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1029163

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Aerospace Industry: Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to promote aerospace exports.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
uin	908328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s Aerospace businesses are among the most innovative in the world, they turned over more than £35 billion last year and exported 85% of everything produced.</p><p> </p><p>Our teams across the UK and in 108 countries around the world use every opportunity to take the industry to even greater heights.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/12/2018 13:37:10 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1027244

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Sheep Meat: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Saudi Arabia on exporting lamb to that country.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	202732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has worked closely with the FCO, Defra and the Saudi Food and Drug Authority resulting in the ban on importing lamb and goat meat being lifted in February 2018 with final approval on 16 April 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/12/2018 11:47:00 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1027310

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Tradeshow Access Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when he plans to announce the 2019-20 Tradeshow Access Programme.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	202752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Trade Access Programme (TAP) list of supported events for Q1 2019-20 (1 April 2019 – 30 June 2019) will be announced/published on Friday 21 December. The TAP list of supported events for Q2 - Q4 2019-20 (1 July 2019 - 31 March 2020) will be announced/published in the New Year.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/12/2018 11:47:01 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1025327

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Defence and Security Organisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff the Defence and Security Organisation employed as of 1 April 2018; and what that organisation's 2018-19 budget is.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	202327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>At 1 April 2018, the Department for International Trade had a total workforce of 155 in the Defence and Security Organisation. Its current net budget for 2018-19 is £9.9m.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 19/12/2018 20:20:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1023960

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Brazil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to increase the level of bilateral trade with Brazil.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	201651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to our deep relationships with our global partners, including Brazil. In March 2018, my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade co-chaired the tenth UK-Brazil Joint Economic and Trade Committee with the Brazilian Minister for Industry, Foreign Trade and Services. The ministers reiterated their commitment to facilitating increased trade, creating opportunities and enhancing bilateral economic relations. In August 2018, the 3<sup>rd</sup> UK-Brazil Economic and Financial Dialogue achieved advances across several areas including procurement, tax, infrastructure and finance. More detail can be found in the Joint Statements from the Economic Finance Dialogue (<a href="https://bit.ly/2BsVW43" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2BsVW43</a>) and Joint Economic Trade Committee (https://bit.ly/2STWp6n).</p><p> </p><p>DIT continues to promote the closest trading links with Brazil. We support businesses to export to Brazil across a range of key sectors including financial services, energy, education, mining, life sciences, infrastructure and advanced engineering amongst others.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 19/12/2018 10:14:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1020433

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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 Fairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of Government support for UK companies seeking to take part in overseas exhibitions in the latest period for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	199385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade supports UK businesses seeking to take part in overseas exhibitions through a variety of programmes and events. The estimated expenditure for this activity in 2018/19 is £10.9m.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 10/12/2018 16:08:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1017498

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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 Development, what estimate her Department has made of the value of UK-made military equipment sold to the Saudi Government since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	197586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Sales data by region for military exports are published annually on GOV.UK. at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defence-and-security-exports-for-2017/uk-defence-and-security-export-statistics-for-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defence-and-security-exports-for-2017/uk-defence-and-security-export-statistics-for-2017</a>.</p><p>The Government also publishes Official Statistics about export licences granted and refused on a quarterly and annual basis, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a>. The data, which includes export values for some licences, currently provides details of licences up to 30 June 2018. Information covering the period 1 July to 30 September 2018 will be published in January 2018.</p><p>However, licences granted are not a measure of sales or exports shipped in a given period as they are generally valid for between two and five years. Licensing data only provides a partial indication of sales as exporters only declare export values for a subsection of licences (Standard Individual Export Licences). Some licences expire before they are used and in these circumstances exporters must submit a further application, which can result in a significant element of double counting.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/12/2018 17:04:14 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1017504

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: West Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with the Economic Community of West African States on trade with the UK after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	197587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>On leaving the EU, the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act will enable the Government to put in place a UK trade preferences scheme for developing countries. This will provide the same level of access as the current EU trade preference scheme meaning continued duty-free, quota-free access for Least Developed Countries which are part of the Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) and generous tariff reductions for other ECOWAS countries.</p><p> </p><p>In the absence of this regional agreement, EU ‘stepping stone’ Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana have been provisionally applied since 2016. As the UK exits the EU, we aim to replicate the effects of these EPAs to avoid trade disruption with these countries. We have been in dialogue with both Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to achieve this continuity.</p><p> </p><p>Currently there is no agreement in force between the EU and the 16 West Africa States, the Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS). Should this change, the UK would look to transition the agreement.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/12/2018 16:26:28 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1016389

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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, if he will suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia until an independent international inquiry can establish culpability for violations of international humanitarian law on all sides of the Yemeni conflict.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	196649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria provides a thorough risk assessment framework for considering all applications to export military goods to Saudi Arabia. We will not grant a licence if do so would be inconsistent with these Criteria. The policy remains as announced to Parliament in a Written Ministerial Statement on 25 March 2014:</p><p><a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140325/wmstext/140325m0001.htm#14032566000018" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140325/wmstext/140325m0001.htm#14032566000018</a> and updated with an additional policy, as announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 13 September 2018:</p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-09-13/HCWS957/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-09-13/HCWS957/</a> .</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 04/12/2018 17:05:58 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1016488

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Sri Lanka
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent estimate he has made of the level of bi-lateral trade with Sri Lanka.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	196707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Total trade in goods and services (i.e. exports plus imports) between the UK and Sri Lanka was £1.2bn in year to end 2018 Q2.</p><p> </p><p>In year to end 2018 Q2, UK exports to Sri Lanka amounted to £317m (a 2.3% increase from year to end 2017 Q2) while UK imports from Sri Lanka were £917m (a 19.0% decrease from year to end 2017 Q2).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/12/2018 12:32:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz