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1142180

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade deals her Department is aiming to complete before 31 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	282484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to leaving the EU on 31<sup>st</sup> October and is seeking a new deal with the EU. At this late stage, we believe that it is still possible for the UK to leave the EU with a deal and will work to make this happen.</p><p> </p><p>We have been making preparations in the event we choose to leave the EU without a deal. To date, the UK has signed or agreed in principle agreements with countries that account for 64% of the UK’s trade with all the countries with which the UK is seeking continuity in the event of a potential No Deal. That has moved from 28% since March. We continue to work intensively on remaining agreements to minimise disruption as far as possible.</p><p> </p><p>A regularly updated list of agreements signed is available on GOV.UK and alongside a list of remaining agreements: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/existing-trade-agreements-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-without-a-deal/existing-trade-agreements-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-without-a-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/existing-trade-agreements-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-without-a-deal/existing-trade-agreements-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-without-a-deal</a></p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 03/09/2019 11:21:47 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1142355

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Ceramics: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure that the EU’s anti-dumping tariffs against ceramic tableware from China will be maintained if the UK leaves the EU without a deal before the EU has concluded its anti-circumvention case in December.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	282578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to transition the current EU measures on tableware and kitchenware, once the UK begins operating an independent trade policy.</p><p> </p><p>We have also been clear that any ongoing investigations, including the current circumvention review, that have not resulted in a definitive measure by that time will not be transitioned. Industry will be able to apply to the Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate for a circumvention review.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 03/09/2019 11:26:40 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1141889

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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: Newspaper Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much his Department has spent on purchasing (a) national newspapers and (b) newspaper online subscriptions since 2016; and how many copies of each national newspaper were purchased in that time period.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	281678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Since 2016, the Department’s Media team has spent £11,545 on national newspapers and £22,981 on newspaper online subscriptions.</p><p> </p><p>Other areas of the Department may purchase national newspapers but this is not recorded centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 03/09/2019 11:24:49 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1141388

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
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 his Department's Export Toolkit; and how much funding he has allocated to the (a) promotion and (b) printing and distribution of that toolkit.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	281091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>It is estimated that the cost of the Exporting Toolkit for Members of Parliament is £1,201. Total promotion costs were £121. Printing and distribution costs are not yet available, but are estimated at approximately £1050 and £30 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The Exporting Toolkit has been sent to all Members of Parliament. Those interested in working with the Exporting is GREAT campaign and the Department for International Trade can use the toolkit to help businesses in their constituency take advantage of exporting opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 03/09/2019 11:22:35 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1140820

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Remedies Authority: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff worked for the Trade Remedies Authority as of July 2019.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	280256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2019 answer text <ul><li>The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) will be a non-departmental independent public body and will be established with the passing of the Trade Bill. Before that happens, and to provide certainty to UK businesses that they will not be exposed to injury from unfair trade practices, the Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate has been temporarily established within DIT to make assessments and recommendations in a respect of a trade remedy measure.</li><li>There are currently (23<sup>rd</sup> July 2019) 104 staff working for Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate and these will transfer to the TRA once it has been established.</li></ul> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 01/08/2019 11:43:40 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1140821

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Remedies Authority: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of his Department's budget is allocated to the Trade Remedies Authority.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	280257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The following figures relate to the operational budget of the Trade Remedies Investigation Directorate (TRID):</p><p> </p><p>- For the year 2018/2019 TRID had a budget £7.3m which equated to 1.7% of the Department’s overall budget.</p><p> </p><p>- For the year 2019/2020 TRID has a budget of £11.9m which equates to 2.3% of the Department’s overall budget</p><p> </p><p>Please note that any costs relating to occupancy and IT infrastructure are provided by centralised services and the Department does not operate an internal charging regime to reallocate these costs to the business units.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:32:31 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1140823

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of UK Export Finance spend was on renewable projects in developing economies in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	280259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>UK Export Finance (UKEF)’s mission is to ensure no viable UK export fails for lack of finance or insurance, while operating at no net cost to the taxpayer. UKEF helps UK companies win export contracts by providing attractive financing terms to their buyers, fulfil contracts by supporting working capital loans, and get paid by insuring against buyer default. For this reason, this response has interpreted the request for the proportion of UKEF <em>spend</em> as the proportion of UKEF <em>support</em>, that being the share of total maximum liability UKEF provided for exports relating to renewables in low and middle-income countries in each of the last three years.</p><p>UKEF classifies countries as per the World Bank classification system, where countries are divided into four income categories – low, lower-middle, upper-middle and high-income. For this reason, the response has interpreted ‘developing economies’ to include countries with either a low, lower-middle and upper-middle income classification.</p><p> </p><p>The share of support UK Export Finance (UKEF) provided for exports relating to renewables in low and middle-income countries can be found in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>Share of maximum liability which went to renewables projects in low and middle-income countries, %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>.66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>.04%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>UKEF publishes details of the support it provides in its Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:18:41 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1140874

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Australasia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when he plans to start the external recruitment for the new role of Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Australasia.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	280267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>Further details on timings and the process to recruit for this important role will be made available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:09:13 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

1140875

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Australasia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, at what civil service grade the post of Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Australasia will be.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	280268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>Her Britannic Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Australasia will be SCS Pay Band 2, in line with the other nine HM Trade Commissioners.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:15:24 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

1140876

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Australasia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the post of Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Australasia will be combined with another post.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	280269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>We are still determining the full remit and responsibilities of Her Britannic Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Australasia.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:12:35 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove