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1491026

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Racal Acoustics: Export Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of Open Individual Export Licence (OIEL) applications are not concluded after 120 working days as of 20 July 2022; and what estimate she has made of when Racal Acoustics Limited will receive a response to its OIEL application.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	40730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>Of the Open Individual Export Licence (OIEL) applications completed between 1<sup>st</sup> January 2021 and 31<sup>st</sup> March 2022 - the latest date for which licensing statistics have been published - 73.5% of OIEL applications were concluded within 120 working days. All other applications will be concluded as quickly as possible.</p><p>­</p><p>Racal’s OIEL application has been concluded.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 27/09/2022 14:11:21 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1491333

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	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 Agreements: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department has made towards negotiating a bilateral free trade agreement with Israel.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	41989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>On 20<sup>th</sup> July, we launched negotiations between the United Kingdom and Israel for an upgraded, innovation-focused Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with services at its heart.</p><p> </p><p>The first round of negotiations with Israel were completed in September.</p><p> </p><p>An upgraded FTA with Israel will cement our relationship with a rapidly growing economy, taking our trading relationship to the next level.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 27/09/2022 10:42:17 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1503411

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Sanctions: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to help prevent any goods looted by Russian forces in Ukraine that have entered non-combatant countries being imported into the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	45086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The government has announced the strongest set of economic sanctions ever imposed against a major economy, to help cripple Putin’s war machine. These measures have been implemented in coordination with our international allies and include a comprehensive set of actions targeting imports on a range of Russian military, energy-sector and revenue generating goods.</p><p> </p><p>Such measures include the prohibition of all imports consigned from or originating in non-government controlled Ukrainian territory. This means that even if the immediate location the goods were shipped from was not non-government controlled Ukrainian territory, the prohibition would still apply.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 26/09/2022 10:57:21 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1503881

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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 Agreements: Faroe Islands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what legal advice she has received on whether the Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Denmark in respect of the Faroe Islands (CP 32) presented to Parliament in February 2019 is compatible with the UK’s commitments to protecting animal welfare and in particular with the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	45527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>We have not received legal advice on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 27/09/2022 09:48:38 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1504368

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent on energy in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	46124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department has spent the following on energy in the last three financial years:-</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2019-2020 - £918,000</p><p>2020-2021 - £428,000</p><p>2021-2022 - £308,000</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 26/09/2022 13:40:48 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1504441

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Coffee: Import Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether any tariffs apply to imports of processed coffee as of 2 September 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	45863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>Coffee tariffs range between 0.00% and 8.00% depending on characteristics such as whether the coffee is roasted or decaffeinated and they apply to imports that do not qualify for preferential treatment, for example under a Free Trade Agreement or through the UK Generalised Scheme of Preference (GSP). Businesses can check which tariffs apply to their goods on the Online Tariff Tool (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff</a>).</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 27/09/2022 09:58:14 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1504982

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	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 Agreements: Japan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Answer of 18 May 2021 to Question 146 on Trade Agreements: Japan, whether she plans to correct her Department’s declaration of ministerial travel published on 7 May 2021 to reflect the cost to the public purse of her predecessor’s subsistence and expenses excluding travel when visiting Japan in October 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	47399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>Ministerial transparency returns publish costs incurred specifically by departmental Ministers. This uses a different methodology than asked in the subsequent parliamentary questions, about the overall cost to the public purse.</p><p> </p><p>There were some ancillary costs incurred by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) overseas embassy team (billed separately), related to the costs incurred by the Department for International Trade (DIT). This included the cost of translation services.</p><p> </p><p>In the interests of transparency, the Department will update the DIT return with the subsequent ancillary FCDO costs.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 27/09/2022 15:54:05 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1505014

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	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: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many payments were fraudulently charged to the budgets of (a) her Department and (b) UK Export Finance using electronic purchasing cards in the financial years (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21 and (iii) 2021-22; and what was the total value of fraudulent payments (A) made and (B) recovered in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	47426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) had a single case of fraud in 2020-21 of £986.98 which DIT recovered the full amount of from the card provider, Barclaycard. DIT fraud and error losses are published in the Cross-Government Fraud Landscape report which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-bulletin-2019-20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-bulletin-2019-20</a></p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 27/09/2022 09:17:48 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1505063

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Developing Countries Trading Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department’s announcement of the updated Developing Countries Trading Scheme on 15 August, which product lines were raised at least once by respondents to the consultation with reference over concerns of preference erosion for Least Developed Countries.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	47474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The Developing Countries Trading Scheme is one of the most generous trade preferences schemes in the world and provides duty free access on everything but arms to Least Developed Counties.</p><p> </p><p>During the consultation into the scheme in 2021, the majority of respondents that raised the issue of preference erosion for Least Developed Countries did not specify individual product lines of concern. Those that did, highlighted the following product lines: cocoa, sugar and bananas.</p><p> </p><p>Tariffs remain unchanged for non-Least Developed Countries within the scheme on these product lines.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge grouped question UIN 47475 question first answered 26/09/2022 14:57:10 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1505064

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Developing Countries Trading Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to her Department’s announcement of the updated Developing Countries Trading Scheme on 15 August 2022, which product lines continue to have tariffs for Low Income Countries and Lower-Middle Income Countries to avoid preference erosion for Least Developed Countries.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	47475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The Developing Countries Trading Scheme is one of the most generous trade preferences schemes in the world and provides duty free access on everything but arms to Least Developed Counties.</p><p> </p><p>During the consultation into the scheme in 2021, the majority of respondents that raised the issue of preference erosion for Least Developed Countries did not specify individual product lines of concern. Those that did, highlighted the following product lines: cocoa, sugar and bananas.</p><p> </p><p>Tariffs remain unchanged for non-Least Developed Countries within the scheme on these product lines.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge grouped question UIN 47474 question first answered 26/09/2022 14:57:10 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry