital expenditure and estimated economic impact as examples of value for DBT supported investment projects which landed in the 2024-25 fin...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
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