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1441328

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of increased homeworking during the covid-19 outbreak on her Department’s carbon footprint.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	140601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department monitors and reports on its greenhouse gas emissions - information on this is published in the Greening Government Commitments Annual Report. More information is available here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/greening-government-commitments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/greening-government-commitments</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/03/2022 15:05:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1441028

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to measure its carbon footprint.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	139640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>Greenhouse gas emissions are published annually in the Greening Government Commitments Annual Reports - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/greening-government-commitments#annual-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/greening-government-commitments#annual-reports</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/03/2022 17:06:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1440162

registered interest
date	11/03/2022
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: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has published a plan setting out the steps it plans to take to transition to net zero emissions.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	138371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department is committed to reducing emissions and energy consumption wherever possible, as part of the UK’s transition to net zero. The Department’s current targets to make progress on reducing emissions have been published, as part of the Greening Government Commitments - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/greening-government-commitments#annual-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/greening-government-commitments#annual-reports</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government published the Net Zero Strategy in October 2021, which sets out policies and proposals for decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy to meet our net zero target by 2050 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/net-zero-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/net-zero-strategy</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/03/2022 15:00:50 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1439787

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
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: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has implemented a training programme to provide civil servants with skills to support its transition to net zero.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	138196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>The new Government Curriculum will include modules on Net Zero, climate change and wider environmental issues for government. The Government Skills &amp; Curriculum Unit is working with other Departments (including the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) to create training resource for all civil servants. This will be piloted from April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/03/2022 14:43:36 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1439299

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
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: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether a senior manager in her Department has been given the portfolio for leading on departmental sustainability.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	137474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making its estate and operations more sustainable and resilient, through the Greening Government Commitments.</p><p>The Department for International Trade reports on these commitments every quarter to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and publish a report in the sustainability section of the Department’s Annual Reports and Accounts (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts</a>). The Government Property Agency are responsible for managing and maintaining the department’s estate. Senior officials with relevant functional responsibility lead this work on behalf of the department.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/03/2022 13:52:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1400030

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
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: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the total floor area of her departmental estate was in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	98514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade was established in July 2016. The total floor area for the Department’s estate since inception was as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Floor Space (M<sup>2</sup>, Net Internal Area)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>898</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>13993</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>During the first two financial years, our estate was partially owned by another Department while transfers where formalised.</p><p>The Department subsequently transferred ownership of its property assets to the Government Property Agency (GPA) from September 2019. The GPA will report the space separately for 2019/20 onwards in the Cabinet Office response.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/01/2022 14:10:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1231016

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
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: International Labour Organization
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions she has had with the UK's trade partners on protecting International Labour Organisation standards in future trade agreements.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	905385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>While the details of free trade agreements are reserved for formal negotiations, HM Government has been clear that increased trade does not have to come at the expense of our high labour standards. The United Kingdom is an active member of the International Labour Organisation and we will continue to uphold our world-leading standards and international commitments.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 03/09/2020 10:46:44 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1200091

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
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: Buildings
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 15 May to Question 43779, in how many multi-hub locations employees of her Department are working together with employees of another department or agency in London managed by the Government Property Agency; what those other departments or agencies are; and in which locations that work is taking place.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	54306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. member to the answer given to PQ 54314 on 12<sup>th</sup> June 2020.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/06/2020 13:03:05 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins