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1472814

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what her Department’s allocated budget and (b) staff headcount is for the trade and investment hubs in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) Darlington.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	23775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has allocated the following budget in 2022-23 financial year:</p><p>Scotland: £1,358,373;</p><p>Wales: £918,950;</p><p>Northern Ireland: £756,145; and</p><p>Darlington: this is a DIT Office location but we do not have an allocated budget for Darlington as a trade and investment hub.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31st May 2022, DIT employed:</p><p>Scotland: 29 staff including staff based in the regional offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow;</p><p>Wales:23 staff;</p><p>Northern Ireland: 9 staff; and</p><p>Darlington: 58 staff.</p><p> </p><p>These figures do not include UK Export Finance staff, Trade Remedies Authority Staff, and 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 22/07/2022 13:10:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

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

1420212

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
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: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reason her Department paid £15,178,965.29 to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on the 12 October 2021, transaction number 410526.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	119697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>£15,178,965.29 is the service charge the Department for International Trade pays to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office for the OneHMG Platform for our overseas operations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/02/2022 11:50:56 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1420213

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
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: M&C Saatchi
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 corporate services provided by M&C Saatchi (UK) Ltd in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	119698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2022 answer text <p>M&amp;S Saatchi are the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) contracted marketing strategy and creative agency. The contract is published here: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/d8f999e8-afee-4400-9cf7-254f654dd6a4?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/d8f999e8-afee-4400-9cf7-254f654dd6a4?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p><p> </p><p>DIT spent £2,596,883 in 2021 and an additional £134,406 was spent on sub-contracted work to other agencies through M&amp;C Saatchi. £3,862,432 was spent in relation to Cabinet Office funded activity; however, this is not DIT expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/03/2022 12:29:18 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1420220

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
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: UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reason her Department paid the UK Visa’s and Immigration £1,199.00 on 21 June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	119699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>This expense is for a Tier 2 sponsorship application and visa payment for a member of staff joining the department from overseas.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the Hon. Member for Torfaen to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury on 27 October 2021, UIN: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-10-19/58794" target="_blank">58794</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/02/2022 12:04:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1420221

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Imports: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to her oral statement of 5 January 2022, Official Report, columns 64 to 67, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of standards between UK and Australian (a) beef, (b) lamb, (c) pork, (d) poultry and (e) eggs; what the evidential basis is for the conclusion that (a) pork, eggs and poultry were not and (b) beef and lamb are at a compatible level; and if she will publish that assessment and evidential basis.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	119700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>There is nothing in the Australia agreement that will lower or compromise the UK’s high food, animal welfare or environment standards. Imports will still have to meet the same respective UK and Australian food safety and biosecurity standards.</p><p>We have secured ground-breaking provisions on Animal Welfare with Australia, including a standalone Animal Welfare chapter. This includes a non-regression and non-derogation clause, which is a first in any FTA.</p><p>The Department for International Trade publishes impact assessments that are conducted after negotiations have concluded. This can be found on our website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-australia-fta-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-australia-fta-impact-assessment</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/02/2022 12:28:55 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1276179

registered interest
date	13/01/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Serious Violence Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the cross-Whitehall Crime and Justice Taskforce was created; and who the members of that Taskforce are.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	137244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-10-22/107708" target="_blank">PQ107708</a>. The membership of the Taskforce is available on Gov.uk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 137245 question first answered 18/01/2021 17:33:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds