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573682

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on legal advice related to the UK voting to leave the EU from (a) the Government Legal Service and (b) external legal firms; and how much he plans to spend on such advice over the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
	uin	44595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not spent anything on external legal advice related to the UK voting to leave the EU. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 13:57:22 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg

574230

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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: Legal Opinion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how much his Department has spent to date on legal advice from (a) the Government Legal Department and (b) external legal firms; and how much he plans to spend on such advice in the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
	uin	44732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The department is currently assessing the overall requirement for legal advice and the associated funding requirement over the next 12 months . To date the department has incurred an estimated total of £256,000 in fixed fee legal advice with the Government Legal Department and a further £12,711 in relation to additional billed fees and disbursements. No spend has been incurred in relation to external legal firms.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd West answering member printed Mr David Jones question first answered 07/09/2016 16:58:18 answering member 1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones
	tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg

574233

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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: Secondment
	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 staff are on secondment to his Department from the private sector; from which companies such staff have been seconded; what roles they perform; and what the cost to the public purse will be of such secondment.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
	uin	44735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The department has not incurred any spend in relation to consultants since it was created. Detailed work is underway to establish the budget required to fulfil the functions, set-up and responsibilities of the Department.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd West answering member printed Mr David Jones grouped question UIN 44734 question first answered 07/09/2016 16:59:35 answering member 1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones
	tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg

574234

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how much his Department has spent to date on consultants; and how much he plans to spend on consultants in the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
	uin	44734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The department has not incurred any spend in relation to consultants since it was created. Detailed work is underway to establish the budget required to fulfil the functions, set-up and responsibilities of the Department.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd West answering member printed Mr David Jones grouped question UIN 44735 question first answered 07/09/2016 16:59:35 answering member 1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones
	tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg

574232

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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: Staff
	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 additional employees he plans to hire from outside the Civil Service; what roles such employees will perform; over what timescale such employees will be employed; and what the cost to the public purse will be of such employment.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
	uin	44733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The department has already started drawing together expertise from a wide range of civil service departments where there is specific relevant knowledge. Plans for recruiting from outside of the Civil Service are being considered and detailed work is underway to establish the Department’s future budget requirements, including for external recruitment.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd West answering member printed Mr David Jones question first answered 07/09/2016 17:00:49 answering member 1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones
	tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg

574227

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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 additional employees he plans to hire from outside the civil service for the purposes of negotiating or renegotiating trade deals as a result of the decision to leave the EU; in what roles such employees will be deployed; over what timescale their deployment will take place; and what the cost to the public purse will be of their deployment.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
	uin	44713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has already established a strong and capable trade policy team with significant negotiating experience. The team has more than doubled in size since 23 June and is still growing. On 8th of September, my rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced an open and fair competition to recruit a new Permanent Secretary to lead the Department. We will continue to hire the brightest and best talent from within the UK civil service and from elsewhere in order to deliver the best outcomes for the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/09/2016 14:58:03 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg

574228

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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: Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the resources required by his Department to negotiate or renegotiate trade deals as a result of the decision to leave the EU in the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
	uin	44711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade already has a strong and capable trade policy team which has more than doubled in size since 23 June. In the next year we will be developing that team to build the world class negotiating strengths needed to deliver the best outcomes for the UK. They will have the depth and breadth of expertise to handle the full range of sectoral and cross-cutting issues that arise in trade agreements, supported by analysts and lawyers.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/09/2016 15:13:21 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg

574094

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff working on matters related to the EU are on secondment to his Department from the private sector; from which companies such staff are seconded; what roles such staff have in his Department; and what the cost to the public purse will be of such secondment.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
	uin	44710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 44709 44712 question first answered 12/09/2016 13:28:02 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg

574096

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many additional employees he plans to hire from outside the Civil Service for the purposes of managing the process of leaving the EU; in what roles those employees will be deployed; over what timescale those employees will be under contract; and what the cost to the public purse such employment will involve.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
	uin	44709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 44710 44712 question first answered 12/09/2016 13:28:02 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg

574226

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff are on secondment to his Department from the private sector; from which companies they are seconded; what roles they perform; and what the cost to the public purse will be of their secondment.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
	uin	44714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Following her appointment on 13 July 2016 the Prime Minister established the Department for International Trade (DIT). The DIT aggregates UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), UK Export and Finance (UKEF), Trade Policy Units from the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy (BEIS), as well as some new hires.</p><p> </p><p>Until such time as a transfer of functions order establishes the Secretary of State as a corporation sole, DIT remains a unified Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy (BEIS) department for accounting purposes.</p><p> </p><p>Since the department was formed in July there have been no secondees appointed from the Private Sector. Secondees previously in post with syndicate organisations have moved across to DIT on legacy terms as tabled below. These are seconded from a number of companies and occupy different roles across the department and across grades.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>DIT Secondees</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Monthly Costs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trade Policy &amp; Ministerial (BEIS)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>International Trade &amp; Investment (UKTI)</p></td><td><p>*12</p></td><td><p>£14,299.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Export Finance</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>£14,299.27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* The majority of secondees are funded by seconding companies. Costs are based on collective monthly salaries of DIT funded secondees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 12/09/2016 15:52:26 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg