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.