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1050419

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	Department for International Trade: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress he has made in laying statutory instruments related to EU exit preparedness; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	213981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>As of 30 January, my department has laid four exit related statutory instruments. All exit related statutory instruments are published on legislation.gov.uk and include ‘EU Exit’ in their title.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 05/02/2019 13:35:34 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

1050427

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	Iron and Steel: EU External Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of EU measures to limit imports of steel into the EU in response to the imposition of metal tariffs by the United States; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK steel industry of being excluded from those measures after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	214011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The EU measures and tariff rate quotas are designed to prevent serious injury occurring to EU steel producers while maintaining as far as possible traditional trade flows. The level of utilisation of the quotas varies by product category. It is too early to assess the effect of the measures on the UK steel industry.</p><p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU with no deal, Government’s priority is to provide continuity for UK industry wherever possible. Our transition policy is therefore to ensure UK industry retains appropriate trade remedy protections on exit, and so we are committed to carrying across existing measures where there is a UK interest, and then reviewing them to make them UK specific. We will follow this approach for any definitive safeguard measures that are in place on exit, as well as for existing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 04/02/2019 12:43:12 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1050428

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	Iron and Steel: EU External Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what contingency plans his Department has made to ensure the maintenance of protections for UK steel producers introduced by the European Commission's definitive safeguard measures on imports of certain steel products, published on 16 January 2019 in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	214012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU with no deal, Government’s priority is to provide continuity for UK industry wherever possible. Our transition policy is therefore to ensure UK industry retains appropriate trade remedy protections on exit, and so we are committed to carrying across existing measures where there is a UK interest, and then reviewing them to make them UK specific. We will follow this approach for any definitive safeguard measures that are in place on exit, as well as for existing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 04/02/2019 10:20:30 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1050454

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	Department for International Trade: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much of the £202 million allocated to his Department for Brexit preparations in 2018-19 and 2019-20 has been allocated to preparing for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	213896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade integrates scenario planning for EU exit into its overall programmes of work. ‘No deal’ planning is not undertaken by a distinct team and it is therefore not possible to separately identify the spend associated with the UK leaving the EU without a deal.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>£286m of additional funding for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>).</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>).</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Over £2bn of additional funding for 19/20. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS1205, laid on the 18th December (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/</a>).</li></ul> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 06/02/2019 12:10:20 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

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

1050031

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	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he plans to seek the inclusion of investor protection clauses in trade agreements that he transposes with (a) Canada and (b) Japan.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	213426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>This Government is engaged in a technical exercise to replicate as far as possible the effects of current EU trade agreements. We are working with our Canadian partners to transition investment provisions and ensure they work in the context of our bilateral relationship. The EU-Japan EPA does not include investment protection provisions and has already been voted on in Parliament, and will come into force on the 1<sup>st</sup> February.</p><p> </p><p>The Department engages widely with businesses, civil society, and other stakeholders, and will continue to do so as it works with partners to seek continuity in current trade relationships.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 31/01/2019 16:04:20 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1050032

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	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade whether he plans to consult publicly on the inclusion of investor protection clauses and (b) other investment provisions in trade agreements that he seeks to transpose with (i) Canada, (ii) Japan and (iii) other countries with which the EU has yet to ratify an agreement.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	213427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>This Government is engaged in a technical exercise to replicate as far as possible the effects of current EU trade agreements. We are working with our Canadian partners to transition investment provisions and ensure they work in the context of our bilateral relationship. The EU-Japan EPA does not include investment protection provisions and has already been voted on in Parliament, and will come into force on the 1<sup>st</sup> February.</p><p> </p><p>The Department engages widely with businesses, civil society, and other stakeholders, and will continue to do so as it works with partners to seek continuity in current trade relationships.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 31/01/2019 16:05:44 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1050039

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	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which countries have assented to their existing free trade agreements with the UK as a result of UK membership of the EU being immediately rolled over once the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	213159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Discussions with all partner countries have demonstrated a commitment to finding a pragmatic way to ensure continuity of our existing international agreements. As part of the Withdrawal Agreement, the EU agreed to notify its treaty partners that the UK be treated as a Member State for the purposes of EU international agreements during the Implementation Period (IP). This includes trade agreements.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to prepare for all eventualities, including a ‘no deal’ Brexit scenario, in the event of which we will seek to bring into force bilateral agreements from exit day (29 March 2019) or as soon as possible thereafter. We are making good progress and have signed agreements with partner countries, such as Chile, the Faroe Islands and Eastern and Southern African Economic Partnership Agreement states, with others soon to follow. When we reach agreement with other countries will depend on the progress of ongoing discussions, taking into account their assessment of the possibility of a no deal; their own political or parliamentary situation; resource constraints and other factors. The Government will continue to inform Parliament and the public when agreements are signed.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 31/01/2019 15:54:00 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1050045

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	Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what role the devolved Administrations will have in developing the UK’s trade policy after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dundee East
tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
uin	213467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to working closely with the Devolved Administrations to deliver a future trade policy that works for the whole of the UK. The Government recently committed to a new Ministerial Forum on International Trade with the Devolved Administrations which will provide a formal mechanism for Devolved Government Ministers to discuss and provide input to future trade negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>My Department continues to work with the Devolved Administrations on their role in future trade arrangements and is supporting this work with a programme of ongoing engagement at both Ministerial and official level.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 05/02/2019 15:08:39 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie