Written questions

656 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment Rights Act 2025: Delegated Legislation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many secondary legislation (a) laid and (b) planned under the Employment Rights Act 2025 have been submitted to the Regulatory Policy Committee.

2 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Export Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of regulatory divergence from the EU on UK exporters since July 2024, broken down by sector and by firm size.

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Glass: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on domestic British glass manufactures as a result of the decision by UK Export Finance to finance £100m for a new bottle plant in Belgium.

23 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to respond to correspondence of (a) 10 December 2025, (b) 6 January 2026 and (c) 20 January 2026 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.

23 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to respond to correspondence of (a) 19 November 2025, (b) 15 December 2025 and (c) 6 January 2026 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.

23 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of (a) 21 November 2025, (b) 15 December 2025 and (c) 20 January 2026 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.

23 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to correspondence of (a) 2 December 2025, (b) 2 January 2026 and (c) 20 January 2026 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Furnaces: Scunthorpe

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 101037 on Furnaces: Scunthorpe, if he will publish that advice.

20 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 105799 on Trade: Regulation, whether his Department plans to review the methodological approaches used to estimate the potential value associated w

19 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Import Duties: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with the American ambassador on tariffs.

19 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Import Duties: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 10% tariff announced by the USA and the 25% tariff proposed from June on British businesses.

19 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Industrial Disputes: Ballots

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to carry out further consultations on section 68 of the Employment Rights Act 2025.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Barriers: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 104310, on Trade Barriers: Regulation, whether he intends to publish the results of the most recent business questionnaire on domestic regulation.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 104305, on Trade: Regulation, what analysis he undertook in order to come to his conclusion.

8 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps with HM Courts and Tribunals Service to ensure that courts can accept attachments of more than 20 megabytes in size from plaintiffs and defendants.

8 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Barriers: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what mechanisms his Department uses to collect feedback from businesses on trade barriers arising from domestic regulation.

8 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of trade regulation on port congestion and throughput, broken down by port.

8 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Imports: Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of import consignments that require remedial action due to documentation or compliance errors.

8 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has identified any data gaps that limit its ability to quantify the cost of trade-related regulation.

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Barriers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what performance indicators his Department uses to measure progress in reducing regulatory and administrative trade barriers.

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Imports: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has assessed the cumulative impact of multiple regulatory charges and fees applied to a single import consignment.

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the Hospitality Sector Council last met and when he plans to publish the minutes of the meeting.

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 101496 on Trade Promotion, whether he plans to retain the role of International Trade Adviser as part of the strategic organisational redesign.

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what evaluation he has made of the effectiveness of reverse mentoring programmes in his department.

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports: Trade Barriers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many formal market access barriers impacting UK exporters were recorded by his Department in each of the last three years.

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many full-time equivalent staff within his Department were assigned to trade facilitation and market access barrier resolution in (a) 2026 and (b) 2021.

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) per-consignment fees and (b) inspection charges on the retail price of sanitary and phytosanitary goods imported

5 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Africa: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was for the production of the Growth Gateway Masterclass on Fundraising in Africa.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Investment: Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will hold an African Investment Summit.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports: Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the gross exports facilitated by the work of his Department's Independent Trade Advisers in the last period for which data is available.

Source: official written-questions record.