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date	14/05/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Design: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to increase the proportion of exports linked to design; what estimate he has made of the number of businesses involved in exports linked to design; .and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	254275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The design sector is a priority for Government. Through the Creative Industries Sector Deal, Government is working with industry to increase creative industry exports – including design – by 50% by 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond this, DIT’s Export Strategy sets out how we will support design businesses, and others, grow sustainably through exporting. This includes through initiatives such asthe GREAT Campaign, the Tradeshow Access Programme and financial support offered by UK Export Finance.</p><p> </p><p>There were 3,300 businesses in the 'Design and designer fashion' sub sector (to the nearest 100 businesses) who were exporters in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/05/2019 15:41:32 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1126691

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date	14/05/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 14 May (HL15424 and HL15425), which are the 27 members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) with which the UK trades solely on WTO terms.
tabling member printed	Lord Bowness
uin	HL15708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Members with which the UK trades purely on WTO Terms - not subject to any Free Trade Agreement or preferential trade regime – are: Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, China, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Gabon, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Macao, Malaysia, the Maldives, New Zealand, Oman, Paraguay, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, the US, Uruguay and Venezuela.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 22/05/2019 16:50:38 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3496 label Biography information for Lord Bowness

1125518

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
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: Germany
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to develop the UK’s post-Brexit trading relationship with Germany.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL15613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Germany accounts for 10.2% of total UK trade and remains a crucial market for UK goods and services. Total trade in goods and services between the UK and Germany amounted to £132.7 billion in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2018, my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade launched the Export Strategy, through which the Government plans to increase UK total exports as a proportion of GDP to 35% and make Britain a 21st century exporting superpower. Germany will be a priority market for this strategy. We will also continue to promote the UK as a bilateral trading partner, reassuring German businesses that the UK remains open for business and remains an advocate for free trade and open markets.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 22/05/2019 16:23:42 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick