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1380951

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date	22/11/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to increase exports.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	79329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The refreshed Export Strategy, launched on 17 November as part of International Trade Week, is an action-led 12-point plan that reflects the Government’s commitment to drive an exports-led economic recovery. It will encourage businesses across the UK to seize the export opportunities created by our new independent trade policy and market access work. HM Government will work in partnership with business to help them realise the benefits of international trade, by improving their capability and skills to export, internationalising key trading sectors, and raising the UK’s exporting culture.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 29/11/2021 15:12:20 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1380954

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Financial Services: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to increase exports of financial services.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	79332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>HM Government is committed to championing export opportunities for the Financial Services sector, where the UK is an existing global leader. We have done this by promoting Financial Services Trade and Investment, through targeted export campaigns supporting specific UK financial services. The Government has also signed ambitious progressive Free Trade Agreements, which will open new markets and reduce market access barriers for British financial services.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has also recently published its updated Export Strategy, which outlines Government support available for British exporters, including financial services.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 29/11/2021 14:59:45 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1380955

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to increase services and digital trade.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	79333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>Services are the predominant driver of the UK economy, contributing 80% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019 and employing over 26 million people (approximately 80% of total employment). Our Free Trade Agreement (FTA) programme continually seeks a gold standard in services and digital trade, providing greater access to overseas markets for UK service businesses and making it easier to trade digitally.</p><p> </p><p>Using our newly independent seat at the World Trade Organization (WTO), the UK is also actively engaged in a range of multilateral and plurilateral fora designed to further liberalise trade in services and create global rules for digital trade. Alongside the WTO, the UK also uses other multilateral groups such as the G7 and G20 to drive forward our ambitious trade agenda. Most recently, the UK led the G7’s first ever ‘trade track’, bringing countries together to agree a set of ground-breaking Digital Trade Principles.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also has a range of programmes designed to help British companies export. The recently announced Export Strategy outlines our ambition for trade in services, supported by promoting the role of services and digital trade within our FTA negotiations. Export campaigns such as in Financial, Professional and Business Services and the Creative Industries encourage companies nationwide to increase services exports and the Digital Exporting Programme is helping UK companies increase exports through digital commerce.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 29/11/2021 14:55:51 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1380958

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to (a) reduce bureaucracy and (b) increase opportunities for British businesses internationally.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	79335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>Through the Export Strategy, the Department is working across government to identify areas where we can reduce the regulatory burden, including through initiatives like the Single Trade Window. The Export Support Service provides a single point of entry for advice and support for businesses who export or wish to do so, and the Export Academy offers training on the technicalities of exporting such as Preferential Tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>The Export Strategy is aligned with our independent trade policy, creating opportunities and making exporting easier for business by helping to deepen our bilateral relations and increase market access.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 29/11/2021 15:06:03 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1380959

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department has made in trade negotiations with Canada.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	79336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>HM Government ran a successful Call for Input over the summer, which asked businesses, non-governmental organisations and the public for their priorities in trade between the United Kingdom and Canada. We are now developing the British negotiating mandate. Before negotiations begin, we will publish our formal response to the Call for Input and our overarching objectives for the negotiations. HM Government of Canada is currently going through a similar process. We look forward to formally commencing talks next year.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 25/11/2021 10:47:58 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1306977

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse has been of each Trade Envoy since their appointment, to date.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	178681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>Trade Envoys are unpaid. Total expenditure for the trade envoy programme since its launch in November 2012 has been £987,153.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/04/2021 16:54:04 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1306978

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the accumulated investment results achieved by each Trade Envoy.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	178683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Programme supports British businesses overseas and attracts investment into the UK. The programme works in collaboration with other trade promotion activities and it focuses on emerging and high growth markets where additional senior interactions can be valuable, or larger economies where multiple interactions at different levels are effective.</p><p>There is no verifiable way to quantify the investment results achieved by each Trade Envoy given they work in collaboration with our other activities to promote investment into the UK. The Department for International Trade’s most recent published foreign direct investment results can be found in the annual report:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/04/2021 16:55:01 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord