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	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

1692138

	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	Chemicals: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that exports from the chemical and biological materials sector do no inadvertently support Russia's (a) military and (b) biochemical capabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	15984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>We have sanctioned the export of all chemicals and biochemicals of concern to Russia.</p><p>This is in addition to our existing export controls, which already restrict the export of certain chemicals, pathogens and toxins.</p><p>Sanctions and export controls are impacting Russia’s economy and depriving its military of key components, but we are not complacent.</p><p>My department has recently announced the creation of the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) to strengthen enforcement and support industry compliance.</p><p>We are also working closely with Ukraine and international partners to coordinate efforts to thwart Russia’s efforts to circumvent sanctions to gain access to technology to support its invasion.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/03/2024 14:32:43 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1692140

	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	Dual Use Goods and Technologies: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she is taking steps to help educate (a) businesses and (b) academics about the (i) risks and (ii) responsibilities associated with exporting dual-use (A) research, (B) technology and (C) educational materials that could be used (1) by Russia and (2) in military contexts.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	15985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government has a robust process in place to ensure that sanctions measures are effective. There are legal obligations on all businesses in the UK and all UK citizens to comply with the sanctions regime. HMG will not hesitate to act if it finds evidence that any firms are not complying.</p><p>Officials in the Export Control Joint Unit, in collaboration with the Research Collaboration Advice Team in DSIT - which advises research institutions on national security risks linked to international collaboration - regularly engage with relevant stakeholders.</p><p>We expect UK businesses and academic institutions to undertake due diligence to ensure that the end destination of their products is not Russia.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/03/2024 13:11:38 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi