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972401

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	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: Staff
	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 staff (a) are employed directly by (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract to his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	174123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I can confirm that all staff directly employed by the Department for Exiting the European Union are paid in line with the Government’s National Living Wage. All staff are based in London and are paid in line with the living wage, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department is recruiting the brightest and the best from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector. The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 650 staff. We will not be providing a running commentary as recruitment is ongoing and numbers are regularly changing.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/10/2018 11:06:16 question first ministerially corrected 09/10/2018 12:47:06 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris previous answer version 77105 answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1013203

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	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	EU Budget: Contributions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any final financial settlement with the EU resulting from Brexit will represent the UK's accumulated obligations; and if so, how much the accumulated obligations represent; and whether they will publish a breakdown of those obligations.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL11763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p><strong></strong>We have agreed a fair financial settlement with the EU as part of the draft Withdrawal Agreement which reflects the UK paying its share of the outstanding EU commitments made during the period of our membership. Our estimate, based on reasonable assumptions and publically available data, falls within the range of £35bn-£39bn, and the National Audit Office confirmed in April 2018 that these assumptions were reasonable.</p><p>Details of the basis on which that figure was reached can be found in the draft Withdrawal Agreement, published on November 14th, 2018. The Chancellor of the Exchequer also provided details to the Treasury Select Committee in January 2018, including a breakdown of the components of the settlement.</p><p> </p><p><strong><strong></strong><br></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 06/12/2018 16:53:30 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

946815

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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, when he plans to publish the Withdrawal and Implementation Bill White Paper.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	167161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>A White Paper titled ‘Legislating for the Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union’ was published 24th July 2018. This is available on the Government <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legislating-for-the-withdrawal-agreement-between-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union" target="_blank">website</a>.</p><p><strong><strong></strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 04/09/2018 15:53:12 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

935094

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2018
	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	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether a new Independent Monitoring Authority to monitor citizens’ rights will be established by 29 March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	161143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>A new Independent Monitoring Authority will monitor how the Citizens’ Rights provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement are implemented and applied in the UK, helping to provide certainty to EU citizens in the UK. Its powers will have effect from the end of the implementation period. The Withdrawal Agreement and Implementation Bill, which will implement the final Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union, will make provision for the establishment of this independent monitoring authority.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will come forward in due course with more details about the shape of this new authority, but we are clear that it will need to receive complaints from EU citizens and their family members; conduct its own inquiries into alleged breaches of Part Two of the Agreement by administrative bodies; and institute legal proceedings to seek an adequate remedy. The IMA will publish an annual report to the specialised Committee for Citizens’ Rights, (sitting under the Joint Committee governing the Withdrawal Agreement).</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 16/07/2018 11:36:25 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

918484

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	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	Ports: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what plans ministers in his Department have to visit ports in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	150597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>A number of UK Government ministers, including the Secretary of State for Wales and the Minister for Security, have visited Holyhead to discuss the impact of EU exit on the port. UK Government officials continue to work with port operators, key stakeholders, and the Welsh Government, to ensure that traffic continues to flow freely at ports in Wales once the UK has left the EU.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 13/06/2018 14:37:12 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

899968

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	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	EU Institutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to negotiate observer status for the UK in each of the EU institutions to take effect from 29 March 2019.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL7631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>After 29 March 2019, the UK will no longer be a Member State of the EU. The UK will no longer sit at the European Council table or in the Council of Ministers, and will no longer have Members of the European Parliament.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, as set out in the agreement endorsed by the March European Council, representatives or experts from the UK may continue to attend meetings of certain EU committees, agencies, and other bodies during the implementation period, where the presence of the UK is necessary and is in the interests of the Union, or where the discussion concerns acts addressed to the UK and its citizens.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>No decisions have yet been made on our future relationship with the EU's bodies after the implementation period. The Government is considering very carefully a range of options, but where there is a demonstrable national interest in pursuing a continued relationship with an EU body, we will carefully examine whether we should pursue this. This will be a matter for negotiations.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 14/05/2018 16:11:25 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

988639

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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	Eurostat
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to Eurostat, whether (a) the general public will lose access and (b) whether the UK Government will lose the ability to contribute when the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	180318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>After exit, the general public will be able to access all published data from Eurostat as normal. Under the terms of the draft Withdrawal Agreement the UK Government will continue to work closely with and contribute data to Eurostat during the implementation period.</p><p>The nature of the statistical relationship we have with the EU beyond the implementation period will be decided as part of the future relationship negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 24/10/2018 10:26:42 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

972400

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	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: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	174122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>All SCS staff are employed on standard Senior Civil Service employment contracts. Due to the small numbers of staff affected the Department is unable to release this information as disclosure would contravene data protection principles.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/10/2018 11:42:25 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

918479

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	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: Staff
	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 members of staff are employed in his Department to work on preparations in the event of the UK not agreeing a deal with the EU by job grade.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	150592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>All departments are equipping themselves with the resources they need to get the best deal for the UK, and to prepare for all possible outcomes of negotiations. The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 650 staff based in the UK plus the expertise of over 120 officials in Brussels.</p><p>The Department is continuing to recruit the brightest and the best. The Department for Exiting the European Union is responsible for overseeing negotiations to leave the EU and establishing the future relationship between the UK and EU. As such all staff in the Department are dedicated to planning, delivering or supporting the work on EU exit.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 13/06/2018 14:27:59 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

947648

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	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: Staff
	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 staff work in his Department's Planning and Analysis Directorate.
	tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
	tabling member printed	Sir Bernard Jenkin
	uin	167826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>All departments are equipping themselves with the resources they need to get the best deal for the UK. The Department for Exiting the European Union continues to recruit the brightest and the best from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector, in a range of professions, including the Government Economics Service (GES).</p><p>The Department now has over 650 staff based in the UK, plus the expertise of over 120 officials in Brussels. We regularly reviews headcount to ensure we are appropriately resourced to deliver the Department’s objectives to secure the best possible deal on the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU, and build a deep and comprehensive future partnership between the UK and the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 06/09/2018 16:52:44 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin