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751154

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Breastfeeding
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants at the Department for International Trade have undertaken training in negotiating skills; and how much has been budgeted in 2017–18 for further such training.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>Training on trade policy and trade negotiations is provided predominately by the Trade Policy and Negotiations Faculty. The role of the Faculty is to build trade policy and negotiations capability in Departments across Her Majesty's Government.</p><p> </p><p>To date over 200 DIT staff have undertaken trade policy training offered by the Trade Faculty or organised directly by DIT.</p><p> </p><p>The Faculty has a training budget of c. £1,600,000 for 2017-18, which will cover training on a range of trade policy topics and negotiations. DIT’s Trade Policy Group has a training budget of c.£900,000 for 2017-18; this budget covers a range of learning and development, including but not limited to trade policy and negotiations.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 28/07/2017 11:05:22 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

751152

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many qualified lawyers have been recruited by the Department for International Trade.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade does not directly recruit in house lawyers. Currently there are approximately 20 Government Legal Department lawyers working for the benefit of the Department for International Trade.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 26/07/2017 13:16:21 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

751153

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Middle East and North Africa: Religious Freedom
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how much (1) has been paid since July 2016, and (2) is budgeted for 2017–18, by the Department for International Trade for external legal advice
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>(1) The total amount that the Department for International Trade has spent on external legal services since the beginning of July 2016 is £135, 974.30..</p><p> </p><p>(2) Department for International Trade has budgeted 1.5 million pounds in 2017/18 for external legal services that may be required.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 27/07/2017 08:38:55 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

751150

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	International Religious Freedom Alliance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how much (1) has been paid since July 2016, and (2) is budgeted to be paid in 2017–18, to recruitment agents or companies for the recruitment of staff to (a) the Department of International Trade, and (b) the Department for Exiting the European Union.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has paid £1.15m to organisations for services relating to the recruitment of staff since July 2016. Recruitment costs are managed locally by the functional areas of DIT; there is no central budget for recruitment.</p><p> </p><p>My noble friend a copy of the figures relating to the Department for Exiting the European Union will be placed in the library of the House once they are made available.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 27/07/2017 08:45:36 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

751151

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Religious Freedom
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how much (1) has been paid since July 2016, and (2) is budgeted to be paid in 2017–18, by the Department for International Trade for the training of staff.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Since July 2016 the Department for International Trade (DIT) has paid £1,723,675 on learning and development.</p><p> </p><p>DIT has a training budget of £2.1m for 2017-18; this budget covers a range of learning and development opportunities for staff.</p><p> </p><p>DIT staff attend training provided by the Trade Policy and Negotiations Faculty. The role of the Faculty is to build trade policy and negotiations capability in Departments across Her Majesty's Government.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as part of our on-going commitment to building capability across DIT, we have developed a DIT branded Learning Hub to utilise available technology to host and deliver learning through formal, informal and social learning methods, across the global network.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 26/07/2017 13:39:48 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

751155

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Child Rearing: GCSE
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the travel budget for the Department for International Trade in 2017–18.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has a total travel budget of £7,607,409 for 2017-18.</p><p>The budgeting and forecast process is subject to on-going review on a quarterly process when budgets can be re-aligned to reflect changes in priorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 26/07/2017 13:14:27 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis