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1568612

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what human resources information their Department shares with trade unions on a regular basis.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	127795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade regularly shares information with the recognised departmental trade unions where appropriate and that supports union representatives in carrying out their responsibilities under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. This includes details on pay, terms and conditions and other human resource policies, as well as information regarding employee experience initiatives and other organisational transformation or change which is shared as part of regular trade union engagement.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a range of information regarding the departmental workforce is available publicly on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 27/01/2023 11:30:20 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1568818

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	World Economic Forum
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 was of her travel arrangements for the World Economic Forum in Davos.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	127827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial travel are routinely recorded on the Department’s transparency returns, published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>. Returns are published on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 27/01/2023 11:54:25 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 50249 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568819

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	World Economic Forum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will list the meetings she held whilst at the World Economic Forum in December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	127828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>All meetings held by the Secretary of State in her Ministerial capacity are routinely released on quarterly Departmental transparency returns. These will be published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a> in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 27/01/2023 11:41:52 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 50248 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568820

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	World Economic Forum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she held discussions with the United States Trade Representative at the World Economic Forum in December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	127829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State had a bilateral discussion with the United States Trade Representative at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 18<sup>th</sup> January 2023.</p><p> </p><p>This was their second bilateral discussion since the Secretary of State’s appointment in September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 127830 question first answered 27/01/2023 11:49:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 50247 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568821

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many times she has met with the United States Trade Representative since September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	127830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State had a bilateral discussion with the United States Trade Representative at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 18<sup>th</sup> January 2023.</p><p> </p><p>This was their second bilateral discussion since the Secretary of State’s appointment in September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 127829 question first answered 27/01/2023 11:49:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568822

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 114753 on Department for International Trade: Public Expenditure, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the reduction of the Total Departmental Expenditure Limit; and whether she expects her Department to reduce its headcount in financial years 2023-24 and 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	127831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Spending Review 2021 provided a £67.6 million cash increase for the Department for International Trade (DIT) over the Spending Review period, enabling HMG to transform and digitise its services for exporters and investors, maintain increased capacity to secure world class free trade agreements and continue to support the rules-based international trading system. Sustainable DIT workforce plans for 2023-24 and 2024-25 will be finalised as part of the current annual business planning process.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 25/01/2023 15:05:20 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568329

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Tradeshow Access Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much of the funding allocated for Tradeshow Access Programmes remains unspent in 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	126732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Any unspent allocations are redirected to other forms of export support.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 25/01/2023 17:14:15 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie previous answer version 49853 answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568339

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of increasing the involvement of the UK's diverse diasporas in trade delegations; and whether she has made a recent assessment of the diversity of trade delegations.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	126639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) aims to be a diverse, inclusive department that is representative of the communities we serve. DIT supports and embeds the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion strategy to promote fair representation within the workforce, with a number of actions to support increased representation of underrepresented groups.</p><p> </p><p>This includes the Export Strategy, within which our commitments will be underpinned by improving our data on diversity and inclusion in international trade. Recent trade delegations have included DIT support to the Tavola Food and Drink Trade show in Belgium in March 2022, where DIT supported 20 businesses, 10 of which were from an ethnic minority background, to exhibit their products.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 27/01/2023 12:04:07 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1567317

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Serbia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the UK has sold weapons or defensive arms to Serbia in the last three years; and whether the UK plans to sell weapons or defensive arms to Serbia in the next two years.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
uin	124156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>HM Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) on export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a>. These reports contain detailed information, including the overall value, the type (e.g. Military, Other), and a summary of the items covered by these licences.</p><p> </p><p>All future export licence applications received will be assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. These Criteria are one of the means by which we implement a range of international legal commitments including the Arms Trade Treaty and other relevant rules of international law.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/01/2023 15:08:13 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1567329

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has been made on implementing the actions agreed at the U.S./UK Dialogues on Future of Atlantic Trade, which took place in Baltimore in March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	123935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>At the UK-U.S. Dialogues, the UK and US agreed to further strengthen our bilateral trade through new cooperation on digital trade, securing supply chains, and support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).</p><p> </p><p>The Government have since held US-UK SME Dialogues in Boston in June and Edinburgh in November, where we agreed to take forward joint projects on SME tools to support UK and US firms.</p><p> </p><p>In the past year the Government has worked with the US to open market access and improve the trading landscape, successfully securing the removal of Section 232 tariffs on UK steel and aluminium and the long-standing US ban on the import of British lamb.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/01/2023 13:33:39 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah