16 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedOn what dates he has met with representatives of Jaguar Land Rover since 5 July 2024.
ReplyDBT Secretary of State regularly meets businesses including those in the automotive sector. These meetings are recorded in publicly available transparency data on the .GOV web site under ‘DBT: Ministerial gifts, hospitality, overseas travel and meetings’ ...
16 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedOn what dates he has met with representatives of BMW since 5 July 2024.
ReplyDBT Secretary of State regularly meets businesses including those in the automotive sector. These meetings are recorded in publicly available transparency data on the .GOV web site under ‘DBT: Ministerial gifts, hospitality, overseas travel and meetings’ ...
12 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhether he has met with business representatives to discuss the Control Subsidy Regime.
ReplyTo date I have not met with business representatives to discuss the subsidy control regime, however my department would welcome the views of business representatives in response to the current public consultation on refinements to the UK’s subsidy control...
12 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhether he has met with the US Chamber of Commerce.
ReplyMinisters meet regularly with business organisations and trade associations. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations and individuals are published quarterly on GOV.UK. The most recent return was published on 28 November and the next on...
12 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking to to ensure the accuracy of his Department's headcount and payroll data.
ReplyDBT verifies headcount monthly through commissioning each business area to review employee records, check leaver processing and performs quality assurance to reconcile any data issues.DBT ensures accuracy of payroll data from our shared service provider (...
12 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhether he has met with the UK High Streets Taskforce.
ReplyAcross Government, Ministers and officials meet with a range of high street experts. I have recently met with the Hospitality Sector Council and Retail Sector Council and visited Gateshead and Consett town centres.To mark Small Business Saturday, the Secr...
11 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWith reference to his Department's news story entitled, Ministers tell business leaders they will be involved every step of the way in Make Work Pay plans, published on 3 September 2024 which (a) peopl
ReplyThe Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Business and Trade were joined by officials, special advisers, and representatives from the following companies:Burberry, BT Group, Co-op, DHL Supply Chain, Haleon, John Lewis, Mace Group, Mars Wrigley ...
11 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhat assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on small and medium-sized businesses.
ReplyOn Monday 21 October, the Government published 24 Impact Assessments representing a comprehensive package of analysis on the impact of the Employment Rights Bill. These Impact Assessments are available at the following link: http://www.gov.uk/guidance/emp...
11 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhat assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's research on the EU Green Taxonomy Framework, published on 29 November 2024.
ReplyIn November, the Department published research that it commissioned from the researcher provider, PUBLIC. This project was subject to robust procurement and contract oversight processes to ensure that it is was conducted according to appropriate methodolo...
11 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhen he plans to publish transparency data on ministerial (a) gifts, (b) hospitality, (c) travel and (d) meetings the third quarter of 2024.
ReplyThe Department for Business and Trade releases data on Ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings on the transparency pages of gov.uk. The next release, for the period July to September 2024, will be released on a date to be determined by the Cab...
11 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhen trade talks with India will commence.
ReplyFollowing a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Modi on 18 November, the Prime Minister announced that UK-India trade talks will relaunch in the new year.
11 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2024 to Question 17621 on Stellantis, if he will publish the minutes of those meetings.
ReplyMinutes of these ministerial meetings cannot be released for reasons of commercial sensitivity. The Secretary of State gave a detailed account of his engagement with Stellantis during his oral ministerial statement on 27 November.
11 Dec 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedHow many applications his Department received for the Second Permanent Secretary for European Union and International Economic Affairs role advertised in November 2024.
ReplyApplications have closed for the Cabinet Office Second Permanent Secretary for European Union and International Economic Affairs role. As was practice under the previous administration we do not comment on competitions underway.
11 Dec 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhere the Homebuilding Skills Hubs will be located.
ReplyHomebuilding Skills Hubs will be established by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and the National Housebuilding Council (NHBC) on a demand led basis, in areas where large scale homebuilding projects lead to a surge in demand. Locations will...
11 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedHow many complaints his Department has received through its official complaints team between (a) July 2023 and July 2024 and (b) July 2024 and November 2024.
ReplyThe Department received a total of 20 eligible complaints through its official complaints team between July 2023 and July 2024 and a further 11 eligible complaints between July 2024 and November 2024.
11 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhat assessment he has made of the impact of the Enhanced Trade Partnership between his Department and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority on the local economy.
ReplyThe Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and Greater Manchester Combined Authority have developed an enhanced local partnership to target local and national support to identified high export growth potential businesses in the GM region. This was launch...
10 Dec 2024·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
AskedInnovation and Technology, what recent progress has been made by Building Digital UK on the roll-out of Project Gigabit in West Worcestershire; and how many additional premises will be connected to full fibre bro
ReplyAccording to the independent website Thinkbroadband.com, 71% of premises in the West Worcestershire constituency can access a gigabit-capable broadband connection. As part of Project Gigabit, we are putting in place a contract to improve this coverage fur...
10 Dec 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, what funding is available for individual property-level flood protection for frequently-flooded communities.
ReplyWe are investing £2.4 billion in 2024/25 and 2025/26 to improve flood resilience by maintaining, repairing and building flood defences. Property level flood resilience measures can be funded as part of wider flood alleviation schemes. The list of projects...
9 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedHow many officials from his Department have visited (a) offices of and (b) facilities operated by British Steel Ltd in the last 30 days.
ReplyThe Government has no plans to nationalise British Steel. We're working across government in partnership with trade unions and businesses to secure a green steel transition that's right for British Steel's workforce, represents a good investment for taxpa...
9 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhat meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with the Secretary General of Unite the Union in the last 30 days.
ReplyMinisters have met with General Secretaries of many trade unions representing millions of British workers, including Unite the Union, many times since the 4th of July. This is part of this government’s regular engagement with union leaders to support our ...