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1694170

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: Productivity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to (a) support the manufacturing sector and (b) help increase national productivity.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	17418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The government has a strong track record of backing the sector and in November published our Advanced Manufacturing Plan (AMP) which aims to make the UK the best place in the world to start, scale up and invest in manufacturing.</p><p>Our plan, which builds on our extensive existing support, is underpinned by a £4.5bn commitment for strategic manufacturing sectors to 2030, a further £16 million to expand SME digital adoption through Made Smarter, provides tax relief and includes measures aimed at improving our business environment including grid connection, supply chain resilience and the UKs first Battery Strategy.</p><p>Made Smarter equips businesses with funding and tailored advise from specialists on the successful adoption of applications such as machine learning, data/systems integration and robotics to help drive efficiency, increase automation and raise productivity.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/03/2024 16:49:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1693250

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Publishing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what reports and guidance their Department and its predecessor Department has produced in the last three years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
	tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
	uin	16720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the Department. Reports and guidance that the Department has published can be found on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/03/2024 16:57:31 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1693269

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make a comparative assessment of energy prices for steel production in (a) the UK, (b) China, (c) Germany and (d) the US.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	16566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Comparisons with energy costs in other countries is one of the considerations for the development and introduction of support for energy intensive industries including the steel sector. The British Industry Supercharger will introduce targeted measures to ensure the energy costs for key UK industries are in line with other major economies around the world – levelling the playing field for British companies across Europe. The government is committed to rolling out its measures between April 2024 and April 2025.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/03/2024 15:22:12 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1693389

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Supply Estimates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish an explanatory memorandum in relation to her Department’s supplementary estimates for 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	uin	16678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Yes, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade will publish an explanatory memorandum in relation to the Department’s Supplementary Estimates for 2023-24.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/03/2024 11:36:07 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1693418

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Dispute Resolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to pages 3-5 paragraphs 1-9 of the report by UN Special Rapporteur entitled Paying polluters: the catastrophic consequences of investor-State dispute settlement for climate and environment action and human rights, published on 13 July 2023, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of not including the investor state dispute settlement in future trade agreements.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	16834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) is an effective means of resolving investment disputes. The UK has investment agreements containing ISDS with around 90 trading partners. There has not been a successful ISDS claim brought against the UK, nor does ISDS hinder our right to regulate in the public interest, including in areas such as the environment and human rights. This right is recognised in international law.</p><p> </p><p>Where the UK negotiates ISDS, in line with modern international best practice, it ensures the mechanism delivers fair outcomes of disputes, has independent arbitrators bound by high ethical standards, and that proceedings are transparent.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 16553 question first answered 11/03/2024 11:45:02 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1693522

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: WhatsApp
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance her Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
	tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
	uin	16776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>All departments in central government, including arms lengths bodies apply the published guidance: Using non-corporate communication channels (e.g. WhatsApp, private email, SMS) for government business). This was published by the Cabinet Office in March 2023.</p><p>It applies to all individuals in central government (ministers, special advisers, officials, contractors, non-executive board members and independent experts advising ministers). The Department for Business and Trade uses the central guidance and has applied it since March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/03/2024 11:36:42 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1693066

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment: Dispute Resolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report entitled Paying polluters: the catastrophic consequences of investor-State dispute settlement for climate and environment action and human rights by the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, published on 13 July 2023.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	16553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) is an effective means of resolving investment disputes. The UK has investment agreements containing ISDS with around 90 trading partners. There has not been a successful ISDS claim brought against the UK, nor does ISDS hinder our right to regulate in the public interest, including in areas such as the environment and human rights. This right is recognised in international law.</p><p> </p><p>Where the UK negotiates ISDS, in line with modern international best practice, it ensures the mechanism delivers fair outcomes of disputes, has independent arbitrators bound by high ethical standards, and that proceedings are transparent.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 16834 question first answered 11/03/2024 11:45:02 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1692769

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding her Department and its predecessor Department (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
	tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
	uin	16323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department buys advertising media through its media buying agency Omnicom Media Group UK Ltd. Advertising is used to promote investment and UK exports.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s general ledger records spend with Omnicom Media Group for the last three years for which figures are available as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2020/21: £15,102,407.21</p><p>2021/22: £11,890,853.20</p><p>2022/23: £13,124,598.26</p><p> </p><p>Advertising is part of the Department’s wider marketing strategy. Budgeting is carried out at the marketing category level, so no records are held on sums specifically budgeted for advertising.</p><p> </p><p>These figures relate to the Department’s predecessor department, the Department for International Trade.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/03/2024 17:17:07 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1692542

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of implementing a carbon border adjustment mechanism.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	16066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Business and Trade and Chancellor of the Exchequer engage regularly on matters related to business and trade objectives, including supporting businesses to invest, grow and export.</p><p>In December 2023 the Government set out its intention to implement a UK carbon border adjustment mechanism by 2027, explaining that further details on its design and delivery will be subject to consultation this year.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/03/2024 16:53:44 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1692091

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much her Department (a) paid in apprenticeship levy fees and (b) spent from its apprenticeship levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	15903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>Following a machinery of government in February 2023, the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy and the Department for International trade were replaced by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and the Department for Business and Trade.</p><p>As the Department for Business and Trade did not exist between September 2021 and January 2023, we are unable to provide data on payment towards the apprenticeship levy and spend of levy funds for this period.</p><p>Since the creation of the Department for Business and Trade the apprenticeship levy account has remained shared between the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and the Department for Business and Trade. Therefore, the Department for Business and Trade is unable to accurately provide the amount paid in apprenticeship levy fees between February 2023 and August 2023 and is unable to accurately provide the amount spent from the levy over the same period.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/03/2024 13:04:07 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra