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1568818

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	World Economic Forum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse was of her travel arrangements for the World Economic Forum in Davos.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	127827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial travel are routinely recorded on the Department’s transparency returns, published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>. Returns are published on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 27/01/2023 11:54:25 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 50249 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568819

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	World Economic Forum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will list the meetings she held whilst at the World Economic Forum in December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	127828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>All meetings held by the Secretary of State in her Ministerial capacity are routinely released on quarterly Departmental transparency returns. These will be published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a> in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 27/01/2023 11:41:52 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 50248 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568820

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	World Economic Forum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she held discussions with the United States Trade Representative at the World Economic Forum in December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	127829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State had a bilateral discussion with the United States Trade Representative at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 18<sup>th</sup> January 2023.</p><p> </p><p>This was their second bilateral discussion since the Secretary of State’s appointment in September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 127830 question first answered 27/01/2023 11:49:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 50247 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568821

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many times she has met with the United States Trade Representative since September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	127830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State had a bilateral discussion with the United States Trade Representative at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 18<sup>th</sup> January 2023.</p><p> </p><p>This was their second bilateral discussion since the Secretary of State’s appointment in September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 127829 question first answered 27/01/2023 11:49:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568822

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 114753 on Department for International Trade: Public Expenditure, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the reduction of the Total Departmental Expenditure Limit; and whether she expects her Department to reduce its headcount in financial years 2023-24 and 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	127831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Spending Review 2021 provided a £67.6 million cash increase for the Department for International Trade (DIT) over the Spending Review period, enabling HMG to transform and digitise its services for exporters and investors, maintain increased capacity to secure world class free trade agreements and continue to support the rules-based international trading system. Sustainable DIT workforce plans for 2023-24 and 2024-25 will be finalised as part of the current annual business planning process.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 25/01/2023 15:05:20 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568327

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Tradeshow Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many applications have been made to the Exhibit element of the UK Tradeshow Programme; and how much has been spent on that element in 2022-2023.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	126730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>A total of 258 and 164 applications have been submitted to the UK Tradeshow Programme, seeking support to either exhibit at, or attend, overseas trade shows respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Forecasted spend for 2022-23 is £228k for exhibitor support and £53k for support to attendees. In addition, there is a further £16k of spend on Export Academy training across both elements of the programme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 126731 question first answered 09/02/2023 13:29:06 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 49855 answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568328

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Tradeshow Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many applications have been made to the Attendee element of the UK Tradeshow Programme; and how much has been spent on that element in 2022-2023.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	126731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>A total of 258 and 164 applications have been submitted to the UK Tradeshow Programme, seeking support to either exhibit at, or attend, overseas trade shows respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Forecasted spend for 2022-23 is £228k for exhibitor support and £53k for support to attendees. In addition, there is a further £16k of spend on Export Academy training across both elements of the programme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 126730 question first answered 09/02/2023 13:29:07 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 49854 answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568329

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Tradeshow Access Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much of the funding allocated for Tradeshow Access Programmes remains unspent in 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	126732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Any unspent allocations are redirected to other forms of export support.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 25/01/2023 17:14:15 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie previous answer version 49853 answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568330

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Internationalisation Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much of the Internationalisation Fund has been allocated to exporters in 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	126733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>During the 2022-23 financial year, the Internationalisation Fund has paid £7 million to 1,093 exporters in England as of 20 January 2023.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 02/02/2023 13:16:14 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie previous answer version 49852 answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568331

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
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: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, to outline how many times the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy for Ukraine has visited that country since (a) being appointed and (b) February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	126734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Due to travel restrictions arising from Covid 19 and FCDO’s strict advice not to travel due to the ongoing war, the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Ukraine has been unable to visit since being appointed.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department for International Trade, now known as the Department for Business and Trade, has delivered trade sanctions to help cripple Putin’s war machine, agreed a Digital Trade Agreement with Ukraine, removed all tariffs under the UK-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, and continues to play a big role in supporting Ukrainian reconstruction efforts.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 09/02/2023 11:43:13 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 49851 answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds