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786951

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many of his Department's staff have been employed in each region since his Department was established.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	112249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out by region the number of staff who have joined the Department for International Trade and UK Export Finance between 13<sup>th</sup> July 2016 and 31<sup>st</sup> October 2017.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Overseas Region (Staff based overseas)</p></td><td><p>Number of joiners</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa Region</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asia Region</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Europe</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latin America</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middle East</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North America</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey and Caucuses</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>361</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/11/2017 11:21:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

785089

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff appointed after 24 June 2016 in his Department hold a post that includes work on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	111802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member for Wrexham to the answer I gave to the Rt hon Member for Tottenham on 17 October: UIN 106579.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/11/2017 11:40:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

758349

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of staff required to assist in trade negotiations; how many such staff have been hired; and what the budget is for the employment of such staff.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	9146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has a strong and capable trade policy team which has grown significantly since July 2016, and is continuing to grow.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to hire the brightest and best talent from within the UK civil service and externally, in order to build a world class trade policy team that can deliver the best outcomes for the UK. The Department recently appointed Crawford Falconer to the role of Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser, Head of Trade Profession and Second Permanent Secretary.</p><p> </p><p>DIT are committed to delivering a successful exit from the EU. With budgets being dependant on the outcomes of negotiations with the European Union and on policy decisions yet to be taken, it is not possible to provide a figure at this time. DIT will publish our financial accounts which will detail our total expenditure on staff at year end.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/09/2017 13:30:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

749561

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff of his Department work on trade negotiation.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has a strong and capable trade policy team which has grown significantly since June 2016 (from 45 to over 300 today), and is continuing to grow.</p><p>We continue to hire the brightest and best talent from within the UK civil service and externally, in order to build a world class trade policy team that can deliver the best outcomes for the UK.</p><p>The Department has recently appointed Crawford Falconer to the role of Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser and Head of Trade Profession. Mr Falconer brings a wealth of global trade expertise from over 25 years of working on trade policy in the New Zealand government, the World Trade Organization and academia.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/07/2017 13:57:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

722164

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many full-time equivalent third-party contractors and consultants his Department has employed since its establishment; and what the cost to the public purse has been of that employment.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	71028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>Since the formation of the Department for International Trade in July, this department has employed 106 full time equivalent third-party contractors and consultants.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/04/2017 16:31:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

722165

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many full-time equivalent trade negotiators his Department employed on 31 March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	71029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has a strong core of trade policy officials, which has quadrupled in size since 24 June (from 45 to over 200 today) and is continuing to grow. The trade policy team includes policy and country specialists, as well as economic analysts and lawyers.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/04/2017 16:35:29 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

722166

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many (a) applications, (b) applicants, (c) interviews and (d) job offers there have been for trade negotiator positions in his Department since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	71030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>At this stage, the Department’s primary focus is on developing our trade policy positions, international relationships and approach to future trade negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has run a number of recruitment exercises since July 2016 for both internal Civil Service and external candidates. From these recruitment exercises the Department’s Trade Policy Team has taken on over 150 new members of staff to fill a range of trade policy positions, including analytical and legal posts.</p><p> </p><p>We are also in the process of recruiting a Chief Trade Negotiations Adviser at the level of Second Permanent Secretary.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/04/2017 14:41:09 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

722167

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the number of trade negotiators that will be required to conduct parallel negotiations with the EU, the World Trade Organisation and other nations in the next two years.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	71031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has a strong core of trade policy officials, which has quadrupled in size since 24 June (from 45 to over 200) and is continuing to grow. This includes policy and country specialists, as well as economic analysts and lawyers.</p><p> </p><p>At this stage our primary focus is on developing our policy positions, international relationships and approach to future trade negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/04/2017 12:29:47 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

722169

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many full-time equivalent third-party contractors and consultants his Department plans to employ in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019; and what the cost to the taxpayer will be of that employment in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	71033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The department for International Trade currently employs 106 full time equivalent third-party contractors and consultants, and would expect to employ similar numbers in the future.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/04/2017 16:32:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

715847

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many people are currently employed by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	70090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade employed 1318 Civil Servants as at 31 March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 24/04/2017 09:53:49 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett