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1136721

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Overtime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the amount of unpaid overtime worked by staff in his Department in the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	272754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>This information is not centrally held.</p><p> </p><p>Line managers have a responsibility for ensuring that staff are not working excessive hours, and the department is compliant with the requirements of the Working Time Regulations 1998 in respect of civil servants' working hours.</p><p> </p><p>DIT is committed to supporting the wellbeing of all its members of staff<ins class="ministerial"> and has appropriate policies to support this alongside a Departmental Health and Wellbeing Plan implemented in January 2019</ins><del class="ministerial">.</del><ins class="ministerial">,</ins> <del class="ministerial">The department has a Stress Policy that introduced the provision of Mental Health First Aiders who can provide a range of support to both employees and managers, including access to our Employee Counselling Service. In January 2019, the department launched the Health &amp; Wellbeing Plan, which includes activity to train senior leaders in Wellbeing Confidence.</del><ins class="ministerial">which includes activity to train senior leaders in Wellbeing Confidence.</ins></p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 08/07/2019 09:24:58 question first ministerially corrected 15/07/2019 09:18:36 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery previous answer version 127349 answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1150460

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which public appointments she is responsible for.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	1577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <ul><li>The public appointments that the Secretary of State is responsible for making are set out in the Schedule to the Public Appointments Order in Council 2019 <a href="https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-Public-Appointments-Order-In-Council.pdf" target="_blank">https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-Public-Appointments-Order-In-Council.pdf</a> as below;</li></ul><p> </p><p>Export Credits Guarantee Department (UK Export Finance)</p><p>Export Guarantee Advisory Council</p><p> </p><ul><li>Additionally, the Department for International Trade has agreed that the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA), when legally established by the Trade Bill, will be listed on the schedule to the next Public Appointments Order in Council. The Secretary of State, will then be responsible for making appointments to the TRA Board consisting of the Chair and Non-Executive Members.</li></ul> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 23/10/2019 12:48:57 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1052160

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many redundancies there have been from his Department's trade promotion offices since April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	215089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>There have been no UK civil servants from DIT or UKEF who have been made redundant since April 2018, as per the provisions of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme, a statutory scheme made under the Superannuation Act 1972.</p><p> </p><p>This does not include locally engaged staff employed by the FCO overseas who work on DIT's objectives.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 07/02/2019 13:28:29 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1182721

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	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: Quintessentially
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to paragraph 9.1 of the Crown Commercial Service's document, Publication of Central Government Tenders and Contracts, for what reasons her Department's contract with Quintessentially (UK) Limited was not published on Contracts Finder until April 2019 when that contract began in May 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	25014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The contract was procured prior to the formation of the Department for International Trade (DIT) by UK Shared Business Services who at the time managed UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) procurement activity. DIT took ownership of UKTI’s contracts on formation. UK Shared Business Services is a shared services provider and is jointly owned by the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy and UK Research and Innovation. UK Shared Business Services was responsible for adding the contract to Contracts Finder before responsibility for the contract was transferred to DIT. After DIT staff noticed the contract was not on Contracts Finder, in early 2019, the contract was added.</p><p>The Department are currently running a competitive procurement for a partner for inward investment services. This will replace the current contract with Quintessentially when it expires in May 2020. A notice was published on Contracts Finder and the Official Journal of the EU in January 2020 to inform the market of this opportunity.</p><p>Quintessentially won a competitive tender in 2016 which was carried out by UK Shared Business Service who at the time managed UKTI’s procurement activity.</p><p>Key performance indicators are designed to reflect the service required and are determined on a case-by-case basis.</p><p>DIT does not hold any other contracts with Quintessentially (UK) Limited in addition to the contract for the GREAT Investors Programme.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 25015 25016 25017 25018 question first answered 17/03/2020 11:47:58 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1182722

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	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: Quintessentially
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department plans to renew its contract with Quintessentially (UK) Limited after that contract expires in May 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	25015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The contract was procured prior to the formation of the Department for International Trade (DIT) by UK Shared Business Services who at the time managed UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) procurement activity. DIT took ownership of UKTI’s contracts on formation. UK Shared Business Services is a shared services provider and is jointly owned by the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy and UK Research and Innovation. UK Shared Business Services was responsible for adding the contract to Contracts Finder before responsibility for the contract was transferred to DIT. After DIT staff noticed the contract was not on Contracts Finder, in early 2019, the contract was added.</p><p>The Department are currently running a competitive procurement for a partner for inward investment services. This will replace the current contract with Quintessentially when it expires in May 2020. A notice was published on Contracts Finder and the Official Journal of the EU in January 2020 to inform the market of this opportunity.</p><p>Quintessentially won a competitive tender in 2016 which was carried out by UK Shared Business Service who at the time managed UKTI’s procurement activity.</p><p>Key performance indicators are designed to reflect the service required and are determined on a case-by-case basis.</p><p>DIT does not hold any other contracts with Quintessentially (UK) Limited in addition to the contract for the GREAT Investors Programme.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 25014 25016 25017 25018 question first answered 17/03/2020 11:47:58 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1182728

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	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: Quintessentially
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the tendering process for the contract held with her Department by Quintessentially (UK) Limited was competitive and open to rival bids.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	25016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The contract was procured prior to the formation of the Department for International Trade (DIT) by UK Shared Business Services who at the time managed UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) procurement activity. DIT took ownership of UKTI’s contracts on formation. UK Shared Business Services is a shared services provider and is jointly owned by the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy and UK Research and Innovation. UK Shared Business Services was responsible for adding the contract to Contracts Finder before responsibility for the contract was transferred to DIT. After DIT staff noticed the contract was not on Contracts Finder, in early 2019, the contract was added.</p><p>The Department are currently running a competitive procurement for a partner for inward investment services. This will replace the current contract with Quintessentially when it expires in May 2020. A notice was published on Contracts Finder and the Official Journal of the EU in January 2020 to inform the market of this opportunity.</p><p>Quintessentially won a competitive tender in 2016 which was carried out by UK Shared Business Service who at the time managed UKTI’s procurement activity.</p><p>Key performance indicators are designed to reflect the service required and are determined on a case-by-case basis.</p><p>DIT does not hold any other contracts with Quintessentially (UK) Limited in addition to the contract for the GREAT Investors Programme.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 25014 25015 25017 25018 question first answered 17/03/2020 11:47:58 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1182731

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	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: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether it is standard practice for her Department to include in its contracts with suppliers a key performance indicator that specifies that the contractor does not offer services that are not in line with government offering and reputational agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	25017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The contract was procured prior to the formation of the Department for International Trade (DIT) by UK Shared Business Services who at the time managed UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) procurement activity. DIT took ownership of UKTI’s contracts on formation. UK Shared Business Services is a shared services provider and is jointly owned by the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy and UK Research and Innovation. UK Shared Business Services was responsible for adding the contract to Contracts Finder before responsibility for the contract was transferred to DIT. After DIT staff noticed the contract was not on Contracts Finder, in early 2019, the contract was added.</p><p>The Department are currently running a competitive procurement for a partner for inward investment services. This will replace the current contract with Quintessentially when it expires in May 2020. A notice was published on Contracts Finder and the Official Journal of the EU in January 2020 to inform the market of this opportunity.</p><p>Quintessentially won a competitive tender in 2016 which was carried out by UK Shared Business Service who at the time managed UKTI’s procurement activity.</p><p>Key performance indicators are designed to reflect the service required and are determined on a case-by-case basis.</p><p>DIT does not hold any other contracts with Quintessentially (UK) Limited in addition to the contract for the GREAT Investors Programme.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 25014 25015 25016 25018 question first answered 17/03/2020 11:47:58 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1182733

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	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: Quintessentially
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department holds any other contracts with Quintessentially (UK) Limited in addition to the contract for the Great Investors Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	25018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The contract was procured prior to the formation of the Department for International Trade (DIT) by UK Shared Business Services who at the time managed UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) procurement activity. DIT took ownership of UKTI’s contracts on formation. UK Shared Business Services is a shared services provider and is jointly owned by the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy and UK Research and Innovation. UK Shared Business Services was responsible for adding the contract to Contracts Finder before responsibility for the contract was transferred to DIT. After DIT staff noticed the contract was not on Contracts Finder, in early 2019, the contract was added.</p><p>The Department are currently running a competitive procurement for a partner for inward investment services. This will replace the current contract with Quintessentially when it expires in May 2020. A notice was published on Contracts Finder and the Official Journal of the EU in January 2020 to inform the market of this opportunity.</p><p>Quintessentially won a competitive tender in 2016 which was carried out by UK Shared Business Service who at the time managed UKTI’s procurement activity.</p><p>Key performance indicators are designed to reflect the service required and are determined on a case-by-case basis.</p><p>DIT does not hold any other contracts with Quintessentially (UK) Limited in addition to the contract for the GREAT Investors Programme.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 25014 25015 25016 25017 question first answered 17/03/2020 11:47:58 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488880

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	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: Aviation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much their Department has spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	35843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade spent the following on air travel for the years ending 31 March 2020, 2021 and 2022 for both Ministers and officials.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£2,826,000</p></td><td><p>£148,000</p></td><td><p>£1,510,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p>DIT Ministerial travel, gifts, hospitality and meetings are published on <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cfunmi.ajediti%40trade.gov.uk%7Cfd6e3395d79c427190c208da6642e390%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C637934734723671097%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GlE1MB9XxNAmq9Af6nhPDORXjgBHtldZXhw7ikZtM3E%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> -<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cfunmi.ajediti%40trade.gov.uk%7Cfd6e3395d79c427190c208da6642e390%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C637934734723671097%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hC0bJkgZMQy44zlivuH0pDW%2BOhKqiCxsa7zzUxQ7Hww%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/07/2022 15:33:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1182737

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Quintessentially
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many visits has Quintessentially UK Limited (a) organised or (b) assisted as part of the Great Investors Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	25019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has a contract with Quintessentially UK to support the attraction of international investment into the UK. Quintessentially UK provides:<br>support with events and visits, advice on potential investors, introductions for international investors to UK companies, investor engagement strategies, and assurances on the reputation of investors engaged.</p><p>The table attached details a breakdown of the visits, events, and support Quintessentially has provided through the Great Investors Programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/03/2020 12:10:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart attachment 1 file name UIN 25019 - Table.docx title Breakdown of visits, events & support
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett