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1673525

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
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	Freeports
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 her Department's publication entitled Inward investment in to freeports: December 2021 to November 2023, published on 24 November 2023, if she will detail which freeports the (a) 1,421 jobs and (b) £1,278 million of capital expenditure were attributed to in that publication.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	4105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The investments making up the totals published on 24 November 2023 are spread across the 12 Freeports but details of individual investments are commercially sensitive. This means that publishing the specific location associated with these investments risks identifying such commercially sensitive information. The limitation prevents the Department for Business and Trade to publish further detail about the investments.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/12/2023 17:51:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1673526

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
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	Freeports
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 her Department's publication entitled Inward investment in to freeports: December 2021 to November 2023, published on 24 November 2023, what are the equivalent estimates for the (a) number of jobs created and (b) amount of capital expenditure generated as a result of investment by UK resident entities over the period covered by that publication.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	4106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The publication entitled Inward investment in to freeports: December 2021 to November 2023, published on 24 November 2023 confirms verified foreign investment into Freeports. The Department for Business and Trade can only provide verification for foreign direct investment into the UK, not domestic investment, so we are unable to provide equivalent estimates.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/12/2023 17:43:23 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668341

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	Department for Business and Trade: Civil Servants
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 Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023, how many permanent civil servants excluding agencies worked for (a) her Department on 31 March 2020 and (b) its predecessor departments in (i) 2011 and (ii) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>On 31 March 2020 the Department for International Trade had a headcount of 2,300 permanent civil servants<strong>,</strong> excluding Agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade was created in July 2016 following the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union. The earliest published headcount was 920 permanent civil servants in December 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/11/2023 14:44:30 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668343

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	Department for Business and Trade: Civil Servants
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 Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023, how many permanent civil servants excluding agencies worked for her Department on 31 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade is a newly formed Department established in February 2023. The new department absorbed the functions of the former Department for International Trade (DIT) and some of the functions of the former Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p> </p><p>On 31 October 2023 the Department for Business and Trade comprised 5,411 permanent civil servants<strong>,</strong> excluding Agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business and Trade is a newly formed Department established in February 2023. The new department absorbed the functions of the former Department for International Trade (DIT) and some of the functions of the former Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/11/2023 14:50:01 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1667999

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	Department for Business and Trade: Incentives
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 was of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for (a) her core Department, (b) the Department for International Trade and (c) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as performance-related bonuses in 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>a) DBT did not exist during the 2022-23 performance year, so awarded no vouchers.</p><p>b) Non-cash vouchers to the value of £348,510 were awarded to staff in the Department for International Trade in 2022-23.</p><p>c) Non-cash vouchers to the value of £371,730 were awarded to staff in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 15/11/2023 17:37:21 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1666588

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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: Incentives
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 was of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for (a) her core Department, (b) the Department for International Trade, and (c) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as performance-related bonuses in 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	203782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/10/2023 11:15:36 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1665757

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
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	Carillion: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the total costs incurred since January 2021 by (a) her Department and (b) the Insolvency Service in pursuing the disqualification proceedings dropped in October 2023 against five former board members of Carillion Construction Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	203243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service conducts directors disqualification proceedings under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 on behalf of the Secretary of State for Business and Trade.</p><p>On the 12th of January 2021 the Insolvency Service commenced disqualification proceedings against 3 executive directors and 5 non-executive directors of Carillion plc. The Department for Business and Trade has not incurred any costs in relation to the proceedings. The Insolvency Service has incurred estimated costs in the proceedings against all 8 directors of £11,064,519. Following the successful disqualification of the 3 executive directors, costs of £2,725,000 have been recovered.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 24/10/2023 14:35:49 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1661794

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	Department for Business and Trade: Russia
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 Answer of 8 March 2022 to Question 131137 on Department for International Trade: Russia, how many of her Department's staff were based in the Russian Federation on (a) 31 March 2022, (b) 31 March 2023, and (c) 1 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	200242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>Please see below for departmental staff based in Russia at the times specified. Former BEIS had no staff based in Russia prior to the establishment of the Department for Business and Trade:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31/03/2022</p></td><td><p>31/03/2023</p></td><td><p>31/08/2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Based (Civil Servant)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Country Based Staff (Locally Employed)</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 19/10/2023 12:48:07 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1661795

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	Export Credit Guarantees: Russia
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 3 March 2022 to Question 131130, how much of the £49,970,667 of UK Export Finance’s exposure from the underwriting of credit for buyers located in the Russian Federation between 2014-15 and 2020-21, remains at stake as of 31 August 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	200243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>UK Export Finance’s remaining exposure from the underwriting of credit for buyers located in the Russian Federation between 2014-15 and 2020-21 as at 31 August 2023 was £47,713,256.</p><p> </p><p>UK Export Finance has no exposure from the underwriting of credit for buyers located in the Russian Federation in the financial year 2021-22 as at 31 August 2023.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 200244 question first answered 17/10/2023 15:52:51 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1661796

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	Export Credit Guarantees: Russia
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 3 March 2022 to Question 131130, what was the level of UK Export Finance’s exposure as of 31 August 2023 arising from the underwriting of credit for buyers located in the Russian Federation in financial year 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	200244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>UK Export Finance’s remaining exposure from the underwriting of credit for buyers located in the Russian Federation between 2014-15 and 2020-21 as at 31 August 2023 was £47,713,256.</p><p> </p><p>UK Export Finance has no exposure from the underwriting of credit for buyers located in the Russian Federation in the financial year 2021-22 as at 31 August 2023.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 200243 question first answered 17/10/2023 15:52:51 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry