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Select Committee
Letter from the Minister for Trade relating to GI's in the UK-Japan CEPA, 23 February 2024

Correspondence Mar. 05 2024

Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: Letter from the Minister for Trade relating to GI's in the UK-Japan CEPA, 23 February 2024 Correspondence

Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
Department for Business and Trade
Conservative
Lewes
Lord Offord of Garvel Portrait
Lord Offord of Garvel
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Department for Business and Trade
Conservative
Alan Mak Portrait
Alan Mak
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)
Cabinet Office
Conservative
Havant
Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Feb. 27 2024

Source Page: FCDO Supplementary Estimate memorandum 2023 to 2024
Document: (ODS)

Found: Trade for Trade Policy Officers 1.6 1.6 A transfer from Department for Business and Trade for DBT

Written Question
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Apprentices
Wednesday 6th March 2024

Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much her Department (a) paid in apprenticeship levy fees and (b) spent from its apprenticeship levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.

Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Following a machinery of government in February 2023, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy was replaced by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and the Department for Business and Trade.

As the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology did not exist between September 2021 and January 2023, we are unable to provide data on payment towards the apprenticeship levy and spend of levy funds for this period.

Since the creation of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology the apprenticeship levy account has remained shared between the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and the Department for Business and Trade.

Therefore, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is unable to accurately provide the amount paid in apprenticeship levy fees between February 2023 and August 2023 and is unable to accurately provide the amount spent from the levy over the same period.

Written Question
Department for Business and Trade: Fraud and Maladministration
Monday 18th March 2024

Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report entitled Cross-Government Fraud Landscape: Annual Report 2022, published on 21 March 2023, what the basis is of the increase in detected error in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from £13.4m in 2019/20 to £160.7m in 2020/21.

Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)

The Cross-Government Fraud Landscape: Annual Report 2022, published on 21 March 2023 does not mention Department for Business and Trade.

The Fraud Landscape Report figures were reported to the Public Sector Fraud Authority (formerly the Counter Fraud Centre of Expertise) as part of established reporting cycles.

The government defines error as losses arising from unintentional events, processing errors and official government errors - such losses are judged as without fraudulent intent.

Since 2014, Fraud Landscape Reports show an increase in both detected fraud and error across government. This is in line with the government's explicit objective to find more fraud in the system. By detecting more, we can understand fraud better - and deal with it better.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy detected error was £13.4m in 2019/20 as published in the Fraud Landscape Bulletin and increased to £160.7m in 2020/21 as published in the Fraud Landscape Report.

Written Question
Carbon Emissions: Finance
Monday 11th March 2024

Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 73 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review, which policies were identified for receipt of core net zero spend funding from the £1 billion allocated to fund decarbonisation of cars and vans in the financial year 2024-25 at the time that Budget was published; how much funding each of those policies was due to receive; and whether any of those policies have been discontinued since 2021.

Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The £1 billion allocated to fund the decarbonisation of cars and vans for the financial year 2024-25 in the 2021 Spending Review was allocated to a range of policies across the Department for Transport and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (now the Department for Business and Trade).

For the Department for Transport, HM Treasury allocated £619m for policies relating to zero emission vehicles, electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and air quality.

This sum was subsequently allocated by the Department to specific policies, including the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund, the Rapid Charging Fund, the Plug-in Vehicle Grants, EV Homecharging Schemes, the Workplace Charging Scheme and the Joint Air Quality Unit’s NO2 programme. All grants are kept under continual review to ensure best value for money for the taxpayer.

The remaining funding (£333m) was allocated for the Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy, for the electrification of UK vehicles and their supply chain, including through the Automotive Transformation Fund Programme. This aims to support the creation of an internationally competitive EV supply chain in the UK, through research and development and capital investments.

Deposited Papers

Apr. 28 2008

Source Page: BERR: brand guidelines: a comprehensive overview of how to apply our visual identity. 30 p.
Document: DEP2008-1108.pdf (PDF)

Found: BERR Brand Guidelines | Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform Version 1.0 | March

Written Question
Department for Business and Trade: Supply Estimates
Wednesday 20th March 2024

Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2024 to Question 16678 on Department for Business and Trade: Supply Estimates, for what reason she has not provided the explanatory memorandum on her Department's supplementary estimates to the Business and Trade Committee; and when she plans to do so.

Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)

The Department for Business and Trade’s Supplementary Estimates Explanatory Memorandum was sent to the chair of the Business and Trade Committee on Friday 15th March 2024.