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1506692

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	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, whether her Department is taking steps to provide financial support to companies whose export trade is affected by the sanctions on Russia.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	51775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has expanded its Export Support Service (ESS) to act as a single point of enquiry for businesses and traders with questions relating to the situation in Ukraine and Russia. Any business that has questions about trading with Ukraine or Russia, can visit <a href="https://www.gov.uk/ask-export-support-team" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/ask-export-support-team</a>, or call our helpline using the number <strong>0300 303 8955</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>DIT continues to support business and traders financially. The UK Export Finance programmes aim to ensure no viable export fails due to lack of finance. Exporters can also apply for the Internationalisation Fund, with 70% allocated outside of London.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 28/09/2022 14:31:16 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1505421

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Somaliland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she is taking steps to increase trade between the UK and Somaliland.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	48523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade’s Export Support Service provide specialist overseas support to small-and-medium-sized UK enterprises looking to export and grow in African markets, including Somaliland. The free support service, which is offered to high export potential businesses, entails tailored consultations with in-market specialists and off-the-shelf market intelligence on specific sectors and country markets. Since launching the service in Africa in August 2021, the team have serviced three enquiries from UK businesses needing support in exporting into Somaliland.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, through British International Investment, the UK has made a significant investment in the development of Berbera Port.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 28/09/2022 15:52:03 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1519260

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Bitumens: Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, in the context of the war in Ukraine, what discussions her Department has had about obtaining bitumen from non-Russian sources.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	59507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Bitumen is in the trade sanctions for Russia (under oil products). It is a by-product of oil refining and is a product that has been supplied to the UK from a number of countries. The Government regularly engages with firms in the construction sector about the supply of products, and the supply of bitumen from non-Russian sources has not been raised as a concern. In particular, National Highways has been working with its supply chain to confirm compliance with sanctions and to ensure ongoing certainty of supply.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 21/10/2022 10:41:14 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1522740

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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 Promotion: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress the Government has made on the recruitment of Export Champions for Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	64388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has recruited six Export Champions for Northern Ireland. Pending final appointment processes, the Export Champions will be announced in due course. Further Export Champions for Northern Ireland may be appointed at a later date.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 25/10/2022 11:38:59 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1504163

	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	UK Export Finance: Fossil Fuels
	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 HMG Policy of March 2021 on aligning UK international support for the clean energy transition, how many times since March 2021 has UK Export Finance provided export support under the exemptions allowed in UKEF's fossil fuel policy and which categories out of the five listed for grouping the exemptions were used.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	45767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>To date UK Export Finance has not provided support for any transactions under the five exemptions listed in Part A of the guidance on implementing HMG’s policy on aligning international support for the clean energy transition.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 28/09/2022 13:30:51 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1505396

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Food: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government's Open Doors campaign to increasing British food and drink exports.
	tabling member constituency	Bosworth
	tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
	uin	48503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Open Doors campaign formed a key part of our work to help UK agriculture food and drink businesses seize new export opportunities. The programme of educational masterclass and mentoring programmes engaged over 100 food producers. The campaign highlighted the help available to companies from government and the wider industry network.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to support agriculture food and drink exports through Department for International Trade (DIT) services such as the Export Support Service, the Export Academy, UK Export Finance, our International Trade Advisers across England and DIT teams in all parts of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 28/09/2022 16:26:54 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
	tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1506295

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	UK Export Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of UK Export Finance in supporting UK businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	49623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>British businesses have been helped to export to 61 countries around the world over the past year with £7.4 billion of government support through UK Export Finance – providing a significant boost to jobs and the UK economy.</p><p> </p><p>This support has helped 545 companies directly (of whom 81% were small and medium sized enterprises), and thousands more indirectly in supply chains. During that year, UK Export Finance supported around 72,000 UK jobs. UK Export Finance provided £33 billion of support to UK exporters during the period 2017/18 to 2021/22. UK Export Finance was recently named the world’s best ECA at the International TFG Trade Awards 2022.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 29/09/2022 11:01:10 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1484267

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Carbon Emissions
	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 inward investment results published on 28 June 2022, how many of the (a) 1,131 involved FDI projects recorded in 2020-21 and (b) 1,174 involved FDI projects recorded in 2021-22 have been verified as net-zero investments aligned to the ten point plan for a green industrial revolution.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	26722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>Recently released statistics show the Department for International Trade (DIT) supported inward investment that contributes to the Government’s green industrial revolution agenda. These statistics can be found by accessing <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/department-for-international-trade-inward-investment-results-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/department-for-international-trade-inward-investment-results-2021-to-2022</a></p><p> </p><p>This shows that DIT supported nearly £13 billion of net zero aligned foreign investment in the financial year 2021 to 2022, creating almost 9,000 new jobs.</p><p> </p><p>A previous DIT publication related to the green industrial revolution agenda can be found by accessing</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/net-zero-related-inward-investment-in-the-uk-18-november-2020-to-24-september-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/net-zero-related-inward-investment-in-the-uk-18-november-2020-to-24-september-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>This shows that since the 10 Point Plan was announced on 18 November 2020 to 24 September 2021, DIT supported £2.6 billion worth of net zero aligned foreign investment, creating nearly 3,000 new jobs.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh grouped question UIN 26723 26724 question first answered 06/10/2022 14:12:44 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh previous answer version 10758 answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer answering member 4004
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1484268

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Carbon Emissions
	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 inward investment results published on 28 June 2022, how many of the (a) 47,784 new jobs created in 2020-21 and (b) 72,906 new jobs created in 2021-22 related to involved FDI projects verified as net-zero investments aligned to the ten point plan for a green industrial revolution.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	26723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>Recently released statistics show the Department for International Trade (DIT) supported inward investment that contributes to the Government’s green industrial revolution agenda. These statistics can be found by accessing <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/department-for-international-trade-inward-investment-results-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/department-for-international-trade-inward-investment-results-2021-to-2022</a></p><p> </p><p>This shows that DIT supported nearly £13 billion of net zero aligned foreign investment in the financial year 2021 to 2022, creating almost 9,000 new jobs.</p><p> </p><p>A previous DIT publication related to the green industrial revolution agenda can be found by accessing</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/net-zero-related-inward-investment-in-the-uk-18-november-2020-to-24-september-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/net-zero-related-inward-investment-in-the-uk-18-november-2020-to-24-september-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>This shows that since the 10 Point Plan was announced on 18 November 2020 to 24 September 2021, DIT supported £2.6 billion worth of net zero aligned foreign investment, creating nearly 3,000 new jobs.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh grouped question UIN 26722 26724 question first answered 06/10/2022 14:12:44 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh previous answer version 10760 answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer answering member 4004
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1484269

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Carbon Emissions
	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 inward investment results published on 28 June 2022, how many of the (a) 16,174 jobs safeguarded in 2020-21 and (b) 6,665 jobs safeguarded in 2021-22 related to involved FDI projects verified as net-zero investments aligned to the ten point plan for a green industrial revolution.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	26724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>Recently released statistics show the Department for International Trade (DIT) supported inward investment that contributes to the Government’s green industrial revolution agenda. These statistics can be found by accessing <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/department-for-international-trade-inward-investment-results-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/department-for-international-trade-inward-investment-results-2021-to-2022</a></p><p> </p><p>This shows that DIT supported nearly £13 billion of net zero aligned foreign investment in the financial year 2021 to 2022, creating almost 9,000 new jobs.</p><p> </p><p>A previous DIT publication related to the green industrial revolution agenda can be found by accessing</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/net-zero-related-inward-investment-in-the-uk-18-november-2020-to-24-september-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/net-zero-related-inward-investment-in-the-uk-18-november-2020-to-24-september-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>This shows that since the 10 Point Plan was announced on 18 November 2020 to 24 September 2021, DIT supported £2.6 billion worth of net zero aligned foreign investment, creating nearly 3,000 new jobs.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh grouped question UIN 26722 26723 question first answered 06/10/2022 14:12:44 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh previous answer version 10757 answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer answering member 4004
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry