Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member printed question first answered answering member label attachment file name title
tabling member	label

Search

456396

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the latest figures for the UK's balance of trade with the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL6624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The latest figures for the UK’s balance of trade with the EU are publically available in the ONS Balance of Payments: Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2015 publication.</p><p>The UK’s balance of trade in goods &amp; services with the EU in 2014 was -£58.8 billion, relating to £230.2 billion in exports and £289.1 billion in imports.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 09/03/2016 16:36:08 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

456397

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the UK's main exports to the EU, including both goods and services.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL6625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>This information is given in tables 1 and 2 below. The exports of services figures in Table 1 are sourced from the Office for National Statistics’ Pink Book 2015 release and are on a ‘Balance of Payments’ basis. Figures for exports of goods on the same basis are only available at a broad level of commodity aggregation (1 digit SITC level). Goods data at the level of detail required to answer this PQ are available from HM Revenue and Customs Overseas Trade Statistics database (Table 2) attached. These data are on a different (‘merchandise’) basis, hence not strictly comparable with the ONS data. Moreover, data for 2015 are not available for services.</p><p>Table 1</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>UK trade in services with the EU in 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: ONS Pink Book 2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Top 10 UK exports of services to the EU in 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type of service</p></td><td><p>Value (£million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial</p></td><td><p>20,208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other business services</p></td><td><p>18,329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel</p></td><td><p>12,075</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transportation</p></td><td><p>11,891</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telecoms, computer and information</p></td><td><p>7,517</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intellectual property</p></td><td><p>4,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Insurance and pension</p></td><td><p>2,455</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction</p></td><td><p>725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal, Cultural and Recreational</p></td><td><p>716</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>Source: ONS Pink Book 2015</em> <em>Note: Data for 2015 will be published by the ONS in July 2016</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 10/03/2016 12:34:41 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham attachment 1 file name Top 10 UK exports of goods to the EU.pdf title Top 10 uk exports to EU
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

456398

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the EU's main exports to the UK, including both goods and services.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL6626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>This information is given in tables 1 and 2 below. The exports of services figures in Table 1 are sourced from the Office for National Statistics’ Pink Book 2015 release and are on a ‘Balance of Payments’ basis. Figures for exports of goods on the same basis are only available at a broad level of commodity aggregation (1 digit SITC level). Goods data at the level of detail required to answer this PQ are available from HM Revenue and Customs Overseas Trade Statistics database (Table 2) which is attached. These data are on a different (‘merchandise’) basis, hence not strictly comparable with the ONS data. Moreover, data for 2015 are not available for services.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Top 10 UK imports of services from the EU in 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type of service</p></td><td><p>Value (£million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel</p></td><td><p>22,367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other business services</p></td><td><p>15,251</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transportation</p></td><td><p>10,368</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telecoms, computer and information</p></td><td><p>5,418</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial</p></td><td><p>3,614</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intellectual property</p></td><td><p>1,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction</p></td><td><p>1,768</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government</p></td><td><p>1,763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Insurance and pension</p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal, Cultural and Recreational</p></td><td><p>284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Source: ONS Pink Book 2015</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>Note: Data for 2015 will be published by the ONS in July 2016</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 14/03/2016 12:30:14 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham attachment 1 file name Table 2.pdf title Table 2
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

455968

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	EU External Trade: China
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what tariffs are applied by the EU to goods manufactured in China, including electronic components, televisions, computers, medical equipment and small petrol generators.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL6548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The tariffs applied by the EU on goods manufactured by China will vary according to the precise product being imported. The EU’s tariff schedule contains in excess of 9000 separate tariff lines on which separate duties are imposed. The table below shows the average Most Favoured Nation (MFN) tariffs imposed by the EU on imports from China for broad product groups. However, in addition to MFN tariffs, additional tariffs may apply to some specific products if anti-dumping or anti subsidy measures are in place.</p><p> </p><p>Further details on the tariffs which apply to specific products can be found at the gov.uk website <a href="https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Over 200 EU tariffs applied to imports of certain information technology goods and some medical equipment will be eliminated as a result of the successful conclusion in December 2015 of negotiations to expand the Information Technology Agreement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>European Union Most Favoured Nation Tariffs on Imports from non-EU Countries, by Broad Category, Expressed in Percentage Terms </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Product Group</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Import Duty Expressed </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>in percentage terms</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dairy products</p></td><td><p>42.1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sugars and confectionery</p></td><td><p>25.2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beverages &amp; tobacco</p></td><td><p>20.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Animal products</p></td><td><p>17.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cereals &amp; preparations</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fish &amp; fish products</p></td><td><p>12.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clothing</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fruit, vegetables, plants</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oilseeds, fats &amp; oils</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Textiles</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coffee, tea</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chemicals</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport equipment</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leather, footwear, etc.</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other agricultural products</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electrical machinery</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufactures, n.e.s.</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Petroleum</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minerals &amp; metals</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-electrical machinery</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wood, paper, etc.</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cotton</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source:WTO</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 09/03/2016 16:53:06 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

452259

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Balance of Trade: Burundi
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the balance of trade between Burundi and the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL6160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>In 2015 the UK had a trade in goods surplus with Burundi of £1.7 million (Source: HM Revenue and Customs’ Overseas Trade Statistics database).</p><p>It is not possible to estimate the trade in services balance between the UK and Burundi as data on UK trade in services with Burundi are not published by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 17/02/2016 13:51:05 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

452260

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Overseas Investment: Burundi
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the level of UK investment in Burundi and its contribution to gainful employment in that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL6161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>There is no official data available on the level of UK investment in Burundi as data on UK trade with Burundi is not published by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 22/02/2016 12:27:51 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

452147

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether they will meet their target of doubling exports by 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL6094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Ministers have acknowledged that the £1 trillion target is a stretch; however, the Government has a clear strategy for increasing both the value of UK exports and the number of British exporters.</p><p> </p><p>Progress in delivering against the target will be reported through the ONS.</p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 22/02/2016 12:26:56 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

452148

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the proportion of exports that will be sold to other EU member states by 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL6095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The government does not breakdown 2020 export forecasts geographically.</p><p>However, the independent Office for Budget Responsibility does publish UK total export forecasts up to 2020, with the most recent publication being in the November 2015 Economic and Fiscal Outlook:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Exports</p></td><td><p>Imports</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>533.6</p></td><td><p>556.8</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>557.4</p></td><td><p>581.4</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>585.4</p></td><td><p>609.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>616.3</p></td><td><p>639.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>648.0</p></td><td><p>669.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: November 2015 Economic and fiscal outlook</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 22/02/2016 12:28:36 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

452150

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on exports of the decision to reduce the budget of UK Trade and Investment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL6097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Savings will be broadly delivered through implementing a new digital infrastructure to provide cost-effective access to export services; contractual efficiencies; and prioritising market and sector opportunities that will add most value to UK exports. This is about being more efficient and delivering for UK businesses, including through enhancing direct support and developing the private sector market.</p><p>HM Treasury has recognised the importance of the exports agenda by agreeing that £175m of further proposed savings between 2016-17 and 2019-20 should be reinvested in priority areas. The Government is committed to driving a step-change in UK exports and the reinvestment secured to refocus UK Trade &amp; Investment will help us deliver this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 17/02/2016 14:05:33 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

446660

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the value of imports from the EU in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what percentage of that amount is represented by imports from the Republic of Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
uin	HL5316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>The value of UK imports of goods and services from the EU28 was £290.6 billion in 2014. Imports from the Republic of Ireland amounted to £17.1 billion, or 5.9% of total UK imports from the EU28 (Source: ONS Pink Book 2015).</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 27/01/2016 13:40:22 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney