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.