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1136721

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	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: Overtime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the amount of unpaid overtime worked by staff in his Department in the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	272754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>This information is not centrally held.</p><p> </p><p>Line managers have a responsibility for ensuring that staff are not working excessive hours, and the department is compliant with the requirements of the Working Time Regulations 1998 in respect of civil servants' working hours.</p><p> </p><p>DIT is committed to supporting the wellbeing of all its members of staff<ins class="ministerial"> and has appropriate policies to support this alongside a Departmental Health and Wellbeing Plan implemented in January 2019</ins><del class="ministerial">.</del><ins class="ministerial">,</ins> <del class="ministerial">The department has a Stress Policy that introduced the provision of Mental Health First Aiders who can provide a range of support to both employees and managers, including access to our Employee Counselling Service. In January 2019, the department launched the Health &amp; Wellbeing Plan, which includes activity to train senior leaders in Wellbeing Confidence.</del><ins class="ministerial">which includes activity to train senior leaders in Wellbeing Confidence.</ins></p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 08/07/2019 09:24:58 question first ministerially corrected 15/07/2019 09:18:36 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery previous answer version 127349 answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1046930

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	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: Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the corrected Answer of 22 January 2019 to Question 206251, how many civil servants in his Department were working part or full-time on projects in the Government Major Projects Portfolio in (a) June 2016 and (b) December 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	211650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>No Departmental projects have been included within the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) since it was founded on 14 July 2016. As such, no civil servants were working on GMPP projects on the dates referred to.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 29/01/2019 14:03:34 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1052160

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2019
	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: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many redundancies there have been from his Department's trade promotion offices since April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	215089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>There have been no UK civil servants from DIT or UKEF who have been made redundant since April 2018, as per the provisions of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme, a statutory scheme made under the Superannuation Act 1972.</p><p> </p><p>This does not include locally engaged staff employed by the FCO overseas who work on DIT's objectives.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 07/02/2019 13:28:29 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1058843

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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, what the value of contracts held by his Department with (a) Deloitte, (b) Slaughter and May and (c) Mott MacDonald is in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	219290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are</p><p>published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published after 26 February 2015</p><p>can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>. The Department has awarded four contracts to Deloitte in the last two years with a total value of £3,481,009. No contracts have been awarded to either Slaughter and May or Mott MacDonald.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 19/02/2019 17:02:31 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1139750

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much time off in lieu has been taken by staff in his Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	278372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has a Flexi-time policy, available for the use of all delegated grades and accessible on the Digital Workspace. This policy and the Department are compliant with the requirements of the Working Time Regulations 1998 in respect of civil servants’ working hours.</p><p> </p><p>This policy allows DIT staff to take time off in lieu where they have worked extra hours. This is managed locally between employees and their line managers, whose responsibility it is to ensure that their staff are not working excessive hours.</p><p> </p><p>Data on time off in lieu is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>DIT is committed to supporting the wellbeing of all its members of staff and has appropriate policies in place to support this, alongside a departmental Health and Wellbeing Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 22/07/2019 10:25:56 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1150460

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	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: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which public appointments she is responsible for.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	1577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <ul><li>The public appointments that the Secretary of State is responsible for making are set out in the Schedule to the Public Appointments Order in Council 2019 <a href="https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-Public-Appointments-Order-In-Council.pdf" target="_blank">https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-Public-Appointments-Order-In-Council.pdf</a> as below;</li></ul><p> </p><p>Export Credits Guarantee Department (UK Export Finance)</p><p>Export Guarantee Advisory Council</p><p> </p><ul><li>Additionally, the Department for International Trade has agreed that the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA), when legally established by the Trade Bill, will be listed on the schedule to the next Public Appointments Order in Council. The Secretary of State, will then be responsible for making appointments to the TRA Board consisting of the Chair and Non-Executive Members.</li></ul> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 23/10/2019 12:48:57 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1167040

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: USA
	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 Channel 4 Dispatches programme of 28 October 2019, on what dates did meetings take place between officials at her department and US pharmaceutical firms.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	7058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Departmental officials and Ministers regularly meet with businesses and stakeholders across a range of sectors in both the US and UK.</p><p> </p><p>The government has been clear that the NHS is not, and never will be, for sale to the private sector, whether overseas or domestic‎. The government will continue to ensure that patients have access to the medicines they need, and that decisions on how to run public services are made by the UK government and the Devolved Administrations, not our trade partners.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns grouped question UIN 7059 7060 7061 7062 question first answered 04/11/2019 17:57:10 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1167041

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: USA
	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 Channel 4 Dispatches programme of 28 October 2019, which companies were represented at the meetings that took place between officials in her Department and US pharmaceutical firms.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	7059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Departmental officials and Ministers regularly meet with businesses and stakeholders across a range of sectors in both the US and UK.</p><p> </p><p>The government has been clear that the NHS is not, and never will be, for sale to the private sector, whether overseas or domestic‎. The government will continue to ensure that patients have access to the medicines they need, and that decisions on how to run public services are made by the UK government and the Devolved Administrations, not our trade partners.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns grouped question UIN 7058 7060 7061 7062 question first answered 04/11/2019 17:57:10 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1167043

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: USA
	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 Channel 4 Dispatches programme of 28 October 2019, whether (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department or (c) officials in her Department initiated the arrangement of the meetings between officials in her department and representatives of US pharmaceutical firms.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	7060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Departmental officials and Ministers regularly meet with businesses and stakeholders across a range of sectors in both the US and UK.</p><p> </p><p>The government has been clear that the NHS is not, and never will be, for sale to the private sector, whether overseas or domestic‎. The government will continue to ensure that patients have access to the medicines they need, and that decisions on how to run public services are made by the UK government and the Devolved Administrations, not our trade partners.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns grouped question UIN 7058 7059 7061 7062 question first answered 04/11/2019 17:57:10 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1167044

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: USA
	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 Channel 4 Dispatches programme of 28 October 2019, whether Ministers from her Department were present at the meetings between officials from her Department and representatives of US pharmaceutical firms.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	7061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Departmental officials and Ministers regularly meet with businesses and stakeholders across a range of sectors in both the US and UK.</p><p> </p><p>The government has been clear that the NHS is not, and never will be, for sale to the private sector, whether overseas or domestic‎. The government will continue to ensure that patients have access to the medicines they need, and that decisions on how to run public services are made by the UK government and the Devolved Administrations, not our trade partners.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns grouped question UIN 7058 7059 7060 7062 question first answered 04/11/2019 17:57:10 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett