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1464008

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
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: Safeguard Measures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she expects the Trade Remedies Authority to report their recommendations following the calling in of the UK’s steel safeguard measure, reference TF0006, on 22 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	4723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The reconsideration of the steel safeguard is continuing and the Trade Remedies Authority’s (TRA) report of findings, to be published in due course, will provide analysis, including an assessment of whether the measure is in the economic interests of the UK. My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade will make a decision, having regard to this analysis.</p><p>The Department for International Trade regularly engages with companies on a wide range of issues, including the steel safeguard. In the last month, Ministers have met with steel producers and downstream users. Additionally, all interested parties in the steel safeguard reconsideration have been invited to register to meet with the department.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 4724 4725 4727 question first answered 24/05/2022 14:16:48 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1464010

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
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: Safeguard Measures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the steel safeguard on British manufacturers and businesses.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	4725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The reconsideration of the steel safeguard is continuing and the Trade Remedies Authority’s (TRA) report of findings, to be published in due course, will provide analysis, including an assessment of whether the measure is in the economic interests of the UK. My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade will make a decision, having regard to this analysis.</p><p>The Department for International Trade regularly engages with companies on a wide range of issues, including the steel safeguard. In the last month, Ministers have met with steel producers and downstream users. Additionally, all interested parties in the steel safeguard reconsideration have been invited to register to meet with the department.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 4723 4724 4727 question first answered 24/05/2022 14:16:48 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1463579

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Ceramics: Import Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will take steps to negotiate a reduction in the high tariffs on British-made tableware imported to the USA for use in hotels and restaurants.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	3763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>We know how important the US market is for the UK ceramics industry, and we will make the case for the reduction of these tariffs when an opportunity arises. This will most likely need to be in the form of free trade agreement negotiations, given World Trade Organisation restrictions. The UK is ready to progress negotiations on a UK-US Free Trade Agreement when the US is ready to do so.</p><p> </p><p>In our continued engagement with the sector and when these negotiations proceed, we will factor in the tableware industry’s interests into our strategies and approach.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, we continue to make it easier to sell iconic British tableware in other overseas markets. Thanks to our recently signed UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement and UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement, British tableware exporters will benefit from the removal of 5% tariffs on their products when exporting to Australia and New Zealand.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/05/2022 14:37:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1463620

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
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: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress she has made on negotiating a UK-US trade deal.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	3734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>We have had five productive rounds of negotiations to date and agreed a significant proportion of legal text across multiple chapters.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/05/2022 16:49:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1463766

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
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, how much her Department spent on opinion polling for internal use for ongoing negotiations in each year since 1 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	3615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>In 2020, no money was spent on polling of this description.</p><p>In 2021, the figure was £72,109.</p><p>In 2022, the figure to date is £108,625.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/05/2022 16:19:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1463120

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials in her Department are working on securing a UK-US trade deal.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	2566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>At the beginning of 2022, the Department for International Trade had just over 600 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff working directly on trade negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across our free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations. The number of staff working on a FTA at any one time will change depending on the stage and scale of the negotiations. Staff will also often be working across multiple negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/05/2022 15:57:13 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1463122

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials in her Department are working on securing a UK-Canada trade deal.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	2567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>At the beginning of 2022, the Department for International Trade had just over 600 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff working directly on trade negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across our free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations. The number of staff working on an FTA at any one time will change depending on the stage and scale of the negotiations. Staff will also often be working across multiple negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/05/2022 16:10:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1463128

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many civil servants are employed by her Department in (a) the UK and (b) overseas.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	2568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2022 Department for International Trade (DIT) employed 2710 Civil Servants in the UK and 185 Civil Servants overseas.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that in addition to Civil Servants the department employs a further 1448 country-based staff overseas who work on DIT objectives but are not Civil Servants.</p><p> </p><p>These figures do not include UK Export Finance staff, Trade Remedies Authority Staff, those on loan from other government departments who remain on their home departments payroll, contractors, military staff, people on secondment from other organisations, those who are on loan or secondment out of DIT, or on unpaid special leave or career break.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/05/2022 16:17:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1463136

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many Officials in her Department are currently assigned to work on securing a trade deal with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	2569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>At the beginning of 2022, the Department for International Trade (DIT) had just over 600 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff working directly on trade negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>DIT operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across our free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations. The number of staff working on a FTA at any one time will change depending on the stage and scale of the negotiations. Staff will also often be working across multiple negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/05/2022 16:22:28 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1463362

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many employees of her Department have been based in each African nation, in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	2348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>Department for International Trade (DIT) had 86 staff based in Africa in 2018, 84 staff in 2019, 102 staff in 2020, 123 staff in 2021 and 122 staff in 2022. The breakdown by each African nation is presented in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>DIT Overseas Staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>African Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cameroon</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cote d'Ivoire</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritania</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>86</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>84</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>102</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>123</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>122</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures are as of 31 March each year and include both UK based overseas staff (Civil Servants) and country based overseas staff who work on Department for International Trade objectives but are not Civil Servants.</p><p> </p><p>These figures do not include UK Export Finance staff, Trade Remedies Authority Staff, those on Loan from other government departments who remain on their home departments payroll, contractors, military staff, people on secondment from other organisations, those who are on loan or secondment out of DIT, or on unpaid special leave or career break.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/05/2022 14:15:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas