Sarah Olney MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Financial Services: Ethnic GroupsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has considered convening a cross-agency taskforce with the (a) Financial Conduct Authority, (b) Prudential Regulation Authority, (c) British Business Bank, (d) HM Treasury and (e) Lending St
Answer: The government’s approach to support equitable outcomes for businesses led by ethnic minorities and other underserved groups is to work with the financial services sector, building on a shared commitment to fairness and equality and exchanging knowledge o...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Ethnic GroupsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the (a) Financial Conduct Authority and (b) Prudential Regulation Authority on (i) monitoring and (ii) supporting equitable outcomes for ethnic minority businesses.
Answer: The government’s approach to support equitable outcomes for businesses led by ethnic minorities and other underserved groups is to work with the financial services sector, building on a shared commitment to fairness and equality and exchanging knowledge o...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartmental Coordination and Public BodiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure effective (a) collaboration and (b) transparency across (i) Government strategies and (ii) public bodies.
Answer: I have regular meetings and discussions with Cabinet colleagues to ensure close collaboration and transparency on strategy development, most recently on the Industrial and Trade Strategies, which were the result of close working across government departme...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: AlbaniaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve trading relations with Albania.
Answer: Total trade in goods and services between the UK and Albania was worth £358 million in 2024, an increase of 11% or £35 million in current prices from 2023.DBT actively works to resolve barriers to trade affecting companies exporting to Albania, and our tr...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVenture Capital: EqualityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make his policy to require venture capital firms to (a) record and (b) publish the diversity of founders receiving investment.
Answer: The Department is working to improve access to finance for diverse founders. An example of one initiative is the Investing in Women Code.It was established in 2019 as a recommendation of the Alison Rose Review to increase transparency and data reporting o...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: Ethnic Groups and WomenDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on support to improve the investment readiness of (a) women and (b) BAME entrepreneurs.
Answer: The government backed Invest in Women Taskforce aims to make the UK the best place in the world to be a female entrepreneur. To improve investment readiness, it seeks to break down barriers such as lack of mentorship, resource and networks for aspiring wo...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVenture Capital: Ethnic Groups and WomenDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help increase representation of (a) women and (b) minority ethnic founders in venture capital funding.
Answer: The Department leads on the Invest in Women Taskforce (IWT) and the Investing in Women Code (IWC). In November, the IWT launched a £255 million fund for female entrepreneurs, which will be invested through female investors in the UK, including backing fem...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Development AidDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, columns 361-364, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing Of
Answer: The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security, and official development assistance.Decisions on how the ODA budget will be used will be worked through as part of the ongoing Spending Review and resou...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFurniture: Fire PreventionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish information on the remaining issues set out in paragraph 46 of the policy paper entitled The fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture, published on 22 January 2025.
Answer: The Government is committed to upholding the highest standards of fire safety for domestic upholstered furniture and ensuring only safe products are placed on the UK market. Officials in the Department for Business and Trade have begun extensive, targeted...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
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