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1584330

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, in which countries does her Department employ staff based in UK (a) embassies (b) consulates.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	140149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>As of 31 January 2023, this department employed UK-based staff in UK embassies in the following countries:</p><p> </p><p>Algeria, Azerbaijan, Chile, China, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Mexico, Morocco, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Myanmar.</p><p> </p><p>UK-based staff in UK consulates in the following countries:</p><p> </p><p>Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United States, Vietnam.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 13/02/2023 17:01:08 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1519499

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials from her Department are based in each state of the United States as on 10 October 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	59795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>As of 10 October 2022, the Department for International Trade maintains 151 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions based in the United States, as shown in the table below. This includes currently vacant positions.</p><p>These officials are based in the British Embassy and Consulates General across the US.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>State</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Consulate General/ Embassy</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE Staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>California</p></td><td><p>Los Angeles</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>San Francisco</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Florida</p></td><td><p>Miami</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Georgia</p></td><td><p>Atlanta</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Illinois</p></td><td><p>Chicago</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Massachusetts</p></td><td><p>Boston</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New York</p></td><td><p>New York</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Texas</p></td><td><p>Houston</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Washington DC</p></td><td><p>Washington DC</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>151</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK Export Finance is co-administered with the Department for International Trade and employs one official based in Texas.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed Sir James Duddridge question first answered 17/10/2022 15:37:51 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1472814

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2022
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what her Department’s allocated budget and (b) staff headcount is for the trade and investment hubs in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) Darlington.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	23775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has allocated the following budget in 2022-23 financial year:</p><p>Scotland: £1,358,373;</p><p>Wales: £918,950;</p><p>Northern Ireland: £756,145; and</p><p>Darlington: this is a DIT Office location but we do not have an allocated budget for Darlington as a trade and investment hub.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31st May 2022, DIT employed:</p><p>Scotland: 29 staff including staff based in the regional offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow;</p><p>Wales:23 staff;</p><p>Northern Ireland: 9 staff; and</p><p>Darlington: 58 staff.</p><p> </p><p>These figures do not include UK Export Finance staff, Trade Remedies Authority Staff, and those who are on loan or secondment out of DIT, or on unpaid special leave or career break.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/07/2022 13:10:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1464556

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2022
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many of her Departmental staff are based in each region of (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland and can advise businesses on exporting to new and existing markets; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	5319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department of International Trade (DIT) has teams across the UK supporting businesses to export. In the English Regions, this is primarily delivered through eight contracted regionally located Delivery Partners, comprising c.200 international trade advisors. As of 1st July 2022, this service will be brought into the Department. We are also developing teams of export and investment specialists in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. As of April 2022 DIT has 28 staff in Scotland, 23 staff in Wales and 5 staff in Northern Ireland. We aim to deliver c.275 roles into Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland under the cross-Government Places for Growth programme by 2030. These figures exclude UK Export Finance staff.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 30/05/2022 09:45:52 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1463362

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2022
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many employees of her Department have been based in each African nation, in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	2348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>Department for International Trade (DIT) had 86 staff based in Africa in 2018, 84 staff in 2019, 102 staff in 2020, 123 staff in 2021 and 122 staff in 2022. The breakdown by each African nation is presented in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>DIT Overseas Staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>African Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cameroon</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cote d'Ivoire</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritania</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>86</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>84</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>102</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>123</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>122</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures are as of 31 March each year and include both UK based overseas staff (Civil Servants) and country based overseas staff who work on Department for International Trade objectives but are not Civil Servants.</p><p> </p><p>These figures do not include UK Export Finance staff, Trade Remedies Authority Staff, those on Loan from other government departments who remain on their home departments payroll, contractors, military staff, people on secondment from other organisations, those who are on loan or secondment out of DIT, or on unpaid special leave or career break.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/05/2022 14:15:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1438961

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2022
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff her Department there have been in (a) in total, (b) based in London, (c) based in regions outside London and (d) based overseas in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	136492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade employs several staff within the United Kingdom and overseas. Headcount figures for locations and staff numbers are detailed in a table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Total staff</p></td><td><p>Total staff based in London</p></td><td><p>Total staff based in U.K. regions</p></td><td><p>Total staff based overseas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2022*</p></td><td><p>4,974</p></td><td><p>3,151</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>1,624</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2021*</p></td><td><p>4,813</p></td><td><p>3,114</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>1,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>4,442</p></td><td><p>2,791</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>1,461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>3,661</p></td><td><p>2,113</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>1,352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018**</p></td><td><p>3,779</p></td><td><p>1,941</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>1,399</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*<em>These figures do not include the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA), a Reading-based former directorate of DIT who formally became an Arm’s Length Body of DIT in June 2021.</em></p><p>**<em>These figures include U.K. Export Finance (UKEF). Figures after this period exclude UKEF.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 31/03/2022 16:24:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1421210

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2022
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials in her Department are working on the negotiations on the application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	121790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>As of January 2022, the Department for International Trade had just over 600 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff working directly on trade negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade operates a flexible resourcing model in order to maximise efficiency across our free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations. The number of staff working on a FTA at any one time will change depending on the stage and scale of the negotiations. Staff will also often be working across multiple negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/02/2022 12:25:43 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 52281 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1421211

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2022
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials in her Department are working on the ongoing negotiations with the Gulf Co-operation council.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	121791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) had just over 600 ‘full-time equivalent’ staff working directly on trade negotiations in January.</p><p> </p><p>DIT operates a ‘flexible resourcing model’ in order to maximise efficiency across our trade negotiations. The number of staff working on a trade deal at any one time will change depending on the stage and scale of the negotiations. Staff often work across multiple negotiations.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 25/02/2022 14:15:43 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1351643

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she plans to (a) change staffing levels and (b) make redundancies in each of her Department’s regional teams of international trade advisers in the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	41098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The International Trade Adviser service is one part of the department’s export support ecosystem that up-skills businesses to take advantage of export opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) contracts with Delivery Partners to provide an International Trade Adviser service across England. International Trade Advisers are employees of Delivery Partners. Staffing levels are determined by Delivery Partners, in response to commercially agreed outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>DIT provides the maximum possible support to UK business to take full advantage of trade opportunities, including those arising from delivering Free Trade Agreements, and facilitating UK exports.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/09/2021 12:54:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1306412

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the total size was of her Department’s overseas network by headcount as at 1 March 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	175762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) employs both domestic and overseas staff, who are contracted separately through the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Staff working on DIT objectives, but contracted through the FCDO total 1,560. This consists of 148 UK staff deployed overseas, 1,357 local staff and 55 local staff interns. The table attached shows the breakdown of these staff, across each of the nine HM Trade Commissioner regions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures do not include staff on loan to DIT from other government departments but who remain on their home departments payroll, contractors, military staff, people on secondment from other organisations, those who are on loan or secondment out of DIT, on unpaid special leave or career break and people working in UK Export Finance.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 175763 175764 175765 175766 175767 175768 175769 175770 175771 question first answered 19/04/2021 10:53:41 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands attachment 1 file name HMTC Region.docx title HM Trade Commissioner regions
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry