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1139327

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what development outcomes his Department has set for the aid-funded Investment Promotion Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	277826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The Investment Promotion Programme (IPP) is intended to deliver the following outcomes in selected countries:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Sustainable job creation in decent work as defined by the International Labour Organisation (ILO)</li><li>Development of vital skills and technology transfer, leading to gains in productivity</li><li>Improvements in infrastructure and business integrity, leading to spillover effects across the economy.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In the long term these outcomes are expected to increase incomes and improve living standards for local populations, including women.</p><p> </p><p>The IPP is currently in design and inception phase, more details of anticipated outcomes will be published in the Final Business Case.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:46:22 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1139329

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Investment: Public Private Partnerships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what analysis his Department conducted on the effectiveness of public private partnerships before it rolled out the Investment Promotion Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	277828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) carried out extensive research of the evidence on the effectiveness of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) as part of the appraisal of the programme. This included evidence from the World Economic Forum, the World Bank and the International Financial Corporation (IFC) that showed that PPPs can produce effective development outcomes and offer value for money. DIT analysts will be producing internal analysis on all pillars of the programme which will be published as part of the Final Business Case.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:49:36 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1140426

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	279054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of staff in the Department for International Trade (DIT) (including UK Export Finance) who have self-reported as BAME on departmental systems, as at 30 June 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of staff who have self-reported as BAME (30 June 2019)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 (SCS1)</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 (SCS2)</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>As ethnic minority staff remain underrepresented at senior levels across the Civil Service, ambitious targets were set in June 2018 to increase the flow of ethnic minority civil servants into the SCS. By 2025, we aim for 13.2% of new SCS starters to be from an ethnic minority background across the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p>In DIT, 24% of new SCS starters since April 2017 are BAME.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:35:21 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140820

	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 Remedies Authority: 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 worked for the Trade Remedies Authority as of July 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	280256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2019 answer text <ul><li>The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) will be a non-departmental independent public body and will be established with the passing of the Trade Bill. Before that happens, and to provide certainty to UK businesses that they will not be exposed to injury from unfair trade practices, the Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate has been temporarily established within DIT to make assessments and recommendations in a respect of a trade remedy measure.</li><li>There are currently (23<sup>rd</sup> July 2019) 104 staff working for Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate and these will transfer to the TRA once it has been established.</li></ul> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 01/08/2019 11:43:40 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1140821

	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 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