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947258

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many countries which have service agreements with the UK which are contingent on UK membership of the EU have agreed that those agreements will (a) be rolled over during a transition period and (b) continue once that period is over.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	167842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working to secure continuity of our existing international agreements as we leave the EU. A number of these agreements include service-related elements, such as services chapters in existing EU Free Trade Agreements. The EU and UK agreed at the March European Council that, during the implementation period, the UK is to be treated as a Member State for the purposes of international agreements and that the EU will notify third parties to these agreements to this effect. This approach provides certainty and confidence that there will be no disruption to existing relationships underpinned by international agreements. A number of countries have already publicly welcomed the approach. <br> <br>We are also engaging with partner countries to put in place successor agreements that replicate the effects of existing agreements as far as possible and will come into force following the implementation period. Our discussions with our international partners show a willingness to deliver continuity across these agreements.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 04/09/2018 16:46:23 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

947248

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: EU Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Government has had discussions with (a) the EU and (b) EU Member States on the UK citizens retaining the ability to use EU only customs and passport queues at European airports and ports once the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	167828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>In the Department’s White Paper: The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, the Government has said that the UK will seek reciprocal arrangements with the EU that ensure smooth passage for UK nationals when they travel to the EU, for example on business or on holiday.</p><p>The details of these arrangements will be discussed as part of our ongoing negotiations with the EU on our future relationship.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 04/09/2018 16:44:33 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

947687

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Broadcasting: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether he now plans to negotiate mutual recognition of broadcasting regulation standards with the European Union; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	167850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The audiovisual sector is both economically and culturally important to the UK and the EU. In our future partnership with the EU, we are seeking to maintain regulatory flexibility in important parts of the UK’s services economy, including broadcasting. Overall, this represents the best, credible proposal for the future relationship and a new and fair balance of rights and obligations.</p><p>As the Prime Minister stated in the Mansion House speech, the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) will no longer apply in the UK after the UK leaves the EU and with it the single market. As a result, the “country of origin” principle, in which a company based in one Member State can be licenced by a national regulator and broadcast into any other Member State, will no longer apply.</p><p>The UK is seeking the best possible arrangements for the broadcasting sector. We are focussing on ensuring the ability to trade as freely as possible with the EU and supporting the continued growth of the UK and European broadcasting industry. In addition, due to the UK's ongoing participation in the Council of Europe's Convention on Transfrontier Television (CTT), which will not be affected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, works originating in the UK will continue to be classed as European Works, which is extremely important to industry.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 06/09/2018 14:28:42 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

947657

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	EU Institutions: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many outstanding (a) official investigations and (b) legal cases there are led by the European Commission and involving UK nationals employed within EU institutions who have acted as whistle-blowers against alleged malpractice or fraud; what steps the Government is taking to pursue these investigations and cases notwithstanding the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
	tabling member printed	Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg
	uin	168052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not monitor or track cases which the EU has instigated against its own staff, including if those staff are of UK nationality as these individuals have no connection with HMG. The European Commission is best to placed to answer how many outstanding cases there are.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 06/09/2018 16:48:52 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

947637

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Economic Analysis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will list all the external analysis that has been commissioned by his Department since its inception; and what amount of money was spent on each such piece.
	tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
	tabling member printed	Sir Bernard Jenkin
	uin	167824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of ongoing analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations. This analysis helps define our future partnership with the EU, and informs our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks. Ministers have a specific responsibility, which Parliament has endorsed, not to release information that would reveal our negotiating position and so the Government will not provide an ongoing commentary on analytical work that is being carried out.</p><p>Costs spent on analysis directly commissioned externally by the Department for Exiting the European Union are recorded and published under the category of consultancy spending in our Annual Report and Accounts. The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2017-18 can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727528/CCS207_CCS0618826768-1_DExEU_ARA_1718_PDF_Final_TEXT_v2__1_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727528/CCS207_CCS0618826768-1_DExEU_ARA_1718_PDF_Final_TEXT_v2__1_.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 13/09/2018 08:51:26 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

947640

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will list (a) all the economic qualifications held by staff in his Department's Planning and Analysis Directorate and (b) what level those qualifications are.
	tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
	tabling member printed	Sir Bernard Jenkin
	uin	167825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not held centrally therefore we are not in a position to provide this for particular groups of staff.</p><p>The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 650 staff. The Department continues to recruit the brightest and the best from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector, in a range of professions, including the Government Economics Service (GES). The Department also coordinates the work of specialist economists from across the whole of Government on exit related policy. This ensures that it draws together the expertise and specific relevant knowledge required to deliver the Department’s objectives to secure the best possible deal on the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU, and build a deep and comprehensive future partnership between the UK and the EU.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 13/09/2018 08:56:07 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

947648

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many staff work in his Department's Planning and Analysis Directorate.
	tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
	tabling member printed	Sir Bernard Jenkin
	uin	167826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>All departments are equipping themselves with the resources they need to get the best deal for the UK. The Department for Exiting the European Union continues to recruit the brightest and the best from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector, in a range of professions, including the Government Economics Service (GES).</p><p>The Department now has over 650 staff based in the UK, plus the expertise of over 120 officials in Brussels. We regularly reviews headcount to ensure we are appropriately resourced to deliver the Department’s objectives to secure the best possible deal on the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU, and build a deep and comprehensive future partnership between the UK and the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 06/09/2018 16:52:44 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

947298

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Economic Analysis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish documentation for the computable general equilibrium model used by the Planning and Analysis Directorate.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	168188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of ongoing analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations. This analysis supports our negotiation of our future partnership with the EU, and informs our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks. Ministers have a specific responsibility, which Parliament has endorsed, not to release information that would reveal our negotiating position and so the Government will not provide an ongoing commentary on internal analytical work.<br><br>The Government has confirmed that when we bring forward the vote on the final deal, we will ensure that Parliament is presented with the appropriate analysis to make an informed decision. This will be the right time for the Government to present its work.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 04/09/2018 17:02:01 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

947434

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Business
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings with representatives of businesses headquartered (a) outside the UK and (b) within the UK have been arranged by his Department's Directorate of Communications and Stakeholders since July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
	uin	167925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials continue to engage across all sectors of the economy.</p><p>Since the Department was established Ministers have had over 500 engagements with stakeholders, many of which have significant international operations. In addition, the Ministerial team has undertaken 72 visits to Member States since July 2016, many of which have included engagements with businesses in those countries.</p><p>All engagements are listed in the quarterly transparency returns.</p><p>Ministers and officials will continue to engage broadly across the UK and internationally so that we can achieve a deal that is in the mutual interest of both sides.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 04/09/2018 16:50:26 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

947432

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: European Round Table of Industrialists
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings have taken place between officials of his Department and representatives of the European Round Table of Industrialists since July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
	uin	167924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the Department continue to engage with business in the UK and across Europe to explain our approach for a principled Brexit, and ensure that we can draw on business insight to deliver a pragmatic one.</p><p>The previous Secretary of State met the European Roundtable of Industrialists in January 2018, and again with the Prime Minister in May of this year. Official-led engagement has supplemented this engagement.</p><p>Details of these engagements, along with all other ministerial and senior official engagements, is available through the quarterly transparency returns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 04/09/2018 16:48:41 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones