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453610

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Universities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the cost to UK universities of implementing the Immigration Skills Charge for non-EU workers recruited through the Tier 2 Visa Route, as proposed in Clause 55 of the Immigration Bill, and of the charges recommended by the Migration Advisory Committee.
tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Finsbury
uin	HL6312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has not estimated the cost to UK universities of implementing the Immigration Skills Charge. The cost will depend on the rate set and the Government is considering carefully the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations on rate and scope. Evidence about the likely impact of different rates on different types of organisation, including universities, will be taken into account in our considerations.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 02/03/2016 15:11:25 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	186 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Finsbury

453625

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2016 to Question 26010, when his Department plans to establish the reading room for classified documents relating to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	27767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The reading room for classified documents relating to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is not yet open. Members of both Houses will be informed of the process and details of how to access the room shortly, once these have been finalised.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/02/2016 16:26:38 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

453626

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of a UK withdrawal from the EU on the (a) number of EU students in the UK university student body, (b) ability of UK universities to recruit EU staff into the academic workforce and (c) number of UK students participating in the European exchange programme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	27698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has delivered on the commitment to renegotiate a better deal for the United Kingdom in Europe.</p><p>Based on this deal the Government has reached a clear view: The UK will be safer, stronger and better off by remaining a member of a reformed European Union.</p><p>I recently spoke about the important academic links between the UK and the rest of the EU. The speech is available on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/making-britain-the-best-place-in-the-world-for-science" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/making-britain-the-best-place-in-the-world-for-science</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/02/2016 14:30:07 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

453627

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Aluminium: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to extend the levels of support being given to the aluminium industry to the same level as that given to the steel industry.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	27622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The actions taken by the Government to support the steel sector, for example in respect of support for Energy Intensive Industries (EIIs) with their energy costs, will also benefit the UK aluminium industry. We have paid nearly £2.8 million compensation to date to companies producing aluminium since the EU Emissions Trading System and Carbon Price Support schemes began.</p><p>We look forward to the Aluminium Federation’s constructive involvement in establishing the Metals Council, which will work with Government to address opportunities and challenges facing the UK metals sectors. The Metals Council is an outcome from the Metals Strategy, to which both the Aluminium and Steel sectors provided key contributions.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 14:29:14 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

453629

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much Government funding further education colleges in (a) East Lancashire and (b) Burnley received in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	27624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Information on the number of government funded further education learners at each further education provider is published online at the FE Data Library.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502598/feandskills-learners-by-provider-local-authority-learner-characteristics-1415.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502598/feandskills-learners-by-provider-local-authority-learner-characteristics-1415.xls</a></p><p>The table provides a list of all further education providers, the local authority and local education authority of the provider head office, and information about the number of learners that attended in the 2014/15 academic year.</p><p>Funding allocated to training providers and colleges from both the Skills Funding Agency and the Education Funding Agency is also published online for academic years 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16. Links to the funding numbers are provided below.</p><p>Skills Funding Agency:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2013-to-2014</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>Education Funding Agency:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2013-to-2014-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2013-to-2014-academic-year</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2014-to-2015-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2014-to-2015-academic-year</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2015-to-2016-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2015-to-2016-academic-year</a></p><p>Some further education colleges also receive government funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for their higher education provision. Information on HEFCE’s recurrent grant allocations in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years are published on their website:</p><p>2014-15 <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/1415/institutions/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/1415/institutions/</a></p><p>2015-16 <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/1516/institutions/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/1516/institutions/</a></p><p> </p><p>Income Contingent Repayment (ICR) Student Loans are available to assist higher education students with the payment of their tuition fees. Information on tuition fee loans paid to individual higher education providers is published by the Student Loans Company at the following link for the Academic Years 2011/12 to 2014/15.</p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 27625 question first answered 01/03/2016 16:59:31 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

453630

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students currently attend further education colleges in (a) East Lancashire and (b) Burnley.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	27625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Information on the number of government funded further education learners at each further education provider is published online at the FE Data Library.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502598/feandskills-learners-by-provider-local-authority-learner-characteristics-1415.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502598/feandskills-learners-by-provider-local-authority-learner-characteristics-1415.xls</a></p><p>The table provides a list of all further education providers, the local authority and local education authority of the provider head office, and information about the number of learners that attended in the 2014/15 academic year.</p><p>Funding allocated to training providers and colleges from both the Skills Funding Agency and the Education Funding Agency is also published online for academic years 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16. Links to the funding numbers are provided below.</p><p>Skills Funding Agency:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2013-to-2014</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>Education Funding Agency:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2013-to-2014-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2013-to-2014-academic-year</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2014-to-2015-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2014-to-2015-academic-year</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2015-to-2016-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2015-to-2016-academic-year</a></p><p>Some further education colleges also receive government funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for their higher education provision. Information on HEFCE’s recurrent grant allocations in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years are published on their website:</p><p>2014-15 <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/1415/institutions/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/1415/institutions/</a></p><p>2015-16 <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/1516/institutions/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/1516/institutions/</a></p><p> </p><p>Income Contingent Repayment (ICR) Student Loans are available to assist higher education students with the payment of their tuition fees. Information on tuition fee loans paid to individual higher education providers is published by the Student Loans Company at the following link for the Academic Years 2011/12 to 2014/15.</p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 27624 question first answered 01/03/2016 16:59:31 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

453631

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Hampstead and Kilburn
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many disabled students allowance awards were made by the Student Loans Company to students (a) studying at higher education institutions, (b) with a term-time residence and (c) with a vacation time residence in Hampstead and Kilburn constituency in the most recent academic year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	27628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Statistics showing the number of Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) payments to English students are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education in England</em>’.</p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx</a></p><p>Data provided by the SLC indicates that there were: (a) 120 DSA recipients studying at an institution within the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency and (c) 168 DSA recipients who registered their home address as being in the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency in the academic year 2014/15.</p><p>Information on DSA recipients with a term-time address in the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency is not available.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/03/2016 16:24:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

453632

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms (a) are available and (b) will be available from 2016-17 for applicants for disabled students' allowance (DSA) who wish to appeal against an assessment by an independent needs assessor; how many students have appealed against such a DSA assessment in each year since 2009-10; and how many of those appeals have been found in favour of the appellant in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	27629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>All disabled higher education students who are eligible for Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) are referred to an independent assessment centre so as to identify the type and level of support they require.</p><p>A DSAs Needs Assessment Report, which sets out any recommendations for support, is agreed between the independent needs assessor and the student. The assessment report is not a decision about the type and amount of support to be provided.</p><p>The assessment report is submitted to Student Finance England (SFE), who makes a decision about the type and amount of support they will fund.</p><p>Student Finance England has an established appeals process which students can use if they do not agree with the final decision made by Student Finance England in relation to any aspect of their support.</p><p>SFE appeals information is categorised by appeal issue type rather than by student support product type. Therefore information on appeals that specifically relate to DSAs is not produced.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/03/2016 16:28:18 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

453634

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many assessments for disabled students' allowance (DSA) were carried out by an independent needs assessor in each year since 2009-10; what the average such award was in each of those years; and who was contracted to carry out each of those assessments in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	27630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) are available to help pay the extra essential costs they may have whilst studying on an HE course as a direct result of their disability. The Government recently announced reforms to DSAs to ensure that the limited public funding available for DSAs is targeted in the best way and to achieve value for money, whilst ensuring those disabled students most in need continue to get the help they require. The changes also aim to ensure that Higher Education providers all properly adhere to their Equalities Act 2010 duties, for the benefit of all disabled students.</p><p>All disabled higher education students who are eligible for DSAs are referred to an independent assessment centre so as to identify the type and level of support they require.</p><p>Information in Table 1 sets out the number of study needs assessments carried out by independent assessment centres in England and Wales for English domiciled undergraduate and postgraduate higher education students applying for Student Finance England administered DSAs. Information for numbers of assessments carried out by each assessment centre is not held centrally. Information is not available at individual assessor level. Information for the period prior to 1 April 2011 is not held centrally.</p><p>Table 2 sets out the average award of DSAs in each financial year. A list of currently accredited assessment centres is below.</p><p>Government does not contract with assessment centres. Assessment centres who wish to work in this area are accredited through the DSA Quality Assurance Group, a not-for-profit membership organisation.</p><p><strong>Table 1 -</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Timeframe</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of assessments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2013 – 31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>34,355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>32,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012</p></td><td><p>35,073</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: DSA Quality Assurance Group management information. Information for the period 1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015 will be available in April 2016.</p><p><strong>Table 2 -</strong></p><p><strong>Average DSA payments to full-time English domiciled students</strong></p><p>Academic years 2009/10 to 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average payment (£)<br> <br> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2,230</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SLC, Student Support for Higher Education in England</p><p>Note: 2013/14 final figures are the latest available</p><p> </p><p><strong>List of assessment centres in England and Wales</strong></p><p>AbilityNet DSA Assessment Centre</p><p>Access 1<sup>st</sup> Assessment Centre</p><p>Access Birmingham Assessment Centre</p><p>Access Bristol Assessment Centre</p><p>Access Central Ltd</p><p>Access Centre Coventry</p><p>Access Centre Ealing</p><p>Access Centre Hereford</p><p>Access Independence Ltd</p><p>Access South West</p><p>Access SUMMIT</p><p>Access West of England</p><p>Access@SW15</p><p>Action for Blind People Pan Disability Assessment Centre</p><p>Aim Assessments</p><p>Anglia Access Centre</p><p>Assessment Centre Cardiff</p><p>Assessment Centre Cardiff Metropolitan University</p><p>Assessment Centre on Teesside</p><p>ATOP Chester</p><p>Bangor Access Centre</p><p>Bradford Assessment Centre</p><p>Bridgend Assessment Centre</p><p>Broadbent &amp; Co</p><p>Cambridge Access Centre</p><p>Carmarthenshire Access Centre</p><p>Central London Assessment Services</p><p>Cheltenham Assessment Centre</p><p>Durham University Assessment Centre</p><p>Exeter Access Centre</p><p>Glyndwr University Assessment Centre</p><p>Hertfordshire Access Centre</p><p>Higher York Access Centre</p><p>Hull Assessment Centre</p><p>IONA – Kent and SE Assessment Centre</p><p>Kent Assessors</p><p>Kingston Assessment Services</p><p>Lancaster University Assessment Centre</p><p>Leeds Assessment Centre</p><p>Leeds Metropolitan Disability Assessment Centre</p><p>Leicester Assessment Centre</p><p>Lincoln Assessment Centre</p><p>Lincoln University Assessment Centre</p><p>Loughborough Regional Assessment Centre</p><p>Maritime Assessment Centre</p><p>Midlands Assessment Centre</p><p>Needs Assessment Centre</p><p>Newport Assessment Centre</p><p>North East Regional Assessment Centre</p><p>North London Regional Assessment Centre</p><p>Nottingham Trent University Access Centre</p><p>Nottingham University Access Centre</p><p>Open University Access Centre</p><p>Oxford Access Centre</p><p>Oxford University Assessment Centre</p><p>Pennine Lancashire Access Centre</p><p>Plymouth Assessment Centre</p><p>Portsmouth Assessment Centre</p><p>Reading Assessment Centre</p><p>Regional Access Centre East London</p><p>Sheffield Regional Assessment Centre</p><p>South London Access Centre</p><p>Southampton Assessment and Study Services</p><p>Staffordshire Regional Access Centre</p><p>Surrey Assessment Centre</p><p>Sussex Regional Access Centre</p><p>Swansea Assessment and Training Centre</p><p>Taunton Assessment Centre</p><p>Technical Assessment and Support Centre</p><p>University Centre for Assessments Newcastle</p><p>University of Derby Assessment Centre</p><p>Wessex Needs Assessment Centre</p><p>West London Assessment Centre</p><p>Wolverhampton Assessment Centre</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/03/2016 16:25:23 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

453635

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials of his Department are (a) responsible for external trade policy, (b) working on policy related to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and (c) worked on policy related to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	27658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>There are 41 civil servants in my Department primarily working on trade policy. Of these 10 are primarily working on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement was one of a number of trade negotiations being handled by a team of 5 BIS officials. They are assisted by officials in other Government Departments, notably the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, as well as by other officials within my Department for whom trade policy is not their primary responsibility.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/02/2016 16:28:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds