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783206

	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We are considering our future trading relationships with a broad range of partners as we prepare to leave the EU. The UK remains committed to ensuring developing countries can reduce poverty through enhanced trading opportunities. The Government’s priority is to deliver continuity in our trading arrangements, including with developing countries. We will seek to transition existing Economic Partnership Agreements with African, and also Pacific and Caribbean, countries and regions. We will establish a unilateral trade preference scheme which will, as a minimum, provide the same level of access to around 70 developing countries as the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences.</p>
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1307298

	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>HM Government respects the rights of both parties to pursue the legal options available to them and we note the award made by the arbitral tribunal in the case brought by Cairn Energy under the United Kingdom-India Bilateral Investment Treaty. HM Government is not a party to these legal proceedings, so it would be inappropriate to comment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade continues to provide support to any British investor seeking investment opportunities in India.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1311060

	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We note the award made by the arbitral tribunal in the case brought by Cairn Energy against the Government of India under the United Kingdom-India Bilateral Investment Treaty.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government is not a party to this dispute, but we hope that the case can be resolved.</p>
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1003817

	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In the past 12 months the Department for International Trade (DIT) has undertaken restructuring in overseas missions to generate efficiencies, and ensure we have the requisite capacity and capability to deliver our departmental objectives across the global network. This restructuring activity has, in some locations, included redundancies.</p><p>There are a range of circumstances where staff in DIT would be offered a reduced salary. A reduction in salary may result when staff members reduce their hours of work, accept a role at a lower grade or move from a role where London pay ranges apply to one where National pay ranges apply.</p>
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1003823

	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department delegated budgets to Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioners (HMTCs) for the first time in 2018-19. There are 9 HMTCs across 9 overseas regions. The budgets include the costs of locally engaged staff, non-pay related expenditure and devolved marketing expenditure in each of the regions. The total budget delegated at the beginning of the 2018 financial year was £59.2m and spend at the end of October 2018 was £29.8m.</p>
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1010214

	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The number of employees of the Department for International Trade in each of the last three years is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>31 October 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 October 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 October 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>a) Non-EU Countries</p></td><td><p>952</p></td><td><p>1,106</p></td><td><p>1,071</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b) EU Countries</p></td><td><p>1,236</p></td><td><p>1,881</p></td><td><p>2,156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c) Greece</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>d) Italy</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table above includes all DIT employees who are paid via DIT payroll, UKEF employees paid via the UKEF payroll and staff who are working overseas and paid via the FCO payroll and then recharged to DIT at each of the reference dates.</p><p> </p><p>The number of employees included in the totals for EU Countries includes those based in the UK, Greece and Italy.</p>
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1129212

	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for International Trade Defence and Security Organisation (DIT DSO) does not subsidise the defence industry.</p>
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray