Joshua Reynolds MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Iron and Steel: Import DutiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the notice period provided to businesses in the advanced manufacturing supply chain ahead of the introduction of tariffs on imported steel grades under th
Answer: The Government held extensive engagement with both primary steel producers and downstream users to inform development of the trade measure, including a Call for Evidence in July 2025. To ease short-term impacts, we are introducing a transitional arrangeme...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what process is available to businesses that require steel grades not available from suppliers on the approved UK domestic supplier list under the UK Steel and Trade Measures.
Answer: The measure is designed to only cover steel requirements that can be made in the UK. In some instances, this is not feasible for technical reasons, for example where single product codes contain different sizes of steel products. Quotas aim to allow suffi...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMinerals: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what volume of each mineral listed on the UK Critical Minerals List was imported in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025, broken down by country of origin.
Answer: Please see table below, derived from HMRC’s Import data by preference bulk dataset, using trade codes as published in the technical annex of the UK’s Critical Minerals Strategy. Countries of origin have been grouped into EU and non-EU for legibility.Volum...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMinerals: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of UK critical mineral imports in each of the last three years originated from a single country of origin for each listed mineral; and what assessment he has made of the risk of critica
Answer: Please see table below, derived from HMRC’s Import data by preference bulk dataset, using trade codes as published in the technical annex of the UK’s Critical Minerals Strategy.The Strategy recognises that supply chains are increasingly concentrated and s...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPost Office: FranchisesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department keeps a formal record or minutes of the monthly financial monitoring meetings held between his Department, UK Government Investments and Post Office Limited to review funding req
Answer: The Department funds Post Office Limited’s (POL) Strategic Transformation Plan (STP), including activities to franchise former Directly Managed Branches.Funding approvals are based on monthly requests from POL, detailing actual and forecast spend across a...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: CanadaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the Canada-UK Economic Working Group last met, and whether he plans to publish a timeline for its future meetings.
Answer: In line with the commitment made between our Prime Ministers at June 2025, the UK-Canada Economic and Trade Working Group has met a few times since its establishment in order to identify ways in which the UK and Canada can deepen cooperation and grow our ...
Answered 5 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordBuses: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Chinese state export subsidies, including the export VAT rebate applied to zero-emission vehicles, on the competitiveness of UK bus ma
Answer: DBT keeps the impact of overseas state support for zero emissions vehicles under close review and engages regularly with UK manufacturers to understand effects on competitiveness. While reports include mechanisms such as export VAT rebates, only the indep...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordBuses: Electric VehiclesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that publicly funded electric bus procurement schemes support domestic manufacturing supply chains.
Answer: DBT works closely with DfT, the Cabinet Office and Crown Commercial Service to ensure publicly funded electric bus procurement supports UK manufacturing where possible, within procurement and trade rules. This includes through setting up the DfT UK Bus Ma...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator and Groceries Code AdjudicatorDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to ensure coordination between the Groceries Code Adjudicator and the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator to provide a coherent regulatory framework for the food s
Answer: The Government's Statutory Review of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) 2022-2025 published on 14 April 2026. The Statutory Review invites the operationally independent GCA to consider recommendations about its existing confidentiality protections, tran...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordGroceries Code AdjudicatorDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with the Groceries Code Adjudicator on (a) improving the transparency of its enforcement activity and (b) the potential merits of publishing practical examples of how the
Answer: The Government's Statutory Review of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) 2022-2025 published on 14 April 2026. The Statutory Review invites the operationally independent GCA to consider recommendations about its existing confidentiality protections, tran...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordGroceries Code AdjudicatorDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Groceries Code Adjudicator's existing confidentiality protections in encouraging smaller and harder-to-reach suppliers to report concerns about
Answer: The Government's Statutory Review of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) 2022-2025 published on 14 April 2026. The Statutory Review invites the operationally independent GCA to consider recommendations about its existing confidentiality protections, tran...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EU: Employment and QualificationsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consideration he has made of the potential merits of the UK participating in the European Commission's proposed Skills Portability Initiative.
Answer: The Skills Portability Initiative is an EU proposal which aims to improve worker mobility, both skilled and unskilled, within the single market. It includes a possible legislative proposal that could encourage simplified procedures for the recognition of ...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordExportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the value of exports facilitated by his Department was in each of the last five financial years by destination country.
Answer: The Department supported businesses to deliver export wins worth £16.9bn in 2020/21, £17.3bn in 2021/22, and £19.6bn in 2022/23. In 2023/24 over £36bn and almost £24bn in 2024/25 export wins were delivered.The Department does not provide country-specific ...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDigital Service Providers: CompetitionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) implications for his Department's policies and (b) investment in UK digital infrastructure of recent survey evidence on barriers to co
Answer: There are currently no plans to undertake such an assessment. The Competition and Markets Authority’s cloud services market investigation examined the state of competition in the market. The Government remains committed to supporting investment in high‑qu...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade PromotionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the total cost to the public purse of the trade envoy programme; and whether a trade envoy has been removed for failing to meet performance benchmarks.
Answer: Over the last three years, the Department has spent, on average, the following amounts on the UK Trade Envoy Programme, including DBT staff costs. We intend the overall cost of the programme to reduce during the next financial year.2023/20242024/20252025/...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade PromotionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the value delivered to small and medium-sized businesses by the trade envoy programme compared with support available through UK Export Finance and his own Departm
Answer: This is an impossible question to answer as the whole point of the UK Trade Envoy Programme is that it complements the work of UKEF and DBT’s direct export services in supporting SMEs. Trade Envoys provide high-level advocacy and market access, UKEF deliv...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade PromotionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department uses a criteria to assess the reputational implications for the United Kingdom of appointing a trade envoy to a country with a poor human rights record.
Answer: UK Trade Envoy markets are identified in discussion with HM Trade Commissioners and the trade and investment opportunities available to UK business. Trade Envoys operate within wider trading policies in support of the Government’s objectives, working clos...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade PromotionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress trade envoys have made in reducing non-tariff barriers to trade for businesses in their designated markets.
Answer: UK Trade Envoys primarily support UK exports in their respective market, but they also help identify tariff and non-tariff barriers that impede trade.
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade Promotion: AccountabilityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve transparency and public accountability of the trade envoy programme, including the publication of outcomes achieved and costs incurred.
Answer: The Trade Envoy Programme is a network of Parliamentarians appointed to specific markets by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade. Membership of the programme is cross party and includes representation from both the House of Commons and House of L...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordClothing: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of (a) the prevalence of unfair trading practices in the UK clothing supply chain and (b) the potential merits of establishing a Garment Trading Adjudicator to provide
Answer: The government expects all UK businesses to respect human rights and the environment throughout their supply chains in line with the OECD Guidelines and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Section 54 of the UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015 req...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Personnel ManagementDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many directors with responsibility for human resources are employed in his Department and its executive agencies; and how many of those directors hold professional HR qualifications from the Charte
Answer: It is not appropriate to publish individual-level personal data in a Parliamentary Question response.
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordIron and SteelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consultation his Department has undertaken with steel industry stakeholders on the development of a UK steel sector strategy.
Answer: This government reconvened the Steel Council in January 2025 to assist us in the development of the steel strategy. The Council has met five times and members include senior leaders from our main steel producers, trade associations, trade unions, academia...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish SteelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on British Steel's export competitiveness during the period of special measures.
Answer: HMG regularly engages British Steel and wider industry to understand the impact of the EU CBAM. UK businesses may face administrative costs providing emissions data to EU importers to support their compliance with the EU CBAM. The cost of certificates for...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish SteelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much and what proportion of the working capital funding provided to British Steel has been allocated to (a) raw materials, (b) salaries and (c) other operational costs.
Answer: From 12 April 2025, the date HMG passed the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act, to 24 February 2026, DBT has provided approximately £370 million to BSL, to ensure sufficient working capital is maintained for the safe and effective operation of the Scun...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordConsumers: ProtectionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consumer rights legislation provides adequate protection for purchasers of cloud-dependent products when manufacturers end service provision.
Answer: Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, goods or digital content must be of satisfactory quality, fit for a particular purpose and as described by the seller.A trader can upgrade, fix, enhance and improve the features of, or add new features to, digital conte...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
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