Written questions
495 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Business Premises: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of service charge increases due to communal energy costs on the viability of managed workspace providers.
13 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Aerospace Industry: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that increased energy costs do not cause carbon leakage in the UK’s aerospace supply chain.
13 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Recycling: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the circular economy sector with energy costs related to material reprocessing and recycling.
13 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Industry: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made a comparative assessment of industrial energy subsidies (a) provided by the US under the Inflation Reduction Act and (b) available to UK firms.
13 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Exports: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of energy price differentials on the volume of UK services exports to CPTPP member nations.
13 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to encourage the development of insurance products to protect small businesses against sudden energy price spikes.
13 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
New Businesses: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards on the availability of affordable commercial rental space for start-ups.
13 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Business: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has assessed the potential effectiveness of Energy as a Service business models in reducing upfront capital barriers for UK manufacturers.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Consumer Goods: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to brief UK trade envoys on the energy-related strengths of the UK’s low-carbon goods and services sector.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Competition and Markets Authority
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regarding the transparency of energy pricing in the commercial sub-metering market.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Business: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to publish key performance indicators on the impact of Government energy support on business productivity.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Recycling: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the circular economy sector with energy costs related to material reprocessing and recycling.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Social Enterprises: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent changes to energy costs on the level of profit reinvestment by social enterprises into local communities.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Energy: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK apprenticeships include industrial energy auditing.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Batteries: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the British Business Bank on the provision of low-interest loans for industrial battery storage systems.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Business: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has assessed the potential effectiveness of Energy as a Service business models in reducing upfront capital barriers for UK manufacturers.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to encourage the development of insurance products to protect small businesses against sudden energy price spikes.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Energy: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of fluctuations in energy prices on the availability of professional indemnity insurance for energy consultants.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Business: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on business rate relief for firms that install external wall insulation on industrial units to reduce energy costs.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Business Premises: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of service charge increases driven by increased communal energy costs on the viability of managed workspace providers.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Business Premises: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to support take-up of green leases that share energy-saving investment costs between landlords and commercial tenants.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
New Businesses: Business Premises
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards on the availability of affordable commercial rental space for start-ups.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of energy price differentials on the volume of UK services exports to CPTPP member nations.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Aerospace Industry: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that increased energy costs do not cause carbon leakage in the UK’s aerospace supply chain.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Industry: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the industrial energy subsidies provided by the US under the Inflation Reduction Act with those available to UK firms.
27 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
UK Trade with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of business energy costs on the utilisation rates of UK-EU trade preferences under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
24 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department takes to share data from HR1 redundancy notices with the Department for Work and Pensions to help ensure rapid response support is available for affected workers.
24 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Manufacturing Industries: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many HR1 redundancy notices received by his Department in the last six months originated from the manufacturing sector.
24 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the total number of potential redundancies disclosed in HR1 forms received by his Department was in the last 12 months; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of energy costs on t
24 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many HR1 redundancy notices his Department received in each month of the 2025-26 financial year to date.
Source: official written-questions record.