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972307

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: Career Development
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 who transferred into his Department were promoted to a higher grade upon their transfer; and how many have since transferred out of his Department at that higher grade.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	173943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not held centrally therefore we are not in a position to provide this.<br><br>The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 650 staff. The Department 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.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/10/2018 11:01:41 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

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

972492

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: Public Expenditure
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 the 2018-19 Main Estimates, published in April 2018, how much additional funding his Department has been allocated since the publication of those estimates to prepare for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	174070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union has had no additional funding allocated since the 2018-19 Main Estimates, published in April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/10/2018 10:59:03 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

971740

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Brexit
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 meetings Ministers of his Department have had with organisations representing (a) EU citizens in the UK and (b) UK citizens in the EU (i) since his appointment and (ii) since January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	173637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials from across Government are speaking to stakeholders from a variety of sectors, including organisations representing EU citizens in the UK and UK citizens in the EU, to understand their concerns and priorities regarding our EU exit.</p><p>Working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Home Office, DExEU has hosted sixteen community outreach information events with diaspora communities in the UK and organisations that represent EU citizens. Since January 2018, DExEU ministers have attended twelve of these events; four of these have taken place since the Secretary of State’s appointment. UK diplomatic posts around EU 27 member states have hosted a number of events with UK citizens in the EU.</p><p>The Home Office has long standing relationships with groups representing EU citizens, and is discussing the design of the scheme to grant status to EU citizens already resident in the UK with employers, suppliers and citizens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/10/2018 10:57:43 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

971772

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the number of days of sick leave taken by staff in his Department for mental health reasons in each year since his Department's inception.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	173646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the EU was formed in July 2016. From July 2016 through to March 2017, not all staff were on the HR and payroll systems and we are therefore not able to provide a breakdown of the sickness absence of staff in the department during 2016/17.</p><p>The Department is committed to reducing work related absence due to mental illness and has a number of services in place to support members of staff suffering from such conditions e.g. support lines, counselling, Employee Assistance Programmes and a dedicated mental health and wellbeing group who have been leading on a number of wellbeing activities across the Department to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of staff employed in the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 01/10/2018 09:06:15 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

971205

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Consumers: Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings ministers have held with consumer representatives about the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL10205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials from across Government have a regular dialogue with stakeholders from sectors across the economy, including consumer representative groups such as Which?. This ongoing programme of engagement includes bilateral meetings, roundtables, and visits, to understand these stakeholders’ priorities and concerns regarding our EU exit.</p><p>Details of Ministerial and senior official meetings on Government business are published in the Department’s Quarterly Transparency Returns, which are made publicly available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-exiting-the-european-union&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 27/09/2018 14:22:15 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

971237

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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: Labour Turnover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish staff turnover figures for the Department for Exiting the European Union, set out by quarter, since June 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL10232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2018 answer text <p>We can confirm that we do not plan to publish staff turnover figures for the Department for Exiting the European Union, set out by quarter, since June 2016. We do however already provide monthly turnover figures to the National Audit Office which are published in their reports.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 27/09/2018 14:22:47 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

971374

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	UK Relations with EU
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 Answer of 6 September to Question 169670 on UK Relations with EU, whether his Department is seeking to develop a new development partnership with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	172533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s position, as set out most recently in the 12 July White Paper, is that a future UK-EU relationship on development would be in our mutual interest. As part of this relationship we have proposed a cooperative accord on development assistance and international action.</p><p>We have identified some specific thematic areas where there is a strong case for such a UK-EU strategic partnership, such as humanitarian aid, migration and peace and security. However, other thematic and geographic areas could also be considered, as new challenges emerge, where a UK-EU partnership may be the best approach.</p><p>Any UK participation would require appropriate influence and oversight over UK funds, at the strategic and programme level, as well as eligibility for UK entities to deliver EU programmes and apply for funding on an open and fair basis.</p><p><strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 13/09/2018 09:54:29 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

971439

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department has sought legal advice on (a) holding a second referendum on EU membership and (b) reversing Article 50.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	172459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government are maintaining the general practice of successive Governments not to comment on legal advice that may or may not have been sought or received.</p><p>As a matter of firm policy we will not revoke Article 50 or hold a second referendum. A clear majority of the electorate voted to leave the EU and we must respect both the will of the British people, and the democratic process which delivered this result.</p><p>The British people gave a clear instruction to leave, and we are delivering on that instruction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 13/09/2018 12:51:17 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

971514

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what information his Department holds on the socio-economic background of people appointed to senior positions in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	172623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any data on the socio-economic background of people appointed to senior positions.</p><p>The Civil Service is currently looking at the best way to start implementing the measures published earlier in June across Government Departments, to better understand the background of people appointed in senior positions. The Government is committed to social mobility, and we are committed to creating an organisation in which everybody can thrive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 01/10/2018 09:31:17 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft