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1602850

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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	Manufacturing Industries
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 the Make UK report entitled No Weak links: Building Supply Chain Resilience, published on 7 March 2023, whether her Department is taking steps to support the UK manufacturing sector with the cost of (a) energy, (b) transportation and (c) raw materials in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	162169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The manufacturing sector plays a vital role in the UK economy, by driving innovation, exports, job creation and productivity growth.</p><p>The Government announced a new energy support scheme for businesses in January ahead of the current scheme ending in March. All eligible UK businesses will continue to receive a discount on high energy bills until 31 March 2024.</p><p>Supply Chain constraints and cost escalation are not unique to the UK. The government will assist where it can, for example, with the action we have taken to respond to requests for Duty Suspensions and action to train more HGV drivers.</p><p>I would also refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 14<sup>th</sup> March 2023 to Question 161280.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 16/03/2023 10:30:19 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 62357 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1602852

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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	Manufacturing Industries: Supply Chains
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 the report by Make UK entitled No Weak links: Building Supply Chain Resilience, published on 7 March 2023, what steps her Department is taking to implement the recommendations of that report on supply chain resilience for manufacturers.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	162170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government continually reviews the support it provides for our critically important sectors such as Manufacturing.</p><p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 14th March 2023 to Question 161280.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 16/03/2023 10:46:37 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 62358 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1601848

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Imports: Israel
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 the next round of negotiations on the UK-Israel Free Trade Agreement, what steps she plans to take to help ensure that goods imported from illegal settlements will not be entitled to the benefits of trade preferences.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	160361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK’s position on settlements is clear. The UK does not recognise the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) as part of Israel.</p><p>This has been long established policy since 1967 and was reconfirmed recently at the UN security council.</p><p>Under the existing UK-Israel trade agreement, goods originating from Israeli settlements in the West Bank are not entitled to tariff and trade preferences under either the agreement between the UK and Israel, or the agreement between the UK and the Palestinian Authority.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 29/03/2023 15:14:44 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 61557 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1601591

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
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	Central Africa: Arms 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 implications for her policies on the supply of arms to countries in Central Africa of reports on the activities of the March 23 Movement.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	158853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>HM Government takes its arms export responsibilities very seriously and rigorously assesses every export licence application on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. These Criteria are one of the means by which we implement a range of international legal commitments including United Nations sanctions.</p><p>HM Government will not grant a licence for items where we determine there is a clear risk that the items might be used to commit or facilitate internal repression, or where we determine there is a clear risk that the items might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law. We also do not license items where we determine there is a clear risk that the items would, overall, undermine peace and security, including internal peace and security.</p><p> </p><p>Licensing decisions are based on the most up-to-date information and analysis available at the time and all licences are kept under careful and continual review as standard.</p><p> </p><p>The UK condemns recent atrocities committed by armed group March 23 Movement (M23) in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 14/03/2023 17:03:33 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 61031 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1599384

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
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	Department for International Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 the transparency data entitled DIT's ePCS spending over £500 for October 2022, published on 24 February 2023, for what reason £1,326 was spent on a restaurant on 10 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	153801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>This spend was on catering for an official reception during the third round of CPTPP negotiations. Negotiators from all CPTPP members attending the negotiations in-person were invited. There were approximately 60 guests.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 06/03/2023 16:05:16 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 59241 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1599385

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
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	Department for International Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 the transparency data entitled DIT's ePCS spending over £500 for October 2022, published on 24 February 2023, for what reason £620 was spent on a restaurant on 9 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	153802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>This was the charge for a group meal for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) negotiations team, who were travelling for negotiations. The charge does not include any alcohol and was within the recommended Departmental spending limit.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 06/03/2023 16:12:54 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 59242 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1599554

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
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	Department for Business and Trade: Health and Safety
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 has contracted work to a business that has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive within the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	153829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade, formerly the Department for International Trade has conducted a search of our databases for all contracts over £10k, resulting in a nil return.</p><p> </p><p>We confirm that the former Department for International Trade had not contracted work to a business that has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive within the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/03/2023 16:44:05 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 59239 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1588225

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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	Department for Business and Trade: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has a Ministerial disability champion.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	150563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade has appointed Minister Hollinrake as Ministerial Disability Champion.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 30/03/2023 16:28:19 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 59237 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1587222

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
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	Department for Business and Trade: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost to the public purse of spending on external consultants by (a) Companies House, (b) the Insolvency Service, (c) the Intellectual Property Office and (d) the Met Office was in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, and (iii) 2022; and whether any of that spending related to the preparation of funding bids to (A) her predecessor Departments and (B) HM Treasury.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	148569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The expenditure on external consultants by Companies House and the Insolvency Service is provided below. In line with the Cabinet Office’s control framework for consultancy and professional services, these figures include some expenditure on professional services for the purposes of delivery or implementation to fill skills gaps, not just advisory work.</p><p>Figures for Companies House:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Consultancy Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Expenditure on preparation of funding bids</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>£527,876</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>£482,753</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>£2,948,953</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures for the Insolvency Service:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Consultancy Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Expenditure on preparation of funding bids</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>£602,965</p></td><td><p>£151,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>£983,427</p></td><td><p>£113,169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>£903,099</p></td><td><p>£8,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Intellectual Property Office and the Met Office are now both part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 27/02/2023 13:07:36 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 57278 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1587535

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
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	Department for Business and Trade: Recruitment
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 spent on recruitment consultants in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	148859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>Department for Business and Trade was created on 7 February in a Machinery of Government change. During the period in question, the Department for International Trade (DIT) and the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) were operating as two separate Departments.</p><p> </p><p>DIT expenditure was: £648,408.47.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to disaggregate the BEIS expenditure.</p><p> </p><p><strong>DIT spend</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>20/21</strong></p></td><td><p>£183,480.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>21/22</strong></p></td><td><p>£161,970.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>22/23 year to date 31/01/23</strong></p></td><td><p>£302,957.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>£648,408.47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/03/2023 11:46:34 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 57272 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine