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999137

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2018
	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: Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the article entitled UK has rolled over only 14 of 236 EU International Treaties published by the Financial Times on 29 October 2018, how many of the EU free trade agreements the Government has secured agreement to replicate.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	uin	186277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>As an EU Member State, the UK currently participates in around 40 free trade agreements. The Government continues to seek continuity for the effects of these agreements as we leave the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 09/11/2018 11:11:29 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

999308

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2018
	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: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees relating to the UK leaving the EU since July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	186203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) was created in July 2016 following the result of the EU referendum and was specifically established as part of the government's EU exit strategy. Given the Department's objectives it is not possible to identify which elements of these are specifically related to EU Exit.</p><p>The amount spent on consultancy, which relates to the provision of objective advice to the Department relating to strategy, structure, management or operations in pursuit of its purposes and objectives is published in DIT's annual report and accounts and can be accessed using the following link.</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 09/11/2018 11:31:26 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

999582

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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 Trade Organization
	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 29 October to Written Question 182665 on Department for International Trade: World Trade Organisation, how many additional (a) permanent staff and (b) representatives at the World Trade Organisation have been recruited to the UK Mission in Geneva at the World Trade Organisation in preparation for the UK’s independent trade policy; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of recruiting those additional staff.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	186919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>Since the Referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union the Government has recruited, or is in the process of recruiting, 13 additional members of staff to work on economic issues at the UK Mission in Geneva, including the UK’s engagement in the World Trade Organization. Staff were recruited either internally from the Civil Service or locally in Geneva. All recruitment was carried out in-house by existing government HR teams and the specific costs attributable for the recruitment for these positions at the UK Mission are not readily available. There was no recruitment (or advertising) through external suppliers. We continue to keep the level of staffing at the UK Mission under review.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 09/11/2018 11:37:38 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

999390

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2018
	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 Trade Organization
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what preparations have been made for the level of representation the UK will require at the World Trade Organisation after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	186242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer my Hon. Friend for Romford to the answers I gave to the Hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington on 29 October 2018, UIN: 182665 and on 9 November 2018, UIN: 186919.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 09/11/2018 11:46:00 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell