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1702521

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
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	Food: Japan
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 19 April 2024 to Question 20567 on Food: Japan, which two products were included in the second tranche submitted to the Japanese authorities other than Armagh Bramley Apples, Ayrshire New Potatoes, Beacon Fell Lancashire Cheese, Bonchester Cheese, Buxton Blue, Carmarthen Ham, Cornish Sardines, Darnibole Wine, Dorset Blue Cheese, Dovedale Cheese, Exmoor Blue Cheese, Fal Oyster, Fenland Celery, Gloucestershire Cider, Gloucestershire Perry, Lakeland Herdwick, Native Shetland Wool, New Season Comber Potatoes, Newmarket Sausage, Orkney Beef, Orkney Lamb, Rutland Bitter, Scottish Wild Salmon, Shetland Lamb, Swaledale Cheese, Swaledale Ewes Cheese, Teviotdale Cheese, Traditional Welsh Cider, Traditional Welsh Perry, Vale of Clwyd Denbigh Plum, Vale of Evesham Asparagus, West Wales Coracle Caught Salmon, West Wales Coracle Caught Sewin, Whitstable Oysters, Worcestershire Cider, Worcestershire Perry and Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	22714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to response UIN 20567, tabled on 26 March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 24/04/2024 16:22:05 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698955

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Food: Japan
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 4 March 2024 to Question 15852 on Scallops: Isle of Man, whether (a) Isle of Man queenies, (b) Isle of Man manx loaghtan lamb and (c) Jersey royal potatoes were included in the original list of 77 food and drink products submitted by the Department for International Trade to the Japanese authorities on 30 April 2021 for which it was seeking geographical indication protection in Japan under the terms of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the response provided to Question UIN 15852 published on 4 March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/04/2024 15:05:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698377

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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	Small Businesses: Telephone Services
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 22 February 2024 to Question 14506 on Small Businesses: Telephone Services, how much her Department spent on the operation of the Business Support Helpline in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government supports all types of businesses through its core services, including GOV.UK and Growth Hubs operating in England.</p><p>Additionally, we also provide, as part of this package of support, The Business Support Helpline, which provides information, advice, guidance, and support to around 30,000 people in England every year.</p><p>The chart below details our last three full years' spending on this service.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Business Support Helpline Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£4.026m</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Years 20/21 expenditure was increased due to scale up activity in response to COVID and UK transition from the EU</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£1.887m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>£1.889m</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 15/04/2024 15:17:03 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1692172

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	Scallops: Isle of Man
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 press release entitled UK businesses welcome protection for iconic British food and drink in Japan, published on 27 February 2024, what is the status of the application for the provision of protected status to Isle of Man Queenies.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	15852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>Under the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the Intellectual Property provisions do not extend to the Crown Dependencies. Therefore, at present there is no application for the protection of Isle of Man Queenies in Japan. Isle of Man Queenies remain fully protected in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/03/2024 12:00:38 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1689914

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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	Small Businesses: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many telephone calls were received by the Business Support Helpline (England) in each year since 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	14506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Business Support Helpline (England) provides information, guidance and signposting for businesses in England.</p><p> </p><p>Since year 2021 to date, the helpline has received 63,705 phone calls. In addition to telephone calls, the Business Support Helpline also receives enquiries via email, webchat and social media.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Telephone calls received</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total contacts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>27869</p></td><td><p>39673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>18793</p></td><td><p>27071</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>14916</p></td><td><p>24601</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024 (YTD)</p></td><td><p>2127</p></td><td><p>3427</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 22/02/2024 11:48:29 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1685845

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
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	Department for International Trade: Indonesia
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 Department for International Trade's publication of ministerial travel data for July to September 2022, what the cost was of the (a) plane tickets and (b) accommodation used by the former Minister of State for International Trade on his visit to Indonesia from 20 to 24 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	12012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government publishes, on gov.uk, details of the total cost of overseas Ministerial travel, including costs of travel, and of other costs (visas, accommodation, meals). However, as has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular detail on Ministers’ travel at home or abroad, nor details of those accompanying them.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 05/02/2024 16:05:53 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1683370

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
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	Department for International Trade: Aviation
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 page 85 of the Department for International Trade's annual report and accounts for 2021-22, HC501, published on 18 July 2022, what the distance travelled on domestic flights was that resulted in the emission total of 26.81 tCO2e in 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	10429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The distance travelled on domestic flights that resulted in the emission total of 26.81 tCO2e in 2021-22 was 206,214km.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/01/2024 17:36:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

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