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892195

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many and what proportion of his Department's staff have had days off sick because of mental illness or stress in each of the last three years; and how many days off that amounted to in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	138429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>As a new Department DExEU is not in a position to provide information prior to 2016/17. In 2016/17, no staff were off sick due to mental illness or stress and fewer than 10 individuals were absent in 2017/18 due to stress or mental health conditions and therefore the Department is not in a position to release this information as individuals may be identifiable.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service has set out five priorities for the health and wellbeing of its employees, including priorities in relation to physical and mental wellbeing. In addition, the Civil Service has also committed to being a leading employer on mental health support, in line with the recommendations set out in the recently published independent review Thriving At Work.</p><p> </p><p>Health and Wellbeing forms part of the Department for Exiting the European Union’s commitment to making the Department a great place to work. The Department is committed to reducing work related absence due to mental health illness and has a number of services and initiatives in place to support members of staff suffering from such conditions. To date 32 DExEU staff have been trained by Mental Health First Aid England as mental health champions and staff also have access to the Employee Assistance Programmes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department has a dedicated mental health and wellbeing group who have been leading on a number of wellbeing activities across the Department to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of staff employed in the Department. This includes: in February 2017 the Department signed up to the Time for Change pledge to demonstrate the Department’s commitment to reducing the stigma attached to mental health, and marking world mental health day with a panel discussion sharing mental health and wellbeing experiences.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 01/05/2018 14:56:46 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

997722

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many apprentices are employed in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	185745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>At the time this question was received there are 12 apprentices employed by the Department for Exiting the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 07/11/2018 14:33:54 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

942980

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many civil servants his Department has employed in each month since July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	164980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>All departments are equipping themselves with the resources they need to get the best deal for the UK. The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 650 staff based in the UK plus the expertise of over 120 officials in Brussels. We regularly review headcount to ensure we are appropriately staffed to deal with all aspects of the negotiations. <br><br></p><p>The Department is continuing to recruit the brightest and the best and we are not providing a running commentary as recruitment is ongoing and numbers are regularly changing.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 24/07/2018 17:06:40 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

908954

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many contractors have been employed by his Department for (a) up to one year, (b) between one and five years, (c) between five and 10 years and (d) over 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	146177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union employed 37 contractors from April 2017 to April 2018. This is the latest date at which we have information for. This number includes agency staff and external expertise that were brought in to lead on discrete projects which would not ordinarily be performed by members of staff.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information about the number of contractors between one and five years can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department was formed in July 2016, contractors employed between five and 10 years and over 10 years are therefore not applicable to DExEU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This information is available on our website within the Department’s monthly publication of workforce management information. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-exiting-the-european-union-monthly-workforce-management-information-for-2017-and-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-exiting-the-european-union-monthly-workforce-management-information-for-2017-and-2018</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 30/05/2018 15:04:55 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

915056

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many countries have made a written declaration that treaties signed with the EU will continue to apply to the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	148602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>At the March European Council we agreed with the EU that the UK is to be treated as a Member State for the purposes of international agreements for the duration of the implementation period. The EU will notify third parties of this approach.</p><p><strong><br></strong>Discussions we have had with our international partners suggest a willingness to find a pragmatic means of ensuring continuity of international agreements in a way that minimises the impact of the UK’s departure on them. A number of third countries have issued statements in support of this approach.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 11/06/2018 16:05:20 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

943134

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Former Members
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many former hon. Members hold (a) paid and (b) unpaid roles within his Department as of 17 July 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	164950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not routinely hold information on career histories of Civil Servants centrally as this would be held by individual recruiting managers or the Government Recruitment Service who run recruitment competitions. Selection for appointment to the Civil Service, as a permanent Civil Servant, is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/RPApril2015.pdf" target="_blank">http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/RPApril2015.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the recruitment of special advisers is set out in the special advisers’ code available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579768/code-of-conduct-special-advisers-dec-2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579768/code-of-conduct-special-advisers-dec-2016.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Special Advisers are bound by the standards of integrity and honesty as set out in the Civil Service Code but are exempt from the general requirement that Civil Servants should be appointed through an open competition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman attachment 1 file name RPApril2015.pdf title Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles 2 file name code-of-conduct-special-advisers-dec-2016.pdf title special advisers’ code question first answered 26/07/2018 13:50:05 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

896440

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many leak enquiries his Department has undertaken in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	140584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The leak of any Government information or material is not acceptable and the Government takes such incidents very seriously.</p><p> </p><p>It has been the policy of successive Governments not to comment on security matters other than in exceptional circumstances when it is in the public interest to do so.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 11/05/2018 09:58:34 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

947432

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: European Round Table of Industrialists
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings have taken place between officials of his Department and representatives of the European Round Table of Industrialists since July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
	uin	167924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the Department continue to engage with business in the UK and across Europe to explain our approach for a principled Brexit, and ensure that we can draw on business insight to deliver a pragmatic one.</p><p>The previous Secretary of State met the European Roundtable of Industrialists in January 2018, and again with the Prime Minister in May of this year. Official-led engagement has supplemented this engagement.</p><p>Details of these engagements, along with all other ministerial and senior official engagements, is available through the quarterly transparency returns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 04/09/2018 16:48:41 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

910352

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 January and 31 March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	147378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Between 1 January and 31 March 2018 the Secretary of State met Chris Jones, Chief Scientific Adviser at DExEU, four times. It should be noted that this is a dual role combined with his position as the Director of Justice, Security and Migration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 11/06/2018 15:57:14 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

947434

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Business
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings with representatives of businesses headquartered (a) outside the UK and (b) within the UK have been arranged by his Department's Directorate of Communications and Stakeholders since July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
	uin	167925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials continue to engage across all sectors of the economy.</p><p>Since the Department was established Ministers have had over 500 engagements with stakeholders, many of which have significant international operations. In addition, the Ministerial team has undertaken 72 visits to Member States since July 2016, many of which have included engagements with businesses in those countries.</p><p>All engagements are listed in the quarterly transparency returns.</p><p>Ministers and officials will continue to engage broadly across the UK and internationally so that we can achieve a deal that is in the mutual interest of both sides.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 04/09/2018 16:50:26 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones