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830135

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Trade Promotion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the level of business interest in the great.gov.uk digital platform.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	124814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>Great.gov.uk is a digital platform with a suite of digital tools built to help UK businesses expand their reach overseas and secure their place on the global stage.</p><p>UK and overseas marketing activity and DIT’s commercial partnerships are used to promote the platform.</p><p>In the 14 months since great.gov.uk was launched in November 2016, great.gov.uk has been visited by nearly 2.8 million unique users. Of these:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Invest tool, which promotes the UK as an obvious destination for inward investment, has received over 764,000 online visits with over 1,200 enquiries</li><li>The Export Opportunities tool has received over 67,000 responses from UK businesses to 13,000 published export opportunities, which have been gathered and published by our network of in-post Embassy and High Commission trade experts, as well as overseas partner stakeholders</li><li>The Trade Profile tool has published over 2,600 verified UK business profiles, presenting them to a wide network of prospective overseas buyers and partners</li><li>The Export Readiness tool, which went live in December 2017 and helps UK businesses see how export-ready they are, and presents them with tailored information has already been used by 710 companies.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Activity is planned to promote this platform further to the UK and overseas businesses.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/02/2018 11:00:45 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

830137

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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 Trade: Commonwealth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Commonwealth countries on future trade and investment between the UK and Commonwealth countries.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	124815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade regularly engages with his counterparts from Commonwealth countries, including at recent bilateral meetings at the 11th WTO MC11 Ministerial Conference meeting on 11 – 14 December 2017 and at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting on 23 – 26 January.</p><p>Given the importance we place on increasing intra-Commonwealth Trade and Investment and the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London, the Secretary of State and the Ministerial team will continue to have these discussions.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/01/2018 16:49:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

828031

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: India
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many UK arms export licenses have been granted to India in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	123991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>All export licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, known as the Consolidated Criteria, based on the most up-to-date information and analysis available, including reports from NGOs and our overseas network.</p><p>The Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) on export licences granted and refused on GOV.UK and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a></p><p>Currently this includes information up to 30 September 2017. Information covering 1 October to 31 December 2017 will be published in April 2018. The data for 2017 is therefore only available for January – September 2017. The figures for licences granted for military exports are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>India</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Indonesia</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Saudi Arabia</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>626</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>615</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1-Q3 2017</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 123992 123993 question first answered 30/01/2018 10:01:01 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

828032

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Indonesia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many UK arms export licenses have been granted to Indonesia in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	123992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>All export licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, known as the Consolidated Criteria, based on the most up-to-date information and analysis available, including reports from NGOs and our overseas network.</p><p>The Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) on export licences granted and refused on GOV.UK and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a></p><p>Currently this includes information up to 30 September 2017. Information covering 1 October to 31 December 2017 will be published in April 2018. The data for 2017 is therefore only available for January – September 2017. The figures for licences granted for military exports are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>India</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Indonesia</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Saudi Arabia</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>626</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>615</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1-Q3 2017</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 123991 123993 question first answered 30/01/2018 10:01:01 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

828033

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many UK arms export licenses have been granted to Saudi Arabia in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	123993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>All export licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, known as the Consolidated Criteria, based on the most up-to-date information and analysis available, including reports from NGOs and our overseas network.</p><p>The Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) on export licences granted and refused on GOV.UK and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a></p><p>Currently this includes information up to 30 September 2017. Information covering 1 October to 31 December 2017 will be published in April 2018. The data for 2017 is therefore only available for January – September 2017. The figures for licences granted for military exports are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>India</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Indonesia</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Saudi Arabia</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>626</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>615</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1-Q3 2017</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 123991 123992 question first answered 30/01/2018 10:01:01 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

824750

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Tradeshow Access Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade of 11 January 2018 official report, column 452, when he plans to publish the budget for 2017-18 for the Trade Access Partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	123551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade does not have a programme called the Trade Access Partnership. This question is being answered in response to the Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP).</p><p>We plan to publish the 2018-19 programme of TAP supported events at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/tradeshow-access-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/tradeshow-access-programme</a> shortly.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/01/2018 17:24:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

823494

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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, who the full members of the Board of Trade are.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	122966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The new Board of Trade is led by the President of the Board of Trade. The Secretaries of State for the Territorial Offices and other Department for International Trade Ministers have a standing invitation to attend the meetings. The work of the Board of Trade is supported by a group of Advisers. A full list of the Advisers to the Board of Trade can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/international-trade-secretary-dr-liam-fox-convenes-a-new-board-of-trade-to-ensure-the-benefits-of-free-trade-are-spread-throughout-the-uk</p><p>The next meeting of the Board of Trade will take place in the first quarter of 2018.</p><p>The purpose of the Board of Trade is to support businesses and spread the benefits of trade and investment to all parts of the United Kingdom by maximising the positive impact of the support that HMG provides to English regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 122967 122969 question first answered 19/01/2018 11:59:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

823495

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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, when the Board of Trade plans next to meet.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	122967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The new Board of Trade is led by the President of the Board of Trade. The Secretaries of State for the Territorial Offices and other Department for International Trade Ministers have a standing invitation to attend the meetings. The work of the Board of Trade is supported by a group of Advisers. A full list of the Advisers to the Board of Trade can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/international-trade-secretary-dr-liam-fox-convenes-a-new-board-of-trade-to-ensure-the-benefits-of-free-trade-are-spread-throughout-the-uk</p><p>The next meeting of the Board of Trade will take place in the first quarter of 2018.</p><p>The purpose of the Board of Trade is to support businesses and spread the benefits of trade and investment to all parts of the United Kingdom by maximising the positive impact of the support that HMG provides to English regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 122966 122969 question first answered 19/01/2018 11:59:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

823498

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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, what the agenda is for the next meeting of the Board of Trade.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	122969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The new Board of Trade is led by the President of the Board of Trade. The Secretaries of State for the Territorial Offices and other Department for International Trade Ministers have a standing invitation to attend the meetings. The work of the Board of Trade is supported by a group of Advisers. A full list of the Advisers to the Board of Trade can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/international-trade-secretary-dr-liam-fox-convenes-a-new-board-of-trade-to-ensure-the-benefits-of-free-trade-are-spread-throughout-the-uk</p><p>The next meeting of the Board of Trade will take place in the first quarter of 2018.</p><p>The purpose of the Board of Trade is to support businesses and spread the benefits of trade and investment to all parts of the United Kingdom by maximising the positive impact of the support that HMG provides to English regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 122966 122967 question first answered 19/01/2018 11:59:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

828621

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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: Technology
	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 exhibitors at the Consumer Electronics Show 2017 that came from (a) the UK, (b) France, (c) the Netherlands, and (d) Israel; and what support his Department provided to exhibitors from the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	124286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is an externally organised event. The Department for International Trade has not made an estimate of companies that attended from France, Israel, and the Netherlands and does not hold data for the Number of UK exhibitors.</p><p>DIT has boosted its support for UK companies exhibiting at CES in 2018, including by supporting more than 50 companies to attend.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/01/2018 17:55:15 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah