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1486060

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
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: Living Wage
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 Living Wage Foundation's real wage calculator, if she will make estimate of how many (a) direct employees, (b) contractors and (c) agency workers who work in her Department and relevant agencies and public bodies receive a wage below that of either (i) the UK Real Living Wage outside of Greater London or (ii) the London Living Wage inside of Greater London.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	30191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade does not have any direct employees, contractors or agency workers that receive a wage below the UK Real Living Wage outside of Greater London or the London Living Wage inside of Greater London.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/07/2022 12:15:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1485331

registered interest
date	01/07/2022
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: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement will permit the import to the UK of food produced with pesticides banned in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	28902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) does not create any new permissions for imports from Australia. All products imported into the UK will, as they do now, have to comply with our high import requirements and standards.</p><p>The government has a comprehensive programme for monitoring pesticides residues in food to determine whether food available to UK consumers complies with the statutory residue levels and is safe.</p><p>The independent Trade and Agriculture Commission recently concluded that the UK-Australia FTA does not affect the UK’s statutory protections in relation to animal or plant life or health, animal welfare, and the environment.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2022 13:47:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1485332

registered interest
date	01/07/2022
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: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that food imported from Australia under the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement will meet domestic environmental standards.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	28903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>All food imported from Australia will continue to have to meet our current and future food safety standards and import requirements.</p><p>Moreover, under the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) we have agreed ambitious provisions on the environment which go further than Australia has gone before. This includes commitments to not derogate from environmental laws and to deepen cooperation in areas such as forests, fisheries, and biodiversity.</p><p>The independent Trade and Agriculture Commission recently concluded that the UK-Australia FTA does not affect the UK’s statutory protections in relation to animal or plant life or health, animal welfare, and the environment.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/07/2022 12:38:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1485122

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
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: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the wage ratio was between the highest paid member of staff in her Department and the lowest in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	28387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>Below are the ratios between the highest and lowest paid earner at the Department for International Trade for 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rounded Ratio</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>14:1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>16:1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>Figures will be published in the July 2022 ARA.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Below are the ratios between the highest and lowest paid earner at UK Export Finance for 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rounded Ratio</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>12:1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>12:1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>13:1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/07/2022 12:19:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1484654

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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: EU Law
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 (a) the number of officials in her Department involved in recording retained EU legislation for the purposes of the Retained EU Law Dashboard in the latest period for which figures are available and (b) the cost to the public purse of recording that information.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	27722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>Around 15 Department for International Trade officials were involved in recording retained EU legislation for the purposes of the Retained EU Law (REUL) Dashboard. This is an estimate as work was carried out within teams who lead on relevant policy areas rather than in a dedicated REUL team, and others might have been involved in a more limited capacity. The work was not undertaken on a full-time basis, and the work was completed within a defined window of time.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no additional non-pay cost to the public purse by creating the dashboard. The process was led by the Cabinet Office, who commissioned Government Departments to find REUL within their legislation and compile an authoritative account of where REUL sits on the UK statute book.</p><p> </p><p>The dashboard itself is made by the Government Strategic Management Office and is hosted on Tableau Public, which is a free platform. It will continue to be updated at no additional cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2022 16:21:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1484754

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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: Official Hospitality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	27523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not separately record expenditure on hospitality.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/07/2022 12:23:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1484806

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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: Opinion Polls
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 23 May 2022 to Question 3615 on Department for International Trade: Opinion Polls, which countries were asked about in the opinion polling for internal use in (a) 2019, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and how much was spent on commissioning the polling for each country.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	27641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>In 2019, no money was spent on polling of this description.</p><p> </p><p>In 2021, research of this description covered the USA at a cost of £72,109.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022, research of this description covered India at £75,000, and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations at £61,075. The total spend for 2022 has increased since the previous Question (UIN 3615) was asked as the second phase of GCC polling was completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2022 11:14:07 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 11097 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

1484322

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the proportion of the UK's external trade with countries with which the UK has a free trade agreement.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	26780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>To date the UK Government has secured trade agreements with 71 countries plus the EU, partners that accounted for 63.2% (£808bn) of UK bilateral trade in 2021. This includes agreements with Australia and New Zealand as well as the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which goes beyond continuity. We are continuing to work at pace to deliver our comprehensive free trade agreement programme. Recent developments include launching negotiations with Mexico and the Gulf Cooperation Council. Additionally, in June we concluded the fourth round of negotiations with India, as well as the second round of negotiations with Canada.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 26781 question first answered 07/07/2022 11:01:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 10753 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

1484327

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department has made on achieving its aim of covering 80 per cent of the UK's external trade by trading with countries with which the UK has entered into a free trade agreement.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	26781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>To date the UK Government has secured trade agreements with 71 countries plus the EU, partners that accounted for 63.2% (£808bn) of UK bilateral trade in 2021. This includes agreements with Australia and New Zealand as well as the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which goes beyond continuity. We are continuing to work at pace to deliver our comprehensive free trade agreement programme. Recent developments include launching negotiations with Mexico and the Gulf Cooperation Council. Additionally, in June we concluded the fourth round of negotiations with India, as well as the second round of negotiations with Canada.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 26780 question first answered 07/07/2022 11:01:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 10754 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

1483517

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	TRIPS Agreement: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment the Government has made of how the TRIPS outcome will help to achieve ensure the equitable distribution of second-generation vaccines across the world.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	25725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The consensus-based outcome reached at the World Trade Organisation’s Ministerial Conference streamlines processes provided in the TRIPS Agreement for developing countries to make use of the compulsory licensing (CL). The decision, which is limited to COVID-19 vaccines and has a duration of five years, is intended to facilitate production and exportation of vaccines by developing countries while protecting the international intellectual property framework, which has and will continue to allow the development and production of vaccines at unprecedented pace.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2022 13:38:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell