Alison Griffiths MP: written questions

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Written questions

Department for Transport: Unfair DismissalDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department offers protection to staff from unfair dismissal from their first working day.
Answer: The Department for Transport employs robust policies to ensure that the dismissal of any employee, including new employees serving a period of probation, is fair and legally compliant.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Unfair DismissalDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department offers protection to staff from unfair dismissal from their first working day.
Answer: All dismissals are handled in line with current legislation and appropriate Codes of Practice. Where an employee feels they may have been unfairly dismissed, appropriate internal appeal routes may be instigated.Where an employee is unable to solve a probl...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Unfair DismissalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department offers protection to staff from unfair dismissal from their first working day.
Answer: All dismissals are handled in line with current legislation and appropriate Codes of Practice. Where an employee feels they may have been unfairly dismissed, appropriate internal appeal routes may be instigated. Where an employee is unable to solve a prob...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Unfair DismissalDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department offers protection to staff from unfair dismissal from their first working day.
Answer: All dismissals are handled in line with current legislation and appropriate Codes of Practice. Where an employee feels they may have been unfairly dismissed, appropriate internal appeal routes may be instigated. Where an employee is unable to solve a prob...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
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Department for Education: Unfair DismissalDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department offers protection to staff from unfair dismissal from their first working day.
Answer: The department has appropriate policies and processes in place to ensure employees are treated fairly from day one of their employment.All dismissals are handled in line with current legislation and appropriate Codes of Practice. Where an employee feels t...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Unfair DismissalDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department offers protection to staff from unfair dismissal from their first working day.
Answer: All dismissals are handled in line with current legislation and appropriate Codes of Practice. Where an employee feels they may have been unfairly dismissed, appropriate internal appeal routes may be instigated.Where an employee is unable to solve a probl...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
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Cabinet Office: Unfair DismissalCabinet OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25486More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department offers protection to staff from unfair dismissal from their first working day.
Answer: Unfair dismissal in the UK is governed by the Employment Rights Act 1996 and other legislation, which stipulates that you must have worked for your employer for a minimum period before you qualify for the right to claim unfair dismissal at a tribunal. An ...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
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Attorney General's Office: Unfair DismissalAttorney GeneralTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25485More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, whether his Department offers protection to staff from unfair dismissal from their first working day.
Answer: All dismissals are handled in line with current legislation and appropriate Codes of Practice. Where an employee feels they may have been unfairly dismissed, appropriate internal appeal routes may be instigated.Where an employee is unable to solve a probl...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
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Business: InsolvencyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data his Department holds on the number of involuntary business liquidations that have taken place each month of the last five years.
Answer: The numbers of companies entering compulsory liquidation in each month since January 2019 are provided in monthly Official Statistics on company insolvency at Company insolvency statistics releases - GOV.UK and in the tables below.England & Wales 201...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
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Business: InsolvencyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data his Department holds on the number of voluntary business liquidations that have taken place each month of the last five years.
Answer: Voluntary liquidations consist of creditors’ voluntary liquidations (CVLs) and members’ voluntary liquidations (MVLs). Tables 1 to 3 show monthly numbers of CVLs, based on Insolvency Service official statistics at Company insolvencies, November 2024 - GOV...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
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Businesses: ClosuresDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data his Department holds on the number of businesses that have closed involuntarily in each month of the last five years.
Answer: Official statistics on company involuntary dissolutions are published quarterly. These are made publicly available online by Companies House. We have extracted and produced the relevant yearly figures for your convenience below: Financial YearStruck off a...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
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Businesses: ClosuresDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data his Department holds on the number of businesses that have closed voluntarily in each month of the last five years.
Answer: Official statistics on company voluntary dissolutions are published quarterly. These are made publicly available online by Companies House. We have extracted and produced the relevant yearly figures from this publication for your convenience below:Financi...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
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Small Businesses: Domestic VisitsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many small businesses the Minister for Services, Small Business and Exports has visited since 4 July 2024.
Answer: I have engaged extensively with small businesses since my appointment, including visits to Ware, Coventry, Birmingham, Durham, Darlington, Gateshead, and various locations in London. I also regularly attend small business round tables alongside industry r...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
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Department for Business and Trade: Lost PropertyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many laptop computers procured for his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade figures for (a) lost and (b) stolen between start Jan 2024 and end Dec 2024 are:(a) Lost = 31(b) Stolen = 25
Answered 16 Jan 2025
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Trade Agreements: IndiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2024 to Question 19287 on Trade Agreements: India, whether talks have begun.
Answer: UK-India trade talks will relaunch early this year, and work is underway across government to prepare for negotiations.
Answered 16 Jan 2025
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Business: Government AssistanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with businesses on the subsidy control regime.
Answer: To date I have not met with business representatives directly to discuss the subsidy control regime, however my department would welcome the views of businesses in response to the current public consultation on refinements to the UK’s subsidy control regi...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
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Business: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the net monetary value to business was of the removal of regulation in each year from 2010 to 2024.
Answer: The Business Impact Target BIT, which was repealed by the previous government through the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act, was the principal mechanism through which government made an estimate of the change in the total annual cost of regulati...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
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Trade Union OfficialsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 19977 on Trade Union Officials, on what dates (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met with trade union officials since 1 November 2024.
Answer: The Secretary of State and departmental Ministers have met with many trade union officials, representing millions of British workers since 1 November 2024. Information about Ministerial meetings can be found on Gov.uk.
Answered 20 Jan 2025
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Department for Business and Trade: Official CarsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many trips by ministerial car Ministers in his Department have taken since 5 July.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade does not hold data on the number of trips by ministerial car and to provide this could only be done at disproportionate cost.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
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Department for Business and Trade: Mobile PhonesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many mobile phones procured for use by his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: DateLost PhoneStolen PhoneDec-23123Jan-24170Feb-24122Mar-24130Apr-24190May-24162Jun-24114Jul-24103Aug-24140Sep-24141Oct-24202Nov-24183Dec-2472Total (Jan 24- Dec 24)17119
Answered 19 Dec 2024
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Department for Business and Trade: Northern IrelandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many visits (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have made to Northern Ireland since 5 July 2024.
Answer: As of 17 December, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and his ministerial team have not yet visited Northern Ireland, but plan to do so in the upcoming months.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
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Department for Business and Trade: Official CarsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many ministerial (a) cars and (b) drivers his Department has use of.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade contracts 3 Ministerial cars, each with a team of two drivers and six in total.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
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Department for Business and Trade: Visits AbroadDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many officials have been sent on foreign visits by his Department since 5 July 2024; and what the cost to the public purse was of these visits.
Answer: Since 5th July 2024, the Department for Business and Trade has sent 838 officials on foreign visits at a total cost of £1,632,898.02.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
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Trade Union OfficialsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many meetings Ministers in his Department have had with trade union officials since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Ministers have met with many trade unions, representing millions of British workers, on numerous occasions since 5 July 2024. This is part of this government’s regular engagement with union leaders to support our growth mission, including on multiple indu...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
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Foreign Investment in UK: North of EnglandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support foreign direct investment in the north of England.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) promotes and supports investment opportunities across all of the UK. We are scaling the Office for Investment to become the UK’s full investment promotion function providing support to our most important interna...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
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