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	registered interest
	date	05/04/2017
	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	Brexit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the similarities in land border issues to be taken into consideration in relation to (1) Spain and Gibraltar, and (2) Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, in the forthcoming negotiations with the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Eames
	uin	HL6672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p><br>We have been engaging with the Devolved Administrations, including the Northern Ireland Executive, and Gibraltar to understand their priorities and interests, and will continue to involve them as we enter negotiations.<br><br>We have established a Joint Ministerial Committee (European Union Negotiations) for the Devolved Administrations, and are engaging with Gibraltar through the new Joint Ministerial Committee (Gibraltar European Union Negotiations). The latter will allow us to take account of the particular interests that Gibraltar has, given that the EU Treaties apply to a large extent in Gibraltar, with some exceptions (for example, Gibraltar is not part of the Customs Union).<br><br>Regarding the Common Travel Area between the United Kingdom and Ireland, there is a strong commitment between the United Kingdom government, the Irish government and the Northern Ireland Executive to protect the current arrangement. We will work with the new Northern Ireland Executive, the Irish Government and the Crown Dependencies to deliver a practical solution that allows for the maintenance of the Common Travel Area, while protecting the integrity of the United Kingdom’s immigration system.<br><br>We understand the importance of a well functioning Gibraltar-Spain border, and stand ready to work with the Government of Gibraltar and the Government of Spain to ensure the border continues to function well. <br><br></p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 24/04/2017 11:46:09 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

972401

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	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 staff (a) are employed directly by (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract to his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	174123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I can confirm that all staff directly employed by the Department for Exiting the European Union are paid in line with the Government’s National Living Wage. All staff are based in London and are paid in line with the living wage, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department is recruiting the brightest and the best from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector. The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 650 staff. We will not be providing a running commentary as recruitment is ongoing and numbers are regularly changing.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/10/2018 11:06:16 question first ministerially corrected 09/10/2018 12:47:06 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris previous answer version 77105 answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1013203

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	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	EU Budget: Contributions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any final financial settlement with the EU resulting from Brexit will represent the UK's accumulated obligations; and if so, how much the accumulated obligations represent; and whether they will publish a breakdown of those obligations.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL11763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p><strong></strong>We have agreed a fair financial settlement with the EU as part of the draft Withdrawal Agreement which reflects the UK paying its share of the outstanding EU commitments made during the period of our membership. Our estimate, based on reasonable assumptions and publically available data, falls within the range of £35bn-£39bn, and the National Audit Office confirmed in April 2018 that these assumptions were reasonable.</p><p>Details of the basis on which that figure was reached can be found in the draft Withdrawal Agreement, published on November 14th, 2018. The Chancellor of the Exchequer also provided details to the Treasury Select Committee in January 2018, including a breakdown of the components of the settlement.</p><p> </p><p><strong><strong></strong><br></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 06/12/2018 16:53:30 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

582150

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	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 (a) consultants and (b) seconded staff (i) are working or (ii) have been recruited to work at his Department; and from which (A) companies, (B) departments and (C) other organisations such staff were recruited or seconded.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	45944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p><strong>Consultants</strong></p><p>The Department has drawn upon a number of offers of pro bono support from consultancy firms.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Secondments</strong></p><p>There are currently five secondees to the Department from external bodies outside of the civil service. Due to the small numbers of secondments from individual organisations, it is not possible to give a breakdown of all the organisations from which they were seconded, without risking identification of individuals in breach of data protection rules.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Other Departments</strong></p><p>The Department will be made up of staff and officials from various departments across Government. The Department has already started drawing together expertise with staff from around 20 Departments and organisations from across Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 15/09/2016 15:24:09 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

747616

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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	Brexit: Judgements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, when he plans to disclose the cost of the Supreme Court case R (on the application of Miller and another) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	2403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p><strong>Details of the costs associated with the Article 50 case will be published in due course.</strong></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 06/07/2017 16:04:23 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

692437

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, when he plans to respond to the letter of 1 June 2016 relating to a mock vote in the House originally addressed to the then Prime Minister, which was transferred to his Department and then to the Department for Exiting the European Union, which has declined to reply to the correspondence as it pre-dates that Department's existence.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	64790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p><strong>I refer the honourable member to the letter sent to her office on 27 February by the Leader of the House of Commons, and reiterate the apologies in that letter for the delay related to the changes in Ministry of Government. </strong></p> answering member constituency Clwyd West answering member printed Mr David Jones question first answered 28/02/2017 13:36:42 answering member 1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

731275

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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: Annual Reports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, when he plans to publish his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	31
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p><strong>The Department for Exiting the European Union intends to publish its 2016-17 Annual Report and Accounts before the House rises for the summer recess.</strong></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 28/06/2017 12:31:51 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

731258

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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 staff are employed by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p><strong>The Department is recruiting the brightest and the best from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector. The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 450 staff, and is growing fast. </strong></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 28/06/2017 12:33:53 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

577687

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	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: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish a breakdown of the costs incurred in the creation of his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	45582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p><strong>The new Department for Exiting the European Union is properly resourced. Detailed work is underway to establish the final budget required and this will be voted on and published as part of the Supplementary Estimate process. </strong></p> answering member constituency Clwyd West answering member printed Mr David Jones question first answered 14/09/2016 16:07:05 answering member 1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

577686

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of employing nationals of other EU member states in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	45403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p><strong>There has been no change to the rights and status of EU nationals in the UK, or of British citizens in the EU, as a result of the referendum. The Department for Exiting the European Union is assessing the skills needed for the department, the right security protocols, and relative merits of potential employees in line with usual practice. </strong></p> answering member constituency Clwyd West answering member printed Mr David Jones question first answered 14/09/2016 16:01:57 answering member 1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias