Andrew Griffith MP: written questions
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Unfair Dismissal: CompensationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the cost to the a) private sector and b) public sector of abolishing the caps on unfair dismissal compensation claims.
Answer: The Government will be publishing an Enactment Impact Assessment on the impacts of the Employment Rights Act. This will include an assessment of the removal of the compensation cap for unfair dismissal on different sectors. This assessment can be found he...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFurnaces: ScunthorpeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the cost of decommissioning the blast furnaces at the British Steel Limited Scunthorpe Steelworks.
Answer: British Steel remains privately owned and estimated costs to decommission the blast furnaces is commercially sensitive information.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2025 to Question 97277 on Business Rates: Tax Allowances, if he will modify the Business Rates Information Letter (5/2025) sent to English B
Answer: The Business Rates Information Letter (5/2025) is already aligned with the Budget 2025: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure factsheet. On 15 December 2025, the government published the 2026 Supporting Small Business Relief local authority guidance which is in...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordImport ControlsTreasuryTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99298More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the proportion of UK firms that have undergone post-clearance verification processes in each of the last three years.
Answer: HMRC takes a risk-based approach to compliance, focusing on areas where there is the greatest risk of tax going unpaid. The number of businesses involved in international trade activities is published annually as the “Customs Importer and Exporter Populat...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordImport Controls: PricesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of non-tariff measures to consumer prices on different UK Standard Industrial Classification groups.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has not published a specific, comprehensive assessment detailing the potential impact of non-tariff measures (NTMs) on consumer prices across all individual UK Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) groups.DBT...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the £274 million funding provided to British Steel has been allocated as (a) a grant, (b) a loan and (c) an equity injection; and what conditions regarding repayment have been attached to that
Answer: Funding is provided to British Steel under the provisions of the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act, and is recoverable as a debt due to the Crown, as set out in section 3(6) of the Act. There are no conditions attached save the requirement for the fun...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: CostsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of maintaining British Steel's operations between 10 December 2025 and the publication of the Steel Strategy in 2026.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting the UK steel sector and delivering a steel strategy, to be published in early 2026. To date, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has provided British Steel with £274 million as working capital and during t...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: FurnacesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average monthly cost to the public purse has been for maintaining the operation of British Steel blast furnaces since the special measures under the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025
Answer: To date, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has provided British Steel with £274 million as working capital, which on average equates to approximately £34 million per month. This funding has been instrumental in supporting British Steel’s operati...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much of the £274 million provided to British Steel was for (a) raw materials, (b) salaries, (c) energy costs and (d) payments to supply chain creditors.
Answer: To date, a total of £274 million has been provided to support British Steel’s operations, with £173 million allocated to raw materials, £47 million allocated to payroll, and £22 million allocated towards energy costs. The remaining amount represents vario...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: IsraelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason the suspension of arms sales to Israel is not listed on his Department and Export Control Joint Unit's official guidance.
Answer: The suspension of licences on 2 September 2024 was announced in a Written Statement to Parliament published by the then Secretary of State for Business and Trade and in the then Foreign Secretary’s Oral Statement on that date. The suspension was also comm...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: IsraelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an estimate of the financial impact of the suspension of arms export licenses to Israel on British businesses.
Answer: We suspended certain licences for exports of military equipment on the basis of concerns of a clear risk of serious violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in IDF military operations in Gaza. The UK remains committed to our wider trading relati...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Arms TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to consider resuming exports of defence equipment to Israel.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer given on 18 September to Question 72496.
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she will publish the road safety strategy.
Answer: The Government intends to publish the Road Safety Strategy this year.
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97277More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 December to Question 95961 on Business Rates: Tax Allowances, if she will modify the Budget 2025: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Factsheet, published on 28 November, to reflect that the
Answer: No, I will not modify the Budget 2025: RHL Factsheet. It is correct.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will modify the Business Rates Information Letter (5/2025) sent to English Billing Authorities on 26 November so that that the formula for the calculation of Transitional R
Answer: At the Budget the Chancellor announced a Transitional Relief Scheme and a Supporting Small Business Relief scheme – both of which help ratepayers that are seeing significant bill increases as a result of the 2026 business rates revaluation. The 2026 Suppo...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: ConsultantsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's publication entitled DBT: Workforce management information October 2025, for what purpose the Department's non-payroll staff consultancy costs increased to £4,345,742
Answer: Spend on Consultancy does vary month to month dependent upon which projects are underway through the year. An even spread is not expected. While consultancy costs for October 2025 are broadly in line with July and August 2025, they do appear as being sign...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Business RatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he will publish guidance for Businesses on the application of the a.) Transition Relief Scheme, b.) Transition Relief Supplement, and c.) Supporting Small Business Relief Sc
Answer: At the Budget the Chancellor announced a business rates Transitional Relief, Transitional Relief Supplement and Supporting Small Business Relief. Regulations providing for the Transitional Relief Scheme and the Transitional Relief Supplement must be made ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Rights BillDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will review the dates set out in the Employment Rights Bill Implementation Roadmap to account for the time taken for the Bill's passage.
Answer: There will be several phases of delivery following Royal Assent of the Employment Rights Bill. For many measures, Government will consult on the detail of policy and implementation. As set out in the Implementation Roadmap, we will provide more detail on ...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June to Question 58286 on Trade Agreements: USA, if he will publish further detail on the quota system with respect to small volume manufacturers.
Answer: The preferential rate of 10% on UK-manufactured cars being exported to the US went live on 30 June. For 2025, there is a pro-rata quantity of 65,205 that can access the 10% tariff. From 1 January next year, the quota will be administered on a quarterly ba...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Rights BillDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many consultations his Department plans to hold on the Employment Rights Bill prior to its implementation.
Answer: Twenty-six consultations are currently planned to deliver the Employment Rights Bill and commitments made in the Implementing the Employment Rights Bill publication, across relevant Government departments. Five have already concluded and six are currently...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Steel: ScunthorpeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many safety incidents were reported at the British Steel Limited site in Scunthorpe in each quarter of the last year.
Answer: Under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013, British Steel Limited reported 11 cases in Q1 2025, 15 in Q2, 7 in Q3 and 7 to date in Q4, across all of their sites, including Scunthorpe. In the year to date there hav...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTickets: SalesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Government response to the consultation on the resale of live events ticket of 19 November 2025, what is his target date for the introduction of legislation to implement the propo
Answer: The government has announced that it will introduce new measures to end the scourge of ticket touting and put fans back at the heart of live events, including a resale price cap.Our consultation revealed widespread support for a price cap from fans, indus...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTickets: Price CapsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish an impact assessment for the plan for a secondary live event ticket sales price cap.
Answer: The government has announced that it will introduce new measures to end the scourge of ticket touting and put fans back at the heart of live events, including a resale price cap.Our consultation revealed widespread support for a price cap from fans, indus...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTickets: Price CapsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a secondary live event ticket sales price cap on levels of tourism.
Answer: The government has announced that it will introduce new measures to end the scourge of ticket touting and put fans back at the heart of live events, including a resale price cap.Our consultation revealed widespread support for a price cap from fans, indus...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTickets: Price CapsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the effectiveness of secondary live event ticket sales price caps in other countries.
Answer: The government has announced that it will introduce new measures to end the scourge of ticket touting and put fans back at the heart of live events, including a resale price cap.Our consultation revealed widespread support for a price cap from fans, indus...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
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