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1312330

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Shipping: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what support her Department is providing to help UK maritime businesses export clean maritime technologies globally as part of the Government's commitment to reducing emissions from international shipping.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	188078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/04/2021 12:56:51 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1312096

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Tradeshow Access Programme, (b) the Music Export Growth Scheme, (c) the Internationalisation fund and (d) the E-exporting programme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	187128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The <strong>Tradeshow Access Programme</strong> (TAP) is monitored as part of the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) collective assessment of the support it offers to exporters. The latest TAP-specific Business Satisfaction figures are from the Export Client Survey, published July 2020, found here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Ftrade-export-client-survey-ecs&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cparly.pqs%40trade.gov.uk%7C9b5281a6e810462024f108d90a4eb956%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C637552155497010870%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=uAEiQG8tisaLqKassSOaXB4vYxEXTTYi2xkzsE5ZnDM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-export-client-survey-ecs</a>.</p><p> </p><p>DIT has appointed Ipsos MORI to deliver an evaluation of the <strong>Music Export Growth Scheme</strong>, the final report of which will be presented to DIT later in the year. This will form an important set of evidence for any future assessments of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The <strong>Internationalisation Fund</strong> (IF) has commissioned an independent contractor to evaluate IF over the lifetime of the project. The Fund opened in December 2020 so it is too early to assess its effectiveness, but a final assessment will be made when funding comes to an end in 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The <strong>E-Exporting Programme</strong> is monitored as part of DIT’s collective assessment of the support it offers to exporters. It is also evaluated by the overall number of companies it has supported including via its Selling Online Overseas tool, and customer feedback.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/04/2021 11:37:34 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1312097

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what funding her Department has allocated to (a) the Tradeshow Access Programme, (b) the Music Export Growth Scheme, (c) the Internationalisation fund and (d) the E-exporting programme 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	187129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/04/2021 12:36:24 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1312098

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Export Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK Export Finance; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	187130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 187131 question first answered 29/04/2021 12:56:22 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1312099

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Export Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much funding her Department allocated to UK Export Finance 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	187131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 187130 question first answered 29/04/2021 12:56:22 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1306916

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Consumer Goods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to build (a) international and (b) domestic consumer awareness of non-food and drink products made in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	178555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) is responsible for promotion of UK products in international markets. Some of the measures this department is taking to boost exports of non-food and drink products made in the UK are: trade promotion campaigns in key markets; UK presence at tradeshows; leveraging DIT’s teams in 110 countries; providing finance and insurance from UK Export Finance; global promotion via the GREAT campaign; export hubs in all Nations; and working in partnership with UK companies and trade associations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 179597 question first answered 20/04/2021 16:05:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1306977

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse has been of each Trade Envoy since their appointment, to date.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	178681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>Trade Envoys are unpaid. Total expenditure for the trade envoy programme since its launch in November 2012 has been £987,153.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/04/2021 16:54:04 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1306978

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the accumulated investment results achieved by each Trade Envoy.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	178683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Programme supports British businesses overseas and attracts investment into the UK. The programme works in collaboration with other trade promotion activities and it focuses on emerging and high growth markets where additional senior interactions can be valuable, or larger economies where multiple interactions at different levels are effective.</p><p>There is no verifiable way to quantify the investment results achieved by each Trade Envoy given they work in collaboration with our other activities to promote investment into the UK. The Department for International Trade’s most recent published foreign direct investment results can be found in the annual report:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/04/2021 16:55:01 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1307268

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Life Sciences: Finance
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 £800 million commitment from Mubadala as part of the UAE-UK Sovereign Investment Partnership, which areas of the life sciences sector will receive funding from that Partnership.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	179117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government remains committed to providing £200m in funding to unlock additional investment in our world-leading life sciences sector. We are working closely with Mubadala and considering how best to deploy this funding in light of Mubadala’s own £800m commitment to the sector.</p><p>In total, this means £1bn of new funding available for our most promising life sciences companies, with the potential to crowd in more funding from other investors.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/04/2021 15:37:34 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1307361

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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 Investment in UK: Productivity
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 is taking to increase foreign investment in UK industry in order to raise productivity.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	179271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The UK is a leading foreign investment destination; second in the world for inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) stocks with $2.1 trillion, behind the USA in 2019. DIT analysis of Office for National Statistics data shows that in 2018 foreign owned firms were on average 72% more productive than domestic only firms.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019/20 the Department for International Trade provided support for 1,449 FDI projects, creating almost 45,000 new jobs and safeguarding a further 8,000. In November 2020, the Prime Minister announced a new Office for Investment within the Department but under the sponsorship of Downing Street to support strategic investment. We are also prioritising regional investment and growth through our High Potential Opportunities Programme.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/04/2021 15:20:20 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns