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1718073

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
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	Solar Power: China
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 implications for her policies of the decision by the US to impose a 50% tariff on Chinese-made solar cells.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
uin	26288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK has noted the new tariffs on a series of Chinese goods being imported into the US. The UK does not routinely comment on trade measures taken between other countries.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 26289 question first answered 20/05/2024 16:21:48 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1716967

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Trade Promotion: Bangladesh
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on what dates the Trade Envoy for Bangladesh visited that country in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy visited Bangladesh on the following dates in the last three years: 2021 - no visit undertaken; 2022 – 27 March-1 April; 2023 – 8-9 January and 20-23 March.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/05/2024 10:40:18 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1713589

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
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	International Law: Israel
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 shared legal advice from the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law with representatives of her workforce within (a) the Public and Commercial Services Union and (b) other unions.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	23535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>FCDO advice informs decisions made by the Department for Business and Trade Secretary of State as the decision-making authority. The content of this advice is confidential. Union membership is a matter for individual staff members and does not alter the manner in which teams work in the Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 29/04/2024 16:34:47 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1698192

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
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	Business: South Holland and the Deepings
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 was of funding provided to businesses in South Holland and the Deepings constituency during the covid-19 pandemic through the (a) Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund, (b) Small Business Grant Fund and (c) Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	20002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the government department responsible for the Covid-19 Business Support Grant Programme following the recent machinery of Government changes, and closure of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, has published statistics here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F645b7431479612000cc2930a%2F230504_all-business-support-covid-grants-by-la-may-2023.ods&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPaul.Davies%40businessandtrade.gov.uk%7C8668d9eb824741d36af708dc4cd856b2%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C638469739244222274%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Weq33gt8HML%2Fn%2BePmagaaP0uhfCDMTWGZBkv79prJU4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">all-business-support-covid-grants-by-la</a>, which give details of the following information for Covid-19 Business Support Grant schemes:</p><p>(1.) total grant allocation awarded by Government to the Local Authority.</p><p>(2.) total number of individual grant awards made by the Local Authority; and</p><p>(3.) total value of grant awards made by the Local Authority.</p><p>Detail is provided for South Holland District Council as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Local Authority</p></td><td><p>Allocation (LADGF)</p></td><td><p>Number of Payments (LADGF)</p></td><td><p>Value of Payments (LADGF)</p></td><td><p>Allocation (SBGF &amp; RHLGF)</p></td><td><p>Number of payments (SBGF &amp; RHLGF)</p></td><td><p>Value of payments Number of payments (SBGF &amp; RHLGF)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Holland District Council</p></td><td><p>£990,750</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>£990,750</p></td><td><p>£19,815,000</p></td><td><p>1,503</p></td><td><p>£17,475,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This is the lowest level of geographic detail that DBT holds – if detail at ward level is required then the District Council would have to be approached for this information. Similarly, if a split between the LADGF and RGHLG is required the District Council would have to be approached for this information.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 02/04/2024 13:56:42 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1697007

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
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	Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many export licences have been granted to assist in the provision of humanitarian aid to Gaza since 1 October 2023; and what items have been licensed.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	19283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics, including data on outcome, end user destination, overall value, type (e.g. military, other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This data is available at: <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></p><p>The most recent Official Statistics cover the period 1 April - 30 June 2023.</p><p>Information regarding export licensing decisions made between 1 October – 31 December 2023 will be published after April 2024 and information regarding export licensing decisions made between 1 January – 31 March 2024 will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/03/2024 16:31:03 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1692971

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Help to Grow Schemes
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 publish the advice given to ministers that informed decisions on eligibility criteria for the Help to Grow: Digital scheme.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	16517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government closed the Help to Grow: Digital programme in February 2023.</p><p> </p><p>An assessment of the eligibility criteria can be found in the Help to Grow: Digital scheme evaluation report on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-grow-digital-evaluation-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-grow-digital-evaluation-report</a></p><p> </p><p>While we do not routinely publish advice, decisions were informed by evidence and the scheme design was kept under review. Eligibility changes were made in Summer 2022 which responded to oral evidence, which included widening the criteria to include businesses of 1+ employee(s).</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 16518 question first answered 06/03/2024 15:27:55 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1692972

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Help to Grow Schemes
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 oral evidence taken before the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee on 17 May 2022, HC 207, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the eligibility for the Help to grow: Digital scheme.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	16518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government closed the Help to Grow: Digital programme in February 2023.</p><p> </p><p>An assessment of the eligibility criteria can be found in the Help to Grow: Digital scheme evaluation report on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-grow-digital-evaluation-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-grow-digital-evaluation-report</a></p><p> </p><p>While we do not routinely publish advice, decisions were informed by evidence and the scheme design was kept under review. Eligibility changes were made in Summer 2022 which responded to oral evidence, which included widening the criteria to include businesses of 1+ employee(s).</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 16517 question first answered 06/03/2024 15:27:55 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1692974

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Help to Grow Schemes
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 effectiveness of the Help to Grow: Digital scheme in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	16519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>At the time of the closure of the scheme, 1,507 applications had been made for a discount voucher through the Help to Grow: Digital website.</p><p> </p><p>A full assessment of the take up, regional breakdown and effectiveness of the Help to Grow: Digital scheme was published and can be found in the evaluation report on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-grow-digital-evaluation-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-grow-digital-evaluation-report</a></p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 16520 question first answered 06/03/2024 17:54:15 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1692140

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	Dual Use Goods and Technologies: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she is taking steps to help educate (a) businesses and (b) academics about the (i) risks and (ii) responsibilities associated with exporting dual-use (A) research, (B) technology and (C) educational materials that could be used (1) by Russia and (2) in military contexts.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	15985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government has a robust process in place to ensure that sanctions measures are effective. There are legal obligations on all businesses in the UK and all UK citizens to comply with the sanctions regime. HMG will not hesitate to act if it finds evidence that any firms are not complying.</p><p>Officials in the Export Control Joint Unit, in collaboration with the Research Collaboration Advice Team in DSIT - which advises research institutions on national security risks linked to international collaboration - regularly engage with relevant stakeholders.</p><p>We expect UK businesses and academic institutions to undertake due diligence to ensure that the end destination of their products is not Russia.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/03/2024 13:11:38 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1689044

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Maternity Leave: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which industries experience the highest (a) loss and (b) retention of female staff after maternity leave.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	13892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The 2019 Parental Rights Survey shows that over a fifth (22%) of mothers reported not returning to work or starting another job following birth. Mothers working in ‘Hospitality’ (38%) and ‘Wholesale and Retail’ (27%) sectors were more likely to report they did not return or start another job than mothers in ‘Public Administration, Health and Education’ (15%).[1]</p><p> </p><p>Over half (54%) of all mothers returned to the same job following birth. Mothers working in ‘Public Administration, Health and Education’ were more likely (63%) to report returning to the same job than those in ‘Business, Professional Services, Leisure and Other Services’ (50%) and ‘Hospitality’ industries (35%)[2].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1, [2] The sectors reported represent those where there are statistically significant differences from the total.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 26/02/2024 17:23:45 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman