Written questions

656 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the Fleet Solid Support Ship programme.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Harland and Wolff: Belfast

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has visited Harland and Wolff in Belfast.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Industrial Strategy Council: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people were considered for appointment to the Industrial Strategy Council.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Fair Work Agency: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the projected annual budget of the Fair Work Agency.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of potential efficiency savings (a) his Department and (b) in arms length bodies for which his Department is responsible.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to respond to Questions 18414, 18415 and 18416 tabled by the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs on 6 December 2024.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: UK Relations with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives from the European Union since 5 July; and for what purpose.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings (a) he, (b) ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with President-Elect Trump's transition team on a potential UK-US trade deal.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Industrial Strategy Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications his Department received for the appointment to the Industrial Strategy Council; and how many and what proportion of those applications reached each stage of consideration for appo

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Industrial Strategy Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will outline the process for appointments to the Industrial Strategy Council.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many away days or off-site team building exercises his Department has arranged for officials in each month of this year; and what the cost of these was.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) settlement agreements and (b) special severance payments with (i) current and (ii) former employees his Department has made in each of the last 12 months.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) commercial and (b) non-commercial flights he has taken since 5 July 2024.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many thefts of motor vehicles there were from the railway station car parks at (a) Arundel, (b) Amberley, (c) Barnham, (d) Haslemere, (e) Liphook, (f) Pulborough and (g) Billingshurst in each of the last fi

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many thefts of motor vehicles from railway station car parks there were in each of the last five years; and how many of those thefts resulted in a criminal prosecution.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department takes to monitor the productivity of officials when they work from home.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Stellantis

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets attended any of the meetings held by his Department with Stellantis.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Import Duties: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for the potential imposition of trade tariffs by the US.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Sector: Productivity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with (a) the ONS (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Public Services Productivity Review.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

G20

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many of his counterparts from G20 nations (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Construction: Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the minutes of the meeting of the Consultative Committee on Construction Industry Statistics on 28 October 2024, published on 2 Decem

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Billing and Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consultation was undertaken before publication of the (a) Fair Payment and (b) Disability Finance Code.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Standard Individual Export Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications for standard individual export licences were made between July and November 2024.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

British Business Bank: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications for loans to the British Business Bank were made between July and November 2024.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many new businesses were registered on Companies House in each month since July 2024.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Domestic Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many times (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have visited businesses in the UK since 5 July 2024.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Special Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to appoint any additional Special Advisers.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Visits Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many foreign trips (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have made since 5 July 2024; and where these trips were to.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many employment tribunals were heard relating to employees of his Department between 1 August 2024 and 1 December 2024.

11 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many searches have been made on his Department's subsidy database since July 2024.

Source: official written-questions record.