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1668456

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	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	Ukraine: Foreign Investment
	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 to (a) private companies and (b) UK-based investors on (i) engaging and (ii) investing in Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	1001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>Providing guidance to supporting businesses to play a key role in supporting Ukraine’s economic recovery is a high Government priority.</p><p>This year we launched a Guide to Doing Business with Ukraine, to support UK business and investors working in Ukraine and encourage greater trade flows.</p><p>We support businesses to engage in Ukraine via multiple fora including the UK-Ukraine Infrastructure Taskforce.</p><p>We are supporting investors through addressing a lack of available insurance, contributing £20m to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency and on 31 October signing a Statement of Intent on a European Bank for Reconstruction and Development war-risk insurance scheme for Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/11/2023 12:56:10 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1682989

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	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	Overseas Trade
	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 impact of (a) Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and (b) the redirection of ships around the Cape of Good Hope on UK trade.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	10040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK is committed to ensuring the safety of shipping in the Red Sea and protecting international trade routes, as shown by our support for Operation Prosperity Guardian.</p><p> </p><p>The Department (alongside other government departments who are leading the overall response to the Red Sea crisis) is closely monitoring the situation, working with key stakeholders and businesses to identify and mitigate supply chain issues. On 17 January the Department published the UK’s first ever Critical Import and Supply Chains Strategy. This will help UK businesses, working in partnership with Government, build secure and reliable supply chains vital to the UK economy, national security, and the delivery of essential services.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/01/2024 17:49:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1548620

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for North Durham of 16 August 2021 on Ultra Electronics.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	102846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2023 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State wrote to the Rt hon. Member on 30 December 2022 about Ultra Electronics.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 05/01/2023 14:29:50 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 40778 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1683179

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	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	Employment: Rother Valley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help increase (a) levels of manufacturing and (b) the number of jobs in Rother Valley.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	10330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>Manufacturing plays an important role in the Rother Valley making up ~15% of jobs compared with ~10% for the UK as a whole, according to the ONS Business Registers and Employment Survey.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recently published its Advanced Manufacturing Plan aiming to make the UK the best place in the world to start and scale up a manufacturing business – backed by £4.5 billion of funding and business environment measures.</p><p> </p><p>The Plan expands our Made Smarter Adoption Programme – currently available in Rother Valley – supporting manufacturing SMEs to grow through digital technologies. Over 390 companies have already received the programme’s support in the Yorkshire and the Humber region.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/01/2024 11:34:40 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1549148

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 82299 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Departmental Responsibilities, for what reason there are differences in the roles and responsibilities between the Minister for Investment and Minister for Investment Security.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	104201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>The Minister for Investment Security, my noble Friend Lord Johnson of Lainston, and my roles are based in different departments and have different responsibilities in line with their departmental remits. Details of our respective portfolios can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state-minister-for-industry-and-investment-security" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state-minister-for-industry-and-investment-security</a>;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--103" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--103</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/12/2022 11:48:01 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1548908

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Industry: Leeds North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which industry in Leeds North West constituency receives the highest level of government investment.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	104397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on industrial investment at constituency level. As part of the West Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, Leeds North West benefits from several streams of devolved funding, including £38m per annum to support local priorities and £83m through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. To support research, development and innovation, £373 million of UK Research and Innovation funding has been invested in West Yorkshire between 2019 and 2021, regional data is not yet available for UK Research and Innovation investment beyond this.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/12/2022 16:35:23 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1549336

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Industry: Kingston upon Hull North
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which industry in Kingston upon Hull North constituency receives the most Government funding as of 7 December 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	105257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on industrial investment at constituency level. Residents in Kingston upon Hull North benefit from numerous streams of funding to support local growth including £19.5m through the Levelling Up Fund for the regeneration of Hull City Centre and £10.6m through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to focus on local priorities. To support research, development and innovation, £28 million of UK Research and Innovation funding has been invested in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire between 2019 and 2021. Regional data is not yet available for UK Research and Innovation investment beyond this.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/12/2022 16:16:45 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1549452

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill on the free flow of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	105391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>We have published an impact assessment for the Bill which is available on GOV.UK. Departments will assess, where required, the impacts of any changes to REUL they make using the powers in the Bill in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/12/2022 17:37:48 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1683628

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2024
	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	Cars: Manufacturing Industries
	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 made an assessment of the potential impact of the policy to reduce the sale of (a) petrol and (b) diesel cars by 2030 on the production capacity of the car industry.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	10580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>Given the continued overseas demand for high-quality, UK-built vehicles, changes to policy in the nations we export to are more likely to affect levels of UK car production than changes in domestic policy. Like the UK, policy in key exports markets is toward greater electrification as the global shift to electric vehicles quickens.</p><p>Government’s zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate will ensure the UK’s share of ZEVs increases, putting our industry at the forefront of new technologies to grow the economy and attracting new inward investment, creating thousands of new jobs.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 29/01/2024 17:59:08 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1683629

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2024
	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: Imports
	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 made an estimate of the steel required to be imported following the potential closure of UK blast furnaces.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	10581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>We have agreed to invest a historic £500 million at Port Talbot, so we can secure domestic steel production for the long term.</p><p> </p><p>While transitioning to electric arc, Tata plan to temporarily import steel substrates. These materials will then be processed at Tata Steel’s existing UK facilities, continuing to serve customers.</p><p> </p><p>Following the completion of the Electric Arc Furnace, domestic self-sufficiency would increase – from 10% of UK-sourced raw materials today to about three-quarters with an electric arc furnace, making UK steel production more resilient to adverse global events and supply chain risks.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 30/01/2024 12:43:33 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood