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<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) and Trade Policy Units from the Department for Business,
Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p>Until such time as a transfer of functions
order establishes my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade
as a corporation sole, DIT remains a unified Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) department for
accounting purposes. The transfer of functions order (No 2016/ 992) laid on 19 October
2016 will come into effect on 9 November 2016.</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>
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