Department for Business and Trade

written question – answered on 28 February 2023.

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  • Zero Hours Contracts

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  • British Steel: Scunthorpe

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed closure of British Steel coking ovens in Scunthorpe on the UK's...

  • Industry: Northern Ireland

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Press Release entitled Government action to supercharge competitiveness in key British industries and grow economy,...

  • Help to Grow Schemes

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what has been the total expenditure on the Help To Grow: Digital scheme in financial years (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23.

  • Construction: Contracts

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s publication entitled Retention payments in the construction industry consultation: summary of...

  • Department for Business and Trade: Ministerial Boxes

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many ministerial red (a) boxes and (b) folders were in use by her Department as of 1 February bearing the inscription (i) Department for...

  • Companies: Corporate Governance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing the proposals of the Better Business Act campaign.

  • Exports: Telephone Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 121033 on Trade Promotion, when she will publish the evidence on the Export Support...

  • Trade Agreements: Canada

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with (a) colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions and (b) negotiators on the UK-Canada Free Trade...

  • Video Games: Exports

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what grants and programmes exist to help video games studios export their games.

  • Postal Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) Royal Mail and (b) Ofcom on Royal Mail’s review of customer service points.

  • Home Ownership: Foreign Nationals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data her Department holds on the number of UK domestic residential properties owned by individual foreign nationals in (a) 2010 and (b)...

  • Certification Officer: Reform

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has plans to modernise the Certification Officer to help ensure that legal advice obtained by trade unions is...

  • Growth Hubs: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much core funding her Department plans to provide to Growth Hubs in each remaining year of the Spending Review period (a) 2023-24 and (b)...

  • British Steel: Energy

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to help support British Steel in Scunthorpe with the cost of energy.

  • Iron and Steel: Recycling

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of ArcelorMittal’s acquisition of John Lawrie Metals Ltd in March 2022 on the...

  • Beer and Gin: Exports

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to help support and increase the export of locally produced beer and gin to overseas markets.