Written questions

688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Foreign Investment in UK

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.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Job Creation

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.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Equality

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.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Contracts

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.

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Foreign Investment in UK

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.

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what gross value added has been measured for the Office for Investment in each month since its initial launch in 2020.

3 Sep 2025 · House of Commons Commission

House of Commons: Drinking Water

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what is the annual cost of the Belu water used in the House of Commons; and when the contract was last tendered.

2 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Business: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Mansion House speech on 15 July 2025, what deregulatory steps her Department has taken as part of the commitment to roll back regulations that have gone too far since 15 July 2025.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish the responses to the call for evidence on steel trade measures, which closed on 7 August 2025.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish (a) the steel strategy and (b) the Government's response to the Plan for Steel consultation which closed on 31 March 2025.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Antidumping Duties: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Trade Remedies Authority’s proposal to maintain anti-dumping measures on ceramic tableware and kitchenware from China until July 2029 on (a) r

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Antidumping Duties: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to make a decision on the Trade Remedies Authority’s recommendation on anti-dumping duty on bicycles and parts from China; and if he will publish the underlying evidence befor

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish the (a) final Impact Assessment and (b) data tables for the UK–India trade deal.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timetable is for free trade discussions with Canada.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Import Duties: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with his Canadian counterpart on reducing trade tariffs with that country.

22 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Taxation: Domicil

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether repatriations by non-residents using the Temporary Repatriation Facility will be subject to the (a) general anti-abuse rule, (b) transfer of assets abroad rule and (c) transfer of income streams rule.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) corporate and (b) personal insolvencies were recorded by the Insolvency Service in each of the last twelve months.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Import Duties: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what tariffs applied to steel exports to the United States of America on 9 July 2025.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Oral Statement of 7 July 2025 on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life, Official Report, column 680, what steps she plans to take to help support (a) babies and (b) parents in each of

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made on the potential impact of the accelerated Trade Strategy timetable on business planning.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

UK Export Finance: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK Export Finance expansion reaches small businesses.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment Rights Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the document entitled Implementing the Employment Rights Bill: Roadmap, published on 1 July 2025, whether his Department plans to publish a cost-benefit analysis of the phased impleme

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Union Act 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to paragraph 7 of the document entitled Implementing the Employment Rights Bill: Roadmap, published on 1 July 2025, what criteria his Department plans to use to determine which provision

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade of 1 July 2025 in the debate on Hospitality Sector, Official Report, column 81WH, when he pl

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade of 1 July 2025 in the debate on Hospitality Sector, Official Report, column 81WH, if he will

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade of 1 July 2025 in the debate on Hospitality Sector, Official Report, column 81WH, what the m

2 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to continue the children's hospice grant beyond March 2026.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Office: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding has been allocated to the Post Office in each year of the 2025 Spending Review period.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Trade Agreements: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK–India Free Trade Agreement on his Department.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Trade Agreements: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK–India Free Trade Agreement on his Department.

Source: official written-questions record.