Question follow-through · 121326
Business: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Non Disclosure Agreements his Department has in place with external business groups.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Non Disclosure Agreements his Department has in place with external business groups.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Mar 2026
Answer published
Confidentiality Agreements (CAs) enable engagement with businesses on sensitive areas of live trade negotiations and broader policy development. The department does not require CAs for all external engagements; sensitivities and risks are assessed on a ca...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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British Steel
19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the value of British Steel.
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19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to publish an Impact Assessment for the UK Steel Strategy.
Iron and Steel: Import Duties
19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of steel tariffs on inflation.
Iron and Steel: Import Duties
19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of tariff revenue from steel imports.
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19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of steel tariffs on the number of jobs in UK manufacturing sectors.
British Steel: Scunthorpe
19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how long he plans to keep a blast furnace at Scunthorpe.
British Steel: Scunthorpe
19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many jobs at Scunthorpe are supported by the blast furnace.
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made provisional allocations for the £2.5 billion assigned to the UK Steel Strategy.
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether other departmental budget lines are being reduced to fund the UK Steel Strategy.
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19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned upper limit is for (a) overall contributions and (b) annual contributions from the public purse for support for the UK steel industry.
British Steel: Jingye Group
19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress his Department has made in its negotiations with Jingye over British Steel.
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19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has determined a (a) budget, (b) repayment schedule and (c) end date for its intervention in British Steel.