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registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Smart Freight system will be available for testing by road haulage drivers.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	100273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to the statement by my right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 23 September, details of external ministerial meetings are published on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a></p><p>Regarding the 'Check an HGV is ready to cross the border' service (formerly known as 'Smart Freight'), I refer to the answer given to<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-21/92707" target="_blank"> PQ 92707.</a></p><p>It is vital businesses, including those who rely on seasonal work, and workers prepare for the end of the Transition Period. That is why the Government has launched a public information campaign to ensure those affected are ready for the changes this will bring.The campaign uses a range of communication channels and events to help employers understand and prepare. Guidance for businesses is available on <a href="http://gov.uk/transition" target="_blank">gov.uk/transition</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 100973 100974 100975 100976 question first answered 13/10/2020 16:57:07 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1401250

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff are temporarily employed in her Department (a) in total and (b) in positions within the senior civil service; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	100394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) interprets ‘Temporarily employed’ staff for the purposes of this response to be those working on DIT objectives under Contingent Labour arrangements. This response does not cover staff on loan from Other Government Departments working on DIT objectives, secondees, Fast Stream employees, Interns, or Fixed Term Appointees.</p><p>A total of 217 staff were employed under Contingent Labour arrangements, of which 19 worked within U.K. Export Finance and 198 within the DIT Ministerial department as of June 2021.</p><p>Of the above, there are 0 Senior Civil Servants currently employed under Contingent Labour arrangements across both U.K. Export Finance and DIT.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/01/2022 16:58:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401251

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish (a) a list of the contracts for consultancy services her Department has issued in each of the last three years, (b) how much each contract cost and (c) the services that were provided.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	100395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk%2FSearch&amp;data=04|01|Dimitri.Vinnikov%40trade.gov.uk|f84616bd7cc1469ea2aa08d9d4fb244f|8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86|0|0|637774997368369171|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D|3000&amp;sdata=Bzc2%2FWcncd9poREUY%2F4rtGMIPh94oKXRFZqM6iugqMg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>. DIT’s consultancy contracts can be found on here which include the maximum value of the contract and the services provided.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/01/2022 16:52:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401252

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the full day by day itinerary of the Minister of State’s visit to the US in December 2021; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	100396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>Between 5 and 15 December I visited California; Atlanta, Georgia; Nashville, Tennessee, Oklahoma City and Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina.</p><p> </p><p>The visit included productive meetings with Governors, Mayors and Agriculture and Economic Development Commissioners. I also met with business leaders from sectors including fintech, and agriculture. These stakeholders had great interest in doing more on trade with the UK, including Memoranda of Understanding agreements, which we are following up.</p><p> </p><p>I also spoke to Members of Congress from other states including Washington State, Pennsylvania, Alabama and Missouri; building bridges for the UK at federal and state level.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/01/2022 11:34:05 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401253

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the activities conducted by each trade envoy since their appointment; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	100397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Programme has 34 Trade Envoys, covering 72 markets, who support the UK Government’s overall strategy to drive economic growth, promote UK trade and encourage inward investment, helping to level up the country. When undertaking their role they meet numerous people, including key government contacts, stakeholders and businesses and undertake to make two visits to their respective market(s) per year, although this varies depending on the market and the commercial opportunities being pursued. A summary of their activity will be published in the Department's annual report.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/01/2022 11:29:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401339

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has had any (a) financial contract and (b) meetings with (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI Consulting and (iii) Fenchurch Advisory Partners in the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	100407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has a contract with Clifford Chance LLP which can be found <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk%2Fnotice%2Fd9e5c99b-0e4d-4d1a-b526-5c46009dba1a%3Forigin%3DSearchResults%26p%3D1&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cparly.pqs%40trade.gov.uk%7C06983fad037f47468a6c08d9d5ce8301%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C637775905200407698%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=U%2BZeyAo5USmpWMwRNglyG0Af%2BYhtl7wO7AMAOQGR20U%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Here</a>. DIT had a number of meetings with Clifford Chance LLP in order to set up this contract and has ongoing meetings to contract manage it. DIT has no financial contract with FTI Consulting and Fenchurch Advisory Partners.</p><p>Since 2015, DIT has interacted with Clifford Chance on at least 65 occasions, FTI Consulting on 97 and Fenchurch Advisory Partners twice. These interactions include meetings with officials and attendance at events.</p><p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p><p>In addition, DIT has previously had meetings with these companies as part of our commitment to working hard to promote Financial Services Trade and Investment, and a Partner from Clifford Chance LLP is a member of one of DIT’s Trade Advisory Groups.</p><p>Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/01/2022 11:16:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401320

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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, Commonwealth and Development Office: Heathrow Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the (a) dates and (b) outbound destinations for each occasion when (i) she and (ii) her predecessor made use of the VIP suites at Heathrow Airport in (A) 2019, (B) 2020 and (C) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	100468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade has never used the VIP suites at Heathrow Airport. Her predecessor also did not use them during her time as Secretary of State for International Trade.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/01/2022 11:20:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1466314

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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 Agreements: Somaliland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she plans to take steps to negotiate a trade deal between the UK and Somaliland.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	10056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>For a decade the United Kingdom has been the only Western bilateral donor with a permanent diplomatic presence in Hargeisa. However, there are no plans to negotiate a free trade agreement with Somaliland. Somalia, including Somaliland, qualifies for duty free quota free access on goods imported to the United Kingdom through the United Kingdom Generalised Scheme of Preferences.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/06/2022 10:09:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1401353

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	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, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 December 2021, HCWS449, on Trade Policy Update, whether she received representations from the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the impact of those changes on arms exports to Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	100566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friends, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and the Secretary of State for Defence, were fully involved in the preparation of the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. The revised Criteria were agreed by all three Secretaries of State.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/01/2022 12:22:53 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1401354

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Human Rights
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 Written Statement of 8 December 2021, HCWS449 on Trade Policy Update, whether she received representations from representatives of human rights organisations on the potential effect impact of that statement on the quantity of export licenses granted .
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	100567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>We did not receive representations from human rights organisations; however, officials are meeting with representatives of non-governmental organisations to discuss the revised Criteria on 18 January.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/01/2022 15:00:14 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 43176 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury