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584208

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2016
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Exports
	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 15 September 2016 to Question 46072, what plans he has to replace the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	46675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Coventry South to the answer I gave on 19 September 2016 to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson), UIN 46058.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 10/10/2016 15:46:50 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

606859

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department has begun the formal negotiation process for any new trade deals; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	49650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer my hon. Friend, the Minister of State for International Trade (Greg Hands), gave on 21 October to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson), UIN 49161.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 28/10/2016 13:55:05 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

621074

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	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: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many civil servants working in his Department have opted out of the EU Working Time Directive.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	50225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>Following her appointment on 13 July 2016 the Prime Minister established the Department for International Trade (DIT). The DIT aggregates UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), UK Export and Finance (UKEF) and Trade Policy Units from the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p>Until such time as a transfer of functions order establishes my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade as a corporation sole, DIT remains a unified Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy (BEIS) department for accounting purposes. The transfer of functions order (No 2016/ 992) laid on 19 October 2016 will come into effect on 9 November 2016.</p><p>As DIT is currently being formed, details of the staff that the Department employs is being finalised, whilst employee transfers and recruitment are taking place.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 28/10/2016 13:57:08 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

654543

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Business: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many representatives of businesses in the West Midlands he has met since his Department was created; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	56636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>Ministers constantly meet with businesses and representatives from across the UK, including the West Midlands, and will continue to do so.</p><p>The export of goods increased last quarter in the West Midlands by 17.8% compared to the same quarter the previous year, which was the second highest increase across all English regions. The count of exporters also rose by 3.4% to 11, 801 in the same period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 16/12/2016 14:29:36 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

678787

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many companies in the (a) West Midlands and (b) UK have made export enquiries to his Department since it was created; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	61661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>There have been 2,769 interactions with West Midlands businesses since July 2016. This includes a mixture of incoming enquiries and contact with existing clients.</p><p>Further data is not held centrally and it could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 30/01/2017 17:56:21 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

750911

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Balance of Trade: Food
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, What the overall trade surplus was in (a) strawberries, (b) cream, (c) cheddar cheese and (d) gin in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	4180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>In the 12 months to 1st June 2017, the UK reported a trade surpluses of £175m in milk and cream, £30m in Cheddar cheese and £471m in Gin, and a trade deficit of £168m in fresh strawberries (Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Home.aspx</a>).</p><p>The Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) nomenclature, an internationally standardised system used to classify traded products, does not provide a unique code for cream. Rather, milk and cream are grouped together.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 17/07/2017 16:24:04 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham