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1035247

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, on what date the Agreement between the Government, the Kingdom of Norway, Iceland and the Principality of Liechtenstein announced on 20 December 2018 was finalised.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	205280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>We informed Parliament on 20 December about the agreement we have reached with Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein, to protect citizens’ rights and resolve separation issues as the UK exits the EU. The agreement will be concluded and signed before exit day. Alongside the EU Withdrawal Agreement, it will be legislated for through the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 10/01/2019 14:14:25 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1035298

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Government has given formal notification of the UK's intention to withdraw from the 2004 European Economic Area Agreement pursuant to Article 127 of that Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	205281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>Our legal position is that Article 127 does not need to be triggered for the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement to cease to have effect. This is because the EEA Agreement only applies to the UK in its capacity as an EU Member State. Therefore, in the absence of any further action, the EEA Agreement will no longer operate in respect of the UK when we leave the EU.</p><p>We have regular discussions with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein on all aspects of our withdrawal from the EU. The Government informed Parliament on the 20th December about the agreement reached with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to resolve the issues arising with those countries as a result of the UK’s departure from the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 205282 question first answered 10/01/2019 14:16:36 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1035302

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Government has had recent discussions with the other contracting parties to the European Economic Area Agreement on the provisions of Article 127 of that Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	205282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>Our legal position is that Article 127 does not need to be triggered for the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement to cease to have effect. This is because the EEA Agreement only applies to the UK in its capacity as an EU Member State. Therefore, in the absence of any further action, the EEA Agreement will no longer operate in respect of the UK when we leave the EU.</p><p>We have regular discussions with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein on all aspects of our withdrawal from the EU. The Government informed Parliament on the 20th December about the agreement reached with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to resolve the issues arising with those countries as a result of the UK’s departure from the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 205281 question first answered 10/01/2019 14:16:36 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1029347

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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 were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	204545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of staff employed by the Department for Exiting the European Union is published, each month, on gov.uk as part of our transparency reporting. It can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-exiting-the-european-union-monthly-workforce-management-information-for-2017-and-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-exiting-the-european-union-monthly-workforce-management-information-for-2017-and-2018</a></p><p>The Department for Exiting the European Union was not in existence on 23 June 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/01/2019 16:12:06 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1029430

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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: Brexit
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 civil servants in his Department are currently working on planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how many have been moved from other projects to work on those plans.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	204448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department continues to recruit talent from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector. The Department for Exiting the European Union has over 700 staff working with other government departments on all aspects of EU Exit policy. There is no specific division between the various aspects of EU Exit policy work as there is necessary overlap to support all the objectives of the Department.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/01/2019 16:14:05 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1029538

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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 and what proportion of his departmental officials (a) are foreign nationals, (b) are EU citizens and (c) hold dual nationality.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	204486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>Based on self-declaration rates held on our HR systems, the number of staff in the Department for Exiting the European Union who are:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ol><li><p>foreign nationals is 12, which is 2% as a proportion of those on the Department’s HR systems.</p></li><li><p>non-UK EU citizens is 10, which is 1.7% as a proportion of those on the Department’s HR systems.</p></li><li><p>Information on dual nationality is not available from our systems.</p></li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These figures are based entirely on people identifying themselves as a foreign national or an EU national on the Department’s HR systems.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/01/2019 16:10:32 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1027549

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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	David Cameron
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether (a) he, (b) any ministers in his Department and (c) any staff of minsters or of his Department have (i) met or (ii) held discussions with former Prime Minister David Cameron in the last two months on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	203337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Neither the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, nor other DExEU Ministers, nor officials of the Department have had any official meetings or discussions on the UK’s exit from the EU with former Prime Minister David Cameron in the past two months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 07/01/2019 11:02:10 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1027619

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with the travel industry on the possibility of the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	203227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and senior officials from DExEU and across Government continue to engage extensively with businesses and industry bodies from all sectors of the economy and all parts of the UK. This includes regular meetings of the Tourism Industry Council which acts as a point of dialogue between Ministers and the industry, and roundtable meetings with airlines and tour operators. These meetings have covered a range of EU Exit issues and their impact on the industry.</p><p>Details of Ministerial and senior official meetings on Government business are published in the Department’s Quarterly Transparency Returns, which are made publicly available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-exiting-the-european-union&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 07/01/2019 11:03:16 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1027216

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2018 to Question 200131 on Brexit, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to prepare for (i) revoking and (ii) extending Article 50.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	202797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s firm policy position has not changed - we will not be revoking our notification to withdraw under Article 50. We will be leaving the EU on 29 March 2019 and have made clear that we will not be extending Article 50.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 21/12/2018 09:02:26 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1027376

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the amount of money each Department has spent on preparing for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	202867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department is tasked with successfully delivering the UK’s exit from the European Union. A key element of this is ensuring preparation for all possible scenarios, including leaving the EU without a deal.</p><p>The Department’s costs, along with planned Estimates for future years, can be found in the latest Annual Report and Accounts (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727528/CCS207_CCS0618826768-1_DExEU_ARA_1718_PDF_Final_TEXT_v2__1_.pdf" target="_blank">link</a>). It is not however possible to accurately attribute the Department’s costs to specific scenario planning, such as “no deal”, as the Department’s work is not compartmentalised in such a manner.</p><p>The Department cannot comment on the cost of the work performed by other departments. Such questions would need redirecting to each department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 20/12/2018 15:45:00 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins