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registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total value of (1) imports, and (2) exports, between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
uin	HL1890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>The value of goods exported from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland was £2.1 billion in 2015.</p><p>The value of goods imported into Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland was £1.6 billion in 2015.</p><p>Data on the value of trade in services between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is not available.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 20/09/2016 12:26:22 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

581966

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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: Exports
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 his policy that the UK leaving the EU will not (a) affect the UK's position as a signatory to the EU's Code of Conduct on Arms Exports and (b) require any amendment of the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	46058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Until we leave the EU, the UK will remain a full member, with all of the rights and obligations. This includes those relating to export licencing policy.</p><p>The assessment framework provided by the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, as set out in the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 March 2014, remains in force.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 19/09/2016 14:50:19 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

581975

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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, with reference to the Answer of 17 March 2016 to Question 30754 and the Written Ministerial Statement of 21 July 2016, HCWS 125, whether Saudi Arabia remains fully compliant with the UK's export license criteria.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	45958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes its arms export responsibilities very seriously. The test applied to an export licence application is whether the proposed export complies with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. We carefully assess each licence application against these Criteria and will not grant a licence if to do so would breach the Criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 19/09/2016 14:42:22 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

581976

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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, with reference to the Answer of 17 March 2016 to Question 30754, how many arms export licenses to Saudi Arabia have been revoked in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	45959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Data relating to export licences issued, refused or revoked for all destinations is published as official statistics on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 19/09/2016 14:39:54 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

582139

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which reports commissioned by his Department from external bodies between 1 January 2015 and 31 August 2016 have not yet been published; when each report was commissioned for research; what the nature of the research commissioned was; from which external body or individual person the research was commissioned; what the value was of each such piece of research commissioned; on what date each report was received by his Department; for what reasons the research has not yet been published; and when he plans to publish each report.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Natalie McGarry
uin	45906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>Between 1 January 2015 and 31 August 2016 the Department for International Trade (former UK Trade and Investment, Business, Innovation and Skills Trade Policy Group and UK Export Finance) commissioned 21 studies to external organisations which have not yet been published. The table attached contains the details. Information with regards to the value of the project cannot be disclosed until the projects are completed.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/09/2016 13:46:50 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands attachment 1 file name Final answer to 22669 - table.docx title Studies to external organisations
tabling member	4428 label Biography information for Natalie McGarry

582140

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many citizens of other EU countries work in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	45901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>Following her appointment on 13 July 2016 the Prime Minister established the Department for International Trade (DIT). The DIT aggregates UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), UK Export and Finance (UKEF), Trade Policy Units from the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy (BEIS), as well as some new hires.</p><p>Until such time as a transfer of functions order establishes the Secretary of State as a corporation sole, DIT remains a unified Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy (BEIS) department for accounting purposes.</p><p>As DIT is currently being formed, details of the staff that the Department employs is being finalised, whilst employee transfers and recruitment are taking place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/09/2016 13:49:08 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

582141

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Regeneration Investment Organisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many companies have signed memoranda of understanding with the Regeneration Investment Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	46048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a high-level arrangement, which is not legally binding, and enables the participants to work together toward a desired outcome. Between the period April 2014 to October 2015, the Regeneration Investment Organisation (RIO) negotiated MoUs with seven companies. Only one of those MoUs remains in place.</p><p>Aventa is a regeneration investor and comprises a regulated asset management company and a vehicle for managing early stage development and construction risk. The Regeneration Investment Organisation and Aventa Capital MoU was developed in October 2014 to support Aventa’s work in seeking to develop a regeneration fund and thereby encourage institutional investment into UK regeneration projects. The Department felt the proposal covered by the MoU was viable given Aventa’s sector and management experience.</p><p>There was no commitment on the part of RIO to provide any capital or resource in connection with the agreement. In addition, any recommendation from Aventa would have been reviewed and subjected to due diligence by the developer as a commercial partner. The MoU was concluded, by mutual agreement, following meetings with officials during December 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 46047 46049 question first answered 20/09/2016 13:52:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

582142

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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: Aventa Capital Partners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what factors Ministers in his Department took into account when signing a memorandum of understanding with Aventa Capital in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	46047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a high-level arrangement, which is not legally binding, and enables the participants to work together toward a desired outcome. Between the period April 2014 to October 2015, the Regeneration Investment Organisation (RIO) negotiated MoUs with seven companies. Only one of those MoUs remains in place.</p><p>Aventa is a regeneration investor and comprises a regulated asset management company and a vehicle for managing early stage development and construction risk. The Regeneration Investment Organisation and Aventa Capital MoU was developed in October 2014 to support Aventa’s work in seeking to develop a regeneration fund and thereby encourage institutional investment into UK regeneration projects. The Department felt the proposal covered by the MoU was viable given Aventa’s sector and management experience.</p><p>There was no commitment on the part of RIO to provide any capital or resource in connection with the agreement. In addition, any recommendation from Aventa would have been reviewed and subjected to due diligence by the developer as a commercial partner. The MoU was concluded, by mutual agreement, following meetings with officials during December 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 46048 46049 question first answered 20/09/2016 13:52:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

582143

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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: Aventa Capital Partners
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 made an assessment of the adequacy of the memorandum of understanding signed between the Regeneration Investment Organisation and Aventa Capital.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	46049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a high-level arrangement, which is not legally binding, and enables the participants to work together toward a desired outcome. Between the period April 2014 to October 2015, the Regeneration Investment Organisation (RIO) negotiated MoUs with seven companies. Only one of those MoUs remains in place.</p><p>Aventa is a regeneration investor and comprises a regulated asset management company and a vehicle for managing early stage development and construction risk. The Regeneration Investment Organisation and Aventa Capital MoU was developed in October 2014 to support Aventa’s work in seeking to develop a regeneration fund and thereby encourage institutional investment into UK regeneration projects. The Department felt the proposal covered by the MoU was viable given Aventa’s sector and management experience.</p><p>There was no commitment on the part of RIO to provide any capital or resource in connection with the agreement. In addition, any recommendation from Aventa would have been reviewed and subjected to due diligence by the developer as a commercial partner. The MoU was concluded, by mutual agreement, following meetings with officials during December 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 46047 46048 question first answered 20/09/2016 13:52:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

582144

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Drugs: Japan
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 had discussions with representatives from Japan on arrangements for Japanese pharmaceutical companies in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	46042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) works with new investors from Japan as well as Japanese companies across many sectors that have a UK presence. The Life Sciences Organisation (LSO) in this Department as well as the overseas market team in Japan have been engaging directly with Japanese pharmaceutical companies in Japan and those with a UK footprint. We welcome engagement from Japan and senior officials will continue to engage in a structured way on all levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/09/2016 14:47:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne