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1648485

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Fraud
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 an assessment of the effectiveness of the National Trading Standards initiative entitled Friends Against Scams.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	191513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Friends Against Scams (FAS) is a National Trading Standards (NTS) Scams Team initiative which launched in October 2016 and provides scams awareness training either online or face-to-face. The training is designed to help protect and prevent people from becoming victims of scams.</p><p> </p><p>FAS is an independent NTS initiative last reviewed by them in May 2021 and was found to be successful in promoting awareness and helping those trained recognise and avoid scams.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 03/07/2023 14:21:34 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1649910

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
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	British Business Bank: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what funding was (a) announced for and (b) allocated to Northern Ireland businesses by the British Business Bank in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	192270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>At Spending Review 2021, the government announced a £1.6 billion commitment to the nations and regions including £70m to provide a new Investment Fund for Northern Ireland. Other British Business Bank programmes are demand-led, without any geographical allocation.</p><p>It has not been possible, in the time available, to analyse these UK-wide programmes and determine the finance supported for Northern Ireland businesses in each case. I will write to the Hon. Member as soon as this analysis is complete and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 10/07/2023 14:40:33 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1650280

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
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	Food: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the value of agri-food exports from Northern Ireland to Japan was in 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	192480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>In 2022 the value of agri-food exports from Northern Ireland to Japan was £14 million.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 10/07/2023 16:26:44 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1651570

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
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	Foreign Investment in UK and 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 recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of trade and investment hubs in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, and (c) Northern Ireland at increasing (i) trade and (ii) investment.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	193054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>Department for Business and Trade (DBT) nation hubs are dedicated to working with local businesses to help increase international exports; to attract more investment; and to realise the benefits of Free Trade Agreements. In quarter 1 2022/23, DBT hubs hosted many export promotion events, including tradeshows and meet the buyer activities. Officials continue to roll-out DBT services across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, including the UK Export Academy.</p><p>Nearly 8,000 jobs have been created by Foreign Direct Investment projects across the nations in the last financial year. Planned investment activity, such as the Northern Ireland Investment Summit will continue to support investment across the nations.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 13/07/2023 13:52:10 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1652261

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
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	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 plans to take to help improve business productivity levels in the next twelve months.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	193555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government is working to improve business productivity in various ways. These include: Help to Grow: Management scheme offers training to help small businesses across the UK improve their performance and boost growth potential. The British Business Bank supports access to finance, and business helplines across the UK provide advice and guidance. Our network of Growth Hubs around England, and devolved equivalents, offer businesses support in their local areas. Our export growth support includes our Great.gov.uk online offer, the Export Academy, our International Trade Advisers and International Market advisers, as well as access to finance via UK Export Finance.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 26/07/2023 14:52:27 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1653357

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
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	Foreign Investment in UK and Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2023 to Question 193054 on Foreign Investment in UK and Overseas Trade, if she will provide a breakdown of the 8,000 jobs created by (a) region and (b) nation.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>From 2022 to 2023, the number of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Projects and jobs created by those projects broken down by nation are as follows:</p><ul><li>Scotland – 130 FDI projects, 3,429 jobs created.</li><li>Wales – 47 FDI projects, 3,062 jobs created.</li><li>Northern Ireland – 33 FDI projects, 1,416 jobs created.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/07/2023 15:54:38 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1654277

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
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	Agricultural Products: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, to which five countries were the highest values of agri-food exports from Northern Ireland in 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	195004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The five countries with the highest value of agri-food exports from Northern Ireland in 2022 were Ireland, France, Netherlands, United States, and Belgium.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Northern Ireland agri-food exports 2022 – top 5 export markets</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Rank</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Top 5 export markets</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value £million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Total</em></p></td><td><p><em>Total agri-food exports</em></p></td><td><p><em>£2,296m</em></p></td><td><p><em>100.0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>£1,536m</p></td><td><p>66.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>£92m</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>£88m</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>£80m</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>£58m</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 04/09/2023 13:53:33 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1659296

registered interest
date	08/09/2023
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	Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Batteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will create an independent body to set required safety standards for e-bike and e-scooter batteries.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	198472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>There are no current plans to establish such a body.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is responsible for the General Product Safety Regulations which set the safety requirements for batteries. OPSS and Local Authority Trading Standards Services already have the powers to remove unsafe products from sale and are using data and intelligence to target unsafe products.</p><p> </p><p>OPSS is prioritising work to understand and tackle the risks of e-bikes and e-scooters and has commissioned research into the safety of lithium-ion batteries. This work will help inform how this issue is tackled in future.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 13/09/2023 16:11:51 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1660366

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
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	Arms Trade: Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many defence export licences have been identified as not complying with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria after their initial approval in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Where an export licence is no longer consistent with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, such as when there has been a change in circumstances in the destination country, then that licence will be revoked. Alternatively, we may invite the licensee to surrender the licence.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1 January 2018 to 31 March 2023, we revoked 19 Standard Individual Export Licences and two Open Individual Export Licences (OIELs) in full for military-rated goods. In addition, three multi-destination OIELs were amended to remove one destination and three OIELs were amended to remove two destinations.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government publishes Official Statistics on export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a>. Currently this includes information up to 31 March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/09/2023 11:48:42 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1660367

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
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	Employment: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what her Department's planned timescale is to publish the results of the Retained EU employment law reforms consultation.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Retained EU employment law consultation ran between 12 May 2023 and the 7 July 2023 and we are currently analysing the responses received. We will publish the Government’s response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 18/09/2023 11:47:28 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell