Question follow-through · 77081

RBS Sempra Commodities: JP Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether any Ministers from the Department for Business Innovation and Skills were involved in the disposal of RBS Sempra Commodities to JP Morgan in the 2009-10 financial year.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
17 Oct 2025 · 32 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Economy and business

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether any Ministers from the Department for Business Innovation and Skills were involved in the disposal of RBS Sempra Commodities to JP Morgan in the 2009-10 financial year.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Any such information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Lord Mandelson

15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2025 to Question 76302 on Lord Mandelson, whether Lord Mandelson's mailbox during his time as Business Secretary, held by Integrated Corporate Services, holds (a)

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Business and Trade: Mr Money Jar

15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Freedom of Information Act disclosure reference FOI2025/09531 of 16 September 2025, whether payments have been made to Mr Money Jar for social media activity since July 2024, othe

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Business and Trade: Social Media

15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2025 to Question 74315 on DBT: Social Media, how much has been spent since 4 July 2025; on what campaigns; and through what influencers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Unite: Conference Centres and Hotels

15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2025 to Question 73349, on Unite: Conference Centres and Hotels, if he will publish a copy of the report that the Certification Officer received in the Library.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Companies: Registration

15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2025 to Question 73348 on Companies: Registration, for what reason Companies House recognised Palestinian as a nationality before the UK Government formally recog

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Strikes

15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance has been issued to employers by (a) his Department and (b) the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service on whether staff who are on strike are permitted to work for other employers

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Business and Trade: Social Media

29 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 77460 on Department for Business and Trade: Social Media, on which campaigns influencers were used.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Unite: Conference Centres and Hotels

10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 24 October 2025, to Question 82331, on Unite: Conference Centres and Hotels, when he expects the Certification Officer to publish the conclusion of the inspection; if he will

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Unite: Conference Centres and Hotels

10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2025 to Question 82331 on Unite: Conference Centres and Hotels, what steps the Certification Officer is taking to obtain (a) documents and (b) digital information f

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Jeffrey Epstein

10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2025 to Question 84210 on Jeffery Epstein, whether records held by Integrated Corporate Services for that period are held in (a) electronic and (b) hard copy format

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Companies House: Recognition of States

10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2025, to Question 82332 on Companies: Registration, for what reason Companies House recognises nations that the UK Government does not itself recognise.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Stamp Advisory Committee

10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025, to Question 64917 on Stamp Advisory Committee, whether papers for that Committee are held by officials in his Department.