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846109

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127256, and with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union of 31 January, Official Report, column 833, on the Government’s EU Exit Analysis, in what circumstances his Department can comment on the existence of a leak inquiry; and whether there has been any recent change of policy in this regard.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	129032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not comment on specific leak investigations. We take all leaks of information very seriously.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Fernandes question first answered 26/02/2018 17:11:22 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

846219

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Overtime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many hours of overtime have been worked by staff in his Department in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	128900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union is committed to ensuring staff maintain a work-life balance. The Department has a range of flexible working policies in place to avoid excess working hours. On occasion staff are required to work above their conditioned hours but all overtime is pre-agreed with line managers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Please note the below data relates to the month in which the claims were logged, they may not necessarily be the months when the overtime hours were worked.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Overtime Hours logged</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017</p></td><td><p>497.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>486</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017</p></td><td><p>831.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>439.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>700.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>555.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>1307.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>1102.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2017</p></td><td><p>1009.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2017</p></td><td><p>398</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017</p></td><td><p>855.45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>835.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>562.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 01/03/2018 17:12:28 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

846217

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	European Research Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many times he or ministers of his Department have met the with the European Research Group since taking office.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	128898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Ministers regularly engage with MPs to discuss a wide range of topics, however, as the European Research Group does not have a published list of members, the Department does not hold information pertaining to the group. Details of Ministerial and senior official meetings are published in the Department’s Quarterly Transparency Returns, which are made publicly available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 128899 question first answered 27/02/2018 16:53:13 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

846218

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	European Research Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether he has discussed the letter of 16 February to the Prime Minister from the European Research Group with any of the officers of the European Research Group.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	128899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Ministers regularly engage with MPs to discuss a wide range of topics, however, as the European Research Group does not have a published list of members, the Department does not hold information pertaining to the group. Details of Ministerial and senior official meetings are published in the Department’s Quarterly Transparency Returns, which are made publicly available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 128898 question first answered 27/02/2018 16:53:13 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

846225

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many times he has met with the governments of (a) Gibraltar, (b) Crown Dependencies and (c) other UK Overseas Territories in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	128905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to fully involving the Governments of the Crown Dependencies, Gibraltar and the other Overseas Territories as we leave the EU and we speak regularly at official and Ministerial level to ensure we are fulfilling this commitment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I am responsible for engagement with these governments and speak regularly with them, including through regular phone conversations, visits and meetings. In total, over the past twelve months, I have met a) the Government of Gibraltar on eight occasions; b) the governments of the other UK Overseas Territories’ on two occasions; and c) the governments of the Crown Dependencies on seven occasions. I have also visited Gibraltar and each of the Crown Dependencies within the last year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/02/2018 16:24:49 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

846679

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	UK Relations with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice, if any, they have received on whether a Treaty between the UK and the EU, relating to relations after Brexit, will require a referendum in the Republic of Ireland before ratification.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kinnock
	uin	HL5734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>It is not for us to comment on the constitutional arrangements in another sovereign nation.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/02/2018 16:42:27 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	693 label Biography information for Lord Kinnock

846680

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the declaration that “no deal is better than a bad deal” made in the Prime Minister’s Lancaster House speech in January 2016 continues to guide their policy on exiting the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kinnock
	uin	HL5735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that we are focused on delivering the will of the British people and getting a good outcome, a historic agreement that works for the people and businesses of the UK and for those in the EU. This Government does not expect or want a ‘no deal’ outcome from these negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>It is strongly in the interests of both the UK and the EU to secure such an agreement, a good deal that works for both sides.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, the Government continues to prepare for a range of results from negotiations, including the unlikely scenario in which no mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 01/03/2018 16:02:18 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	693 label Biography information for Lord Kinnock

846703

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential consequences should the EU reject the managed divergence approach to trade.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL5758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>We are fully focused on making the UK’s exit from the EU, and our new trading relationship with the world, a success. The Government has been undertaking rigorous and extensive analysis work to support our exit negotiations, in order to inform our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In our negotiations with the EU, the UK is seeking to secure a new, deep and special partnership. We propose the greatest possible tariff-free and barrier-free trade with our European neighbours based on our rules and regulations being the same at the start, and on maintaining our commitment to free trade and high standards.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, a responsible government should prepare for all potential outcomes and that is exactly what we are doing across the whole of Government. Every Government department continues to work to ensure a smooth exit from the EU in all eventualities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 01/03/2018 16:01:34 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

846707

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Michel Barnier’s comments on the possibility of there being no Brexit transition period for the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL5762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Both the Government and the Commission have been clear that a time-limited implementation period is negotiable. Such a period is in the interests of both businesses and individuals in the UK and the EU. The Commission has published their Directives which provide a mandate to negotiate such a period and both sides have set out a legal text for that agreement.</p><p> </p><p>It is in the interests of both the UK and the EU to agree the precise terms of this period as quickly as possible, in order to provide vital certainty to businesses and citizens. We are approaching these negotiations in good faith, as indeed is the EU, and are confident we can reach an agreement.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 01/03/2018 15:59:15 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

846709

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	European Union: English Language
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to seek to ensure that, after Brexit, English will be retained as an official language of the EU.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL5764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>While the UK will maintain an interest, any decision on official languages of the EU after the UK’s withdrawal will be one to be taken by the EU institutions and their Member States.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 01/03/2018 15:57:22 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley