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1236233

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
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 members of staff her Department employs.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	92886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade employs both domestic and overseas staff, who are contracted separately through the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).</p><p> </p><p>There were 2,766 staff employed directly by the Department for International Trade (DIT), within DIT and UK Export Finance, as of 31 August 2020. Staff working on DIT objectives but contracted through the FCDO total 1,411, with a total employed figure for the DIT workforce of 4,177*.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>*This figure does not include those on loan to DIT 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, on unpaid special leave or career break.</strong></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 29/09/2020 11:22:14 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1232948

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
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 members of staff in their Department have one or more of the words equality, diversity, inclusion, gender, LGBT or race in their job title.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	87653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 9 September to Question 83937.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/09/2020 11:24:39 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1232054

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
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: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much the Department spent on unconscious bias training in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	86160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>Unconscious bias training is mandatory for all staff in the Department for International Trade (DIT), including UK Export Finance (UKEF), who are required to complete an on-line learning module on an annual basis.</p><p> </p><p>There is no cost to DIT for this training provided by Civil Service Learning which offers to their learning catalogue on an annual subscription model for Civil Service organisations.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/09/2020 15:47:03 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1230120

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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 members of staff in her Department have equality, diversity or inclusion in their job title.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	83937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>There are 10 employees in the Department for International Trade (including UK Export Finance) with Equality, Diversity or Inclusion in their job titles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/09/2020 15:57:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1137778

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	GATT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which countries have used GATT Article XXIV to ensure tariff-free access to their markets in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The WTO maintains a list of all agreements that WTO Members have entered into in order to eliminate tariffs on trade between them. A full list of such agreements concluded since 1995 can be found on the Regional Trade Agreements database on the WTO website, at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frtais.wto.org%2FUI%2FPublicAllRTAListAccession.aspx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CHugo.Spink%40trade.gov.uk%7C688fee8f668649be997408d705f00b2e%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C636984400854350843&amp;sdata=qx%2FP%2FVxI65gkIKKIpssLFFvycwzq2dC%2Fv8w82Trza8Q%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicAllRTAListAccession.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 17/07/2019 10:32:11 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1137568

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	EU External Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which of the EU's trade agreements with third countries has the Government not yet secured agreement with those countries to roll over.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	274643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>In the event of the UK leaving the EU with a negotiated agreement, the UK and EU have agreed that existing international agreements would apply as they do today for the duration of the implementation period.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, we have been working with our trading partners to have bilateral agreements ready in place for when we need them, whether that is after an Implementation Period or for a potential No Deal. We have signed or agreed in principle agreements with 32 countries. Total trade in 2018 between the UK and these countries accounted for 63% of the UK’s trade with all the countries with which the UK is seeking continuity in the event of a potential No Deal.<sup>1</sup> That has moved from 28% since March. A regularly updated list of agreements signed is available on GOV.UK and alongside a list of remaining agreements.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/existing-trade-agreements-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-without-a-deal/existing-trade-agreements-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-without-a-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/existing-trade-agreements-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-without-a-deal/existing-trade-agreements-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-without-a-deal</a></p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> The figures quoted above are based on total goods and services trade (imports and exports) with the UK, according to the most recent data (ONS, 2018). They cover 65 countries that are party to 35 agreements. These are the countries covered by existing EU agreements in force in 2018. This excludes Turkey, Andorra, San Marino which are part of customs unions with the EU, and Japan, as the Economic Partnership Agreement only came into force on 1<sup>st</sup> February 2019.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 15/07/2019 15:58:51 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1137597

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will list the 100 tariff lines on which UK exporters to the EU will face the highest tariffs in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and what the ad valorem equivalent tariff is for each of those lines.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	274659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>If the UK leaves the European Union without an agreement, the EU will be required to apply its MFN tariff regime to all UK exports, in compliance to WTO regulations. At the moment, the EU has not given any indication that it will modify its MFN tariff regime as a consequence of the UK leaving the EU without any agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The highest EU MFN tariff lines will be on dairy products, meat, sugar, fruits and vegetables. Further information on all the current EU’s MFN tariff rates can be found at the following website: <a href="https://madb.europa.eu/madb/euTariffs.htm" target="_blank">https://madb.europa.eu/madb/euTariffs.htm</a>.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 12/07/2019 15:15:44 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien