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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

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

1401355

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 and United Arab Emirates
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, what assessment her Department made of the potential effect of those changes on levels of arms exports to (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) United Arab Emirates.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	100568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>We do not expect the revised Strategic Export Licensing Criteria to have a significant impact on the level of arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Risks in relation to human rights and international humanitarian law remain key parts of our assessment.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/01/2022 12:29:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1401415

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: Export Controls
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 her Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the recent changes announced to UK arms export control.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	100569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>On the revised Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, no impact assessment was carried out as we do not expect the changes to have a significant impact on the level of arms exports.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment was carried out on the proposed changes to the Military End-Use Control. The assessment concluded the changes would have a minimal impact on legitimate trade while allowing the Government to prevent exports of otherwise non-controlled items that pose threats to national security, international peace and security, and human rights in embargoed destinations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/01/2022 16:11:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1400030

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
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: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the total floor area of her departmental estate was in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	98514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade was established in July 2016. The total floor area for the Department’s estate since inception was as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Floor Space (M<sup>2</sup>, Net Internal Area)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>898</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>13993</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>During the first two financial years, our estate was partially owned by another Department while transfers where formalised.</p><p>The Department subsequently transferred ownership of its property assets to the Government Property Agency (GPA) from September 2019. The GPA will report the space separately for 2019/20 onwards in the Cabinet Office response.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/01/2022 14:10:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1399343

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Agriculture: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what specific measures she has secured in the trade agreement with Australia to protect British agricultural interests from unfair trading practices.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	David Duguid
uin	97015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) includes various instruments to protect British agricultural interests. Quotas on products such as beef set a maximum level for tariff-free imports for up to 10 years. Product specific safeguards for beef and lamb allow the UK to impose higher tariffs when imports exceed a certain threshold in years 10 to 15. On lamb, quota and safeguard volumes can be periodically reduced by 25% when fill rates are high. Additionally, a general bilateral safeguard mechanism allows for the temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences which will protect industry.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/01/2022 14:51:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

1399344

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Agriculture: 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 plans to take to support the growth of British agriculture (a) at home and (b) in the Australian market.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	David Duguid
uin	97016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Our support for exporters is underpinning jobs and economic growth in the agriculture sector at this critical time. In November we launched a refreshed Export Strategy. The strategy is focused on tackling trade barriers, opening new markets, providing the services exporters need to compete in global markets and helping businesses maximise the opportunities generated by new free trade agreements. We support businesses through all stages of their export journey to Australia and other markets, including through our GREAT.gov.uk platform, our Export Academy, our new Export Support Service. We have dedicated agriculture, food and drink trade advisers in the UK and overseas in markets such as Australia to support businesses in taking up these services.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/01/2022 15:02:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

1399579

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what her timetable is for brokering a deal to allow UK steel exports to be transported to the US without incurring tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	96858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The removal of additional US tariffs on steel and aluminium is a key priority for the Government. The Secretary of State has been pushing for a speedy resolution to the Section 232 tariffs issue and during her December visit to the US she spoke to both the US Trade Representative Katherine Tai as well as the Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo about it. We are engaging with the US Administration regularly on this issue and continue to push for the start of negotiations and the removal of Section 232 tariffs as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/01/2022 14:34:48 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord