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1381353

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2021
	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: Senior Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many senior civil servants employed by her Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1 March 2019, (b) 1 March 2020, (c) 1 March 2021 and (d) 1 September 2021.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Robert Largan
	uin	80499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>Senior Civil Servants employed by Department for International Trade based in 12 NUTS1 UK regions in March 2019, March 2020, March 2021 and September 2021 are detailed in the attached.</p><p>These figures are represented as Headcount (e.g., count of individuals). These figures provide information on domestic payroll staff only. These figures do not include those on Loan from Other Government Departments (OGDs) who remain on their home departments payroll, Contractors, Military staff, Individuals on secondment from other organisations, those who are on loan or secondment out of DIT, on unpaid special leave or career break. UK Export Finance are not included in the above figures. UKEF figures are below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>Mar-21</p></td><td><p>Sep-21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East (England)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humberside</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Counts of less than five have been supressed and totals for each month not shown in order to prevent individuals from being identified, as guided by the Office for National Statistics guidance.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/12/2021 17:15:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name SCS staff.docx title SCS staff (Headcount)
	tabling member	4852 label Biography information for Robert Largan

1353475

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Pitcairn Islands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July to Question 28135 on Department for International Trade: Treaties, whether she has (a) sought and (b) received legal advice on the possible inclusion of the Pitcairn Islands in the UK’s application for accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	44264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The UK is responsible for the international relations of all UK Overseas Territories, including the Pitcairn Islands, and will seek legal advice if, and where, appropriate as negotiations with trading partners progress.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/09/2021 11:19:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1354896

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Legal Profession: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the effect on long-term trends in imports of UK legal services in (a) cash and (b) percentage terms of the (i) free trade agreement with (A) Australia, (B) New Zealand and (C) Japan and (ii) UK's accession to the CPTPP.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	48171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>Legal services are crucial to the UK economy, contributing £29.2 billion (1.6%) to the UK’s gross value added (GVA) in 2020. The published assessments for these agreements assess the potential long-term impact on GVA for all business services, however they do not include a breakdown of the potential impact on legal services imports.</p><p>To support UK success in this sector, the Department for International Trade is seeking ambitious commitments in its Free Trade Agreements on cross-border trade in services, investment, mobility, and digital trade. This will reduce trade barriers, providing certainty and transparency for UK businesses, including legal services suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/09/2021 09:38:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1354981

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2021
	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: Overseas Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff of her Department were based in EU countries in each of the last three years; if she will publish how many such staff were based in each country; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	48132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>Headcount as of 31<sup>st</sup> March for those staff working for the Department for International Trade in each of the 27 EU member states for each of the last three years is set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>306</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The above includes both UK Based Staff working overseas and Country Based Staff employed in country.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade publishes all workforce transparency returns required by the Cabinet Office. This does not currently include how many staff are based in each country as this number can vary depending on joiners, movers and leavers each month.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/09/2021 09:42:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1355859

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	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: Flags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which companies have supplied Union Jack flags to her Department since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	50061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>Union Jack flags flown by the Department’s buildings were supplied by:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Flag Consultancy</li><li>House of Flags</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Department’s ceremonial Union Jack flags were supplied by;</p><p> </p><ul><li>JW Plant – The Flag Company</li></ul> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/09/2021 13:46:48 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1355860

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	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: Flags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many and what proportion of Union Jack flags purchased by her Department in each of the last two years were manufactured in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	50062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>There were 14 Union Jack flags purchased in the last two years for use by the Department, all of which were manufactured in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/09/2021 13:47:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1355912

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	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 Remedies Authority: Reviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the timetable will be for the review of the Trade Remedies Authority, committed to in May 2021; and what the terms of reference are for that review.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	49975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is working closely with the Trade Remedies Authority to make sure the review is concluded as soon as possible, in accordance with the Written Ministerial Statement of 30<sup>th</sup> June.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/09/2021 13:02:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1356790

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Dispute Resolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has commissioned legal advice under her Department's contracts with (a) TLT LLP, (b) McDermott Will & Emery LLP or (c) Borden Ladner Gervais LLP on the potential effect of the Government's proposals to ban online adverts for foods high in fat, sugar and salt on the UK's exposure to Investor State Dispute Settlement claims under the provisions of Chapter 9 of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, including the currently suspended provisions of that chapter.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	51633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2021 answer text <p>Acceding to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will not prevent the UK regulating in the public interest. CPTPP explicitly reaffirms states' right to regulate under international law. It also protects this right through numerous safeguards, including procedural provisions to minimise the impacts of frivolous and unsuccessful Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) claims faced by states.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 51634 51635 51636 question first answered 30/09/2021 11:06:28 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1356791

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Dispute Resolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has commissioned legal advice under her Department's contracts with (a) TLT LLP, (b) McDermott Will & Emery LLP or (c) Borden Ladner Gervais LLP on the potential effect of the Government’s review of football governance, ownership and financial sustainability and any policies that may arise from that review on the UK's exposure to Investor State Dispute Settlement claims under the provisions of Chapter 9 of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, including the currently suspended provisions of that chapter.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	51634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2021 answer text <p>Acceding to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will not prevent the UK regulating in the public interest. CPTPP explicitly reaffirms states' right to regulate under international law. It also protects this right through numerous safeguards, including procedural provisions to minimise the impacts of frivolous and unsuccessful Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) claims faced by states.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 51633 51635 51636 question first answered 30/09/2021 11:06:28 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1356792

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Dispute Resolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has commissioned legal advice under her Department's contracts with (a) TLT LLP, (b) McDermott Will & Emery LLP or (c) Borden Ladner Gervais LLP on the potential effect of (i) the review of the Gambling Act 2005 and (ii) any changes to gambling legislation that may arise from that review on the UK's exposure to Investor State Dispute Settlement claims under the provisions of Chapter 9 of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, including the currently suspended provisions of that chapter.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	51635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2021 answer text <p>Acceding to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will not prevent the UK regulating in the public interest. CPTPP explicitly reaffirms states' right to regulate under international law. It also protects this right through numerous safeguards, including procedural provisions to minimise the impacts of frivolous and unsuccessful Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) claims faced by states.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 51633 51634 51636 question first answered 30/09/2021 11:06:28 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry