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1055778

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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 three extant Open Individual Trade Control Licences for bombs and missiles to Saudi Arabia, who manufactured those bombs and missiles; how many have been transferred under the Licences in each year since those Licences were granted; and what the value is of each such transfer in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	217627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>No Open Individual Trade Control Licences have been granted for bombs and missiles to Saudi Arabia.</p><p> </p><p>We believe the question was intended to ask about the three Open Individual Export Licences (OIELs), relating to Storm Shadow and Brimstone air-to-surface missiles, manufactured by MBDA and Paveway bombs, manufactured by Raytheon.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data for the number of weapons exported under an OIEL each year. OIEL applications do not include values because OIELs are generally not restricted by quantity.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/02/2019 15:03:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1055018

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Cannabis: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government has offered any financial support to companies involved in the exporting of cannabis for medicinal purposes since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	217016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>No. The Government has not offered financial support to companies involved in the exporting of licensed cannabis-based medicines since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 08/02/2019 14:32:08 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1054833

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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: Staff
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 19 December 2018 to Question 202327 on UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation: Staff, whether the total workforce of 155 in the Defence and Security Organisation includes the Export Support Team.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	216427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Yes – the figure includes the Defence and Security Organisation’s Export Support Team.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/02/2019 14:21:32 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1052160

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many redundancies there have been from his Department's trade promotion offices since April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	215089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>There have been no UK civil servants from DIT or UKEF who have been made redundant since April 2018, as per the provisions of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme, a statutory scheme made under the Superannuation Act 1972.</p><p> </p><p>This does not include locally engaged staff employed by the FCO overseas who work on DIT's objectives.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 07/02/2019 13:28:29 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1050529

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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, how many arms licences have been (a) granted and (b) refused to Saudi Arabia since 9 August 2018.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	213966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>All export licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) on export licences granted and refused on GOV.UK and 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></p><p> </p><p>Currently this includes information up to 30 September 2018. Information covering 1 October to 31 December 2018 will be published on 16 April 2019 and information covering 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2019 will be published in July 2019.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 04/02/2019 13:18:57 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

1050019

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Export Credit Guarantees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the total amount of funding provided to businesses by UK Export Finance; and what proportion of that support was provided to SMEs in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	213462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>The value of support provided by UK Export Finance (UKEF) for exports, including the percentage share of support for SMEs, is shown in the table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Business supported, £m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of support for SMEs, £m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of the value of support for SMEs, %</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY13/14</strong></p></td><td><p>2,272</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY14/15</strong></p></td><td><p>2,730</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY15/16</strong></p></td><td><p>1,793</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY16/17</strong></p></td><td><p>2,966</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY17/18</strong></p></td><td><p>2,530</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>UKEF offers a range of short-term products to help SMEs fulfil export contracts. The typical value of each facility provided through this range is under £2m but enables SMEs to fulfil export contracts of greater value than the support they receive. UKEF has supported £2.5bn in export contracts for SMEs through this product range over the last 5 years. In 2017-18, 77% of all companies UKEF supported were SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 01/02/2019 14:13:09 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1050135

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the Local to Global podcast (a) since its launch and (b) in the next (i) six, (ii) 12, (iii) 18 and (iv) 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	213459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Local to Global podcast is an Exporting is GREAT campaign initiative.</p><p> </p><p>The total production and promotion cost of the Local to Global podcast series is approximately £107,000. No further spend on this podcast series is currently planned.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/02/2019 14:19:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1047722

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Foreign Relations: Cuba
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with his Cuban counterpart.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karen Lee
uin	212449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>During the recent high level and historic visit led by the Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to London in November 2018, the Secretary of State for International Trade met with the Cuban Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz to discuss Cuba’s trade and investment plans, and the trading relationship between the UK and Cuba.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/01/2019 13:23:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee

1047730

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Food: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to increase food and drink exports from Scotland to (a) Asia (b) South America and (c) Africa.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	212432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) supports companies in Scotland and the rest of the UK to trade globally through initiatives including the GREAT campaign, Export Campaigns, the Tradeshow Access Programme and financial support offered by UK Export Finance. The Department’s Export Strategy sets out how we will put in place the right practical, promotional and financial support to help businesses to grow sustainably by exporting. This also includes support from dedicated food and drink teams working for Her Majesty's Trade Commissioners across Asia Pacific, Latin America and Africa.</p><p> </p><p>DIT also supports the Government’s work to gain overseas market access for produce from the UK. In China, we have secured market access for seed potatoes, a huge boon to the Scottish farming industry which delivers about 70% of the UK seed potato export volume, alongside access for beef, where UK exports are expected to be worth £250m over 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 01/02/2019 15:55:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1047758

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Export Controls: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the (a) dates, (b) end users and (c) licence types were for (i) approved and (ii) denied applications for Internet Protocol network communications (A) surveillance systems and (B) equipment coded 5A001J in the UK Strategic Export Control List.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	212434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The following licences (all Standard Individual Export Licences or SIELs) have been granted:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Application Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outcome</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>End User Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>End Use </strong> <strong>Countries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Annual Report Summary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Finalised</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SIEL (Temporary)</p></td><td><p>Issue</p></td><td><p>Commercial</p></td><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>internet protocol network communications surveillance equipment</p></td><td><p>11/05/2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SIEL (Temporary)</p></td><td><p>Issue</p></td><td><p>Commercial</p></td><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>components for internet protocol network communications surveillance equipment</p></td><td><p>10/03/2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SIEL (Permanent)</p></td><td><p>Issue</p></td><td><p>Government</p></td><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>internet protocol network communications surveillance equipment</p></td><td><p>24/02/2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SIEL (Permanent)</p></td><td><p>Issue</p></td><td><p>Government / Law Enforcement</p></td><td><p>United Arab Emirates</p></td><td><p>internet protocol network communications surveillance equipment</p></td><td><p>07/07/2015</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>No licence applications were refused. The table includes the end user types but I am withholding the actual names of the end users as disclosure would prejudice commercial interests. Temporary licences are granted with conditions to return the items licensed within the period of the validity of the licence, usually twelve months.</p><p> </p><p>All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/01/2019 13:20:21 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle