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1140821

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date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Remedies Authority: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of his Department's budget is allocated to the Trade Remedies Authority.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	280257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The following figures relate to the operational budget of the Trade Remedies Investigation Directorate (TRID):</p><p> </p><p>- For the year 2018/2019 TRID had a budget £7.3m which equated to 1.7% of the Department’s overall budget.</p><p> </p><p>- For the year 2019/2020 TRID has a budget of £11.9m which equates to 2.3% of the Department’s overall budget</p><p> </p><p>Please note that any costs relating to occupancy and IT infrastructure are provided by centralised services and the Department does not operate an internal charging regime to reallocate these costs to the business units.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:32:31 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1140823

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of UK Export Finance spend was on renewable projects in developing economies in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	280259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>UK Export Finance (UKEF)’s mission is to ensure no viable UK export fails for lack of finance or insurance, while operating at no net cost to the taxpayer. UKEF helps UK companies win export contracts by providing attractive financing terms to their buyers, fulfil contracts by supporting working capital loans, and get paid by insuring against buyer default. For this reason, this response has interpreted the request for the proportion of UKEF <em>spend</em> as the proportion of UKEF <em>support</em>, that being the share of total maximum liability UKEF provided for exports relating to renewables in low and middle-income countries in each of the last three years.</p><p>UKEF classifies countries as per the World Bank classification system, where countries are divided into four income categories – low, lower-middle, upper-middle and high-income. For this reason, the response has interpreted ‘developing economies’ to include countries with either a low, lower-middle and upper-middle income classification.</p><p> </p><p>The share of support UK Export Finance (UKEF) provided for exports relating to renewables in low and middle-income countries can be found in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>Share of maximum liability which went to renewables projects in low and middle-income countries, %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>.66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>.04%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>UKEF publishes details of the support it provides in its Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:18:41 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1140874

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Australasia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when he plans to start the external recruitment for the new role of Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Australasia.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	280267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>Further details on timings and the process to recruit for this important role will be made available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:09:13 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

1140875

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Australasia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, at what civil service grade the post of Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Australasia will be.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	280268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>Her Britannic Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Australasia will be SCS Pay Band 2, in line with the other nine HM Trade Commissioners.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:15:24 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

1140876

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Australasia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the post of Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Australasia will be combined with another post.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	280269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>We are still determining the full remit and responsibilities of Her Britannic Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Australasia.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:12:35 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

1140877

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Board of Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, where the next meeting of the Board of Trade will take place.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	280270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The next, and eighth, meeting of the Board of Trade will take place in the South of England. It will bring together businesses from across the Southern region to celebrate their contribution to UK trade and investment.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:02:49 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

1140891

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much Official Development Assistance funding his Department is providing to (a) Nigeria, (b) South Africa, (c) Kenya, (d) Ethiopia, (e) Colombia, (f) Peru, (g) Indonesia and (h) Bangladesh; and (i) for what purpose and (ii) under which programme is that funding being provided.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	280391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>DIT has no active ODA funded programming in the countries listed. As part of the design of the Investment Promotion Programme (IPP), DIT plans to spend ODA in Nigeria, South Africa and Peru. These countries were selected as they scored highly on development needs and opportunities. To date, no ODA has been provided to these countries as the programme has recently started. Details on country spend from IPP will be published in line with DIT’s transparency commitment.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:29:19 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1140893

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department (a) currently has or (b) has plans for Official Development Assistance-funded programmes other than the Investment Promotion Programme.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	280392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>DIT is currently building a portfolio of development programming to drive trade and investment between international business and developing country markets. DIT’s interventions are under design but will link to DIT’s unique competencies in trade and investment. DIT’s development projects will adhere to the word and spirit of the International Development Act and follow the priorities set out in the 2015 Aid Strategy, including maintaining the commitment to keep aid untied.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:25:03 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1141111

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Import Duties: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will launch an official market access database to provide information on tariffs by commodity in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
uin	280351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the Temporary Tariff schedule will apply to UK imports. This policy seeks to balance the impact on consumers from price rises and on producers from exposure to global competition. More information is available on gov.uk. [via: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff</a>]</p><p> </p><p>Separately, DIT is also launching a ‘Market Access Service’, through which businesses can submit reports of trade barriers they face in overseas markets. This reporting service will be made available on great.gov.uk in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:21:54 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1141113

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Rules of Origin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department will inform businesses of the rule of origin they need to comply with in order to satisfy international tariff and quota arrangements in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
uin	280353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has already published guidance informing business of steps to take in the event of No Deal. This includes guidance on rules of origin and will be updated as required.</p><p> </p><p>For trade with countries where no trade agreement is in place between the UK and those countries, non-preferential rules of origin will apply.</p><p> </p><p>For trade with countries where we have a signed trade agreement in place, the rules of origin that apply can be found in the text of the agreements. These are published online, and the full text, Explanatory Memoranda and Parliamentary Reports for these agreements are laid in the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:39:27 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna