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821470

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Iran
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will make it a precondition for any increase in trade between the UK and Iran that the Government of Iran adheres to international human rights norms by allowing peaceful demonstrations and protests against its policies.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	122388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government (HMG) supports trade with Iran as a key part of its commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA). HMG remains concerned about the human rights situation in Iran and continues to encourage the Iranian government to improve its human rights record.</p><p>The Government provides support and advice to UK businesses looking to take advantage of the commercial opportunities in countries around the world, including in Iran.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/01/2018 16:39:37 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

821567

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
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: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	122485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade uses the Government Car Service for vehicle provision. Cars provided to Departments by the Government Car Service will be included in the return for the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/01/2018 10:18:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

820771

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2018 to Question 120867, on Trade Agreements, for what reason that answer does not contain the list of organisations which submitted responses.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	122189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>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. We have summarised the responses and some organisations have made their own responses public. For those that haven’t we are treating their response as confidential.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/01/2018 12:26:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 34686 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

820794

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department has a carer's policy for its employees; and what other steps his Department has taken to support employees with caring responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	122212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is intending to develop a carers policy from the carers charter currently being developed by Civil Service Employee Policy, based in the Cabinet Office.</p><p>The Department is committed to supporting caring responsibilities of its workforce. This has been a key priority in the department in its first year of operation.</p><p>To this end, activities to date have included: provision special leave and unpaid career breaks set out in the department’s special leave policy; developing new policies for staff including flexible working, caring responsibilities, parental leave and career breaks; setting up employee networks; offering access to childcare vouchers and play schemes.</p><p>Finally, the department offers an Employee Assistance programme to support staff. This is accessible 365 days a year and includes resources on coping with stress, leading a healthy life and counselling.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/01/2018 11:23:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

819885

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 his Department has made by (a) recipient of each such payment, (b) purpose of each such payment, (c) value of each such payment and (d) reason that payment was classified as fruitless in the 2017-18 financial year to date.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	121957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has not made any fruitless payments over £30,000 in the 2017-18 financial year to date.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/01/2018 16:56:28 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

819911

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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, with reference to his article in The Times of 9 January 2018, which the 14 trade working groups across 21 countries are; how much funding the Government provides to each of those working groups; and for what reason no details will be made available to Parliament on the meetings of those groups.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	121983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government has announced 14 trade working groups across 21 countries to explore the best ways of progressing our trade and investment relationships, details of which have been made public. These form part of the daily work of the teams that run them and are not accounted for separately.</p><p>We will work with Parliament and stakeholders to identify the vital role they will play in scrutinising, implementing and ratifying the UK’s future trade agreements. We will return to Parliament with proposals in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/01/2018 16:41:36 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

819912

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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, with reference to his article in The Times of 9 January 2018, whether representatives of any (a) NGOs, (b) trades unions, (c) consumers’ rights organisations or (b) environmental organisations will be invited to join the Trade Policy Strategic Advisory Group; and who is responsible under which criteria for deciding that group’s membership.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	121984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Trade Policy Strategic Advisory Group is only one part of the Department for International Trade’s stakeholder engagement activities.</p><p>The Trade Policy Strategic Advisory Group will ensure that a range of voices are contributing to developing our trade policy. We will seek to include representation of individuals capable of taking views from across business communities, civil society, consumer groups and academia from across the UK. Further details on the criteria and membership will be decided on in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/01/2018 16:33:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

819934

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
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 was of chaperoning foreign delegations in UK sponsored arms fairs; how many military escort officers chaperoned such delegations in each of the last five years; how such officers are selected; and which Department pays the cost.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	122006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>There is no cost to the public purse. All additional costs are met in full by the respective commercial event organisers. Escort Officers respond to a call from their military chain of command to volunteer for the task. The number of military Escort Officers used to chaperone foreign delegations at UK sponsored defence exhibitions in each of the last five years is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Exhibition</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of military Escort Officers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI)</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Farnborough International Airshow (FIA)</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI)</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Farnborough International Airshow (FIA)</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI)</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/01/2018 17:51:56 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

819935

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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 Promotion: Conflict of Interests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what measures he has put in place to ensure that people acting as trade ambassadors separate that role from any personal commercial activities they have arising from which there might be a conflict of interest.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	122007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys are parliamentarians and as such are duty bound to declare their interests on the parliamentary register.</p><p>The Department for International Trade officials provide all PM Trade Envoys with a copy of the terms of reference for the programme, which includes a section on conflicts of interest.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/01/2018 17:03:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

819947

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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 Promotion: Malawi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of appointing a UK trade envoy to Malawi; and whether his Department plans to do so.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	122019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys engage with markets where substantial trade and investment opportunities have been identified by UK government.</p><p>The Prime Minister currently has ten Trade Envoys appointed to countries in Africa. They play an important role in enhancing the trade and investment work carried out by our teams on the ground, supporting UK companies exporting and investing in Africa and helping to make progress in efforts to tackle market access barriers. The Department for International Trade does not currently have a presence in Malawi, where the commercial relationship is relatively small. There are no plans to appoint a Trade Envoy to Malawi at this time.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/01/2018 10:46:53 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney