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818891

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what role his Department plays in the management of the Prosperity Fund.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	903223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) plays a key role in the Fund. Minister Hands represents the department on the Ministerial Board, which sets the strategic direction of the Fund, endorses programme proposals, and ensures programmes are maximising impact and value for money.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/01/2018 16:09:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

817986

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that UK trade and investment policies promote gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	903215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK is committed to its role as a global champion of open and fair trade and the benefits that brings to all genders. As demonstrated by our support for the women’s economic empowerment declaration at the Eleventh Ministerial Conference (MC11) in December 2017, we recognise the importance of gender equality and the need to ensure women and girls are empowered economically, especially through involvement in trade, both in the UK and internationally.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/01/2018 16:49:36 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

818736

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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: Arbitration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when officials in his Department received a draft report of the research conducted by Copenhagen Economics and Van Bael & Bellis into the design of the UK Trade Remedies Framework.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	121500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The development of this economic research was an iterative process. The researchers provided regular progress updates in order for the Department to monitor delivery against the research specification.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/01/2018 16:53:06 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

818812

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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 his Department plans to carry out impact assessments on future bilateral trade deals prior to their ratification.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	121576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the White Paper ‘Preparing for our future UK trade policy’, we remain committed to a transparent, fair, and rules-based approach to international trade. We will ensure Parliament has an appropriate role to play in the scrutiny of new UK trade treaties.</p><p>In ratifying EU free trade agreements we already provide impact assessments to Parliament to enable Members from both Houses to consider the effects of these agreements for the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/01/2018 14:20:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 33722 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

816835

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which overseas trips Ministers of his Department have made since July 2016; and what were the costs of each such trip.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	121262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Staff at the Department for International Trade are located across more than one hundred countries and as we prepare to leave the EU, our ministers and Department for International Trade staff regularly travel overseas to build relationships with key global trading partners.</p><p>This includes through the 14 trade working groups we have set up across 21 countries to advance the UK's trade and investment relationships and scope out the potential for future free trade agreements.</p><p>Details of visits made by my Ministerial colleagues and I are published on the Gov.UK website and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-international-trade&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-international-trade&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p>All Ministerial journeys adhere to Cabinet Office rules on international travel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 10/01/2018 17:05:51 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

810522

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2017 to Question 118624, on trade agreements, if he will list the organisations that submitted responses.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Following the publication of the Trade White Paper: Preparing for our future UK trade policy, we received 150 responses providing feedback on specific questions posed in the White Paper. In addition, we received a number of responses (7429) as part of a Civil Society campaign. Responses to the questions have been analysed and collated into themes around the key principles as set out in the White Paper. We have made public a summary of the responses we received which was published on 5 January. Views are not attributed to individual respondents or groups of respondents. The Response can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-white-paper-preparing-for-our-future-uk-trade-policy-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-white-paper-preparing-for-our-future-uk-trade-policy-government-response</a></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/01/2018 14:24:56 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 33123 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

810625

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2017 to Question 118985, on trade agreements, how many trades unions he has met with; and how many times he has met with each of those trades unions.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	120970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has met with a number of trade unions on a range of occasions since its formation, at Ministerial and official level. These meetings covered a variety of topics. As part of our commitment to transparency, we publish quarterly records of Ministerial meetings, available on the Department for International Trade’s .gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/01/2018 14:15:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 33124 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

810349

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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: Statutory Instruments
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 2017 to Question 119374, if the Government will introduce a motion to be considered in Government time to set up a parliamentary select committee to scrutinise statutory instruments introduced by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no such plans. The organisation of parliamentary Committees is a matter for Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/01/2018 15:38:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

806451

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what his policy is on engagement by the UK defence industry with the proposed European Defence Industrial Development Programme (a) before and (b) after the UK leaves the EU; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of that programme on his Department's policies.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	119527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Options for participation in the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) shall form part of the wider EU withdrawal negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 19/12/2017 17:04:09 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

806577

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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: EU Countries
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 value of UK defence exports based on orders and agreed contracts to each EU member state in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	119653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Due to commercial sensitivity, the Government does not publish data detailing the value of defence exports by individual country.</p><p>However, the estimated total of UK defence exports (based on orders/contracts signed) to Europe as a whole from 2007-2016 is £7.3BN (source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/631343/UK_defence_and_security_export_statistics_2016_Final_Version.pdf" target="_blank">DIT DSO</a>).</p><p>The data is taken from the Department for International Trade’s Defence and Security Organisation (DIT DSO) official statistics which are released annually on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-defence-and-security-export-figures-2016" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> website.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 19/12/2017 16:56:57 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones