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1538804

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date	02/11/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of her Department’s export strategy entitled, Made in the UK, sold to the World, published on 17 November 2021; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	77260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>UK exports were £728 billion in the 12 months to end of August 2022, up £116 billion in current prices, adjusted for inflation this shows an increase of £49bn.</p><p> </p><p>The Export Strategy provides the foundation of our support for businesses, helping them capitalise on new trade deals. Since its launch, the Export Support Service has received over 11,500 enquiries. We have expanded the Export Academy, boosted our International Trade Advisor network, the ‘<em>Made in the UK, Sold to the World’</em> campaign continues to inspire businesses to export and last week’s International Trade Week attracted over 10,000 business registrations and held 120 business-facing events.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 14/11/2022 17:28:16 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie previous answer version 31943 answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1544052

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports: Austria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if her Department will make an estimate of the potential economic impact of the requirement for companies exporting to Austria to register with a local authority for a fee on those companies; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	92072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The Austrian requirement is for applicants for public procurements to register with a local authority before submitting tender documents. This is not a general requirement for all companies exporting to Austria. While we have not estimated the potential economic impact of the specific issue raised, estimates for a selection of barriers where Government action is being taken are included in the published “Aggregate valuation estimates for market access barriers”.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 30/11/2022 15:19:49 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1544055

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports: Preferential Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the preference utilisation rate is for goods exports under each active free trade agreement for businesses with a headcount of (a) 250 or more, (b) between 50 and 249, (c) between 10 and 49 and (d) less than 10 employees in each year since January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	92075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The data required to calculate preference utilisation of UK goods exports is collected through customs declarations of the importing partner country. At present this data is not publicly available for non-EU FTA partners. Preference utilisation of EU imports from non-EU partner countries (including Great Britain since 2021) is published by the European Commission: <a href="https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/enforcement-and-protection/implementing-and-enforcing-eu-trade-agreements_en" target="_blank">https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/enforcement-and-protection/implementing-and-enforcing-eu-trade-agreements_en</a> (<a href="https://circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/7fc51410-46a1-4871-8979-20cce8df0896/library/59ef920b-2ed8-4dd4-acef-f51b5d62305c/details?download=true" target="_blank">file link</a>)</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade has committed to publishing a monitoring report for trade agreements every two years from 2023. This will include preference utilisation rates from all partner countries where available.</p><p> </p><p>Preference utilisation rates by business size is not centrally collected.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 25/11/2022 14:40:32 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1565534

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in Uk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the inward investment results (a) 2020 and 2021 published by her Department on 22 June 2021 and (b) 2021 to 2022 published on 29 June 2022, whether the category of FDI projects refers to (i) new projects that year or (ii) active projects, including currently active projects announced in previous years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	119871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The FDI projects included in the Department for International Trade’s inward investment results relate only to those that have landed in the UK during the respective financial year. This means that the activities planned as a result of the investment have commenced in the UK. The FDI statistics do not include FDI projects which have been announced but have not commenced. Further information on the criteria for projects to be included in the statistics is available in the technical annex accompanying the publication.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 17/01/2023 16:40:46 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie previous answer version 47321 answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1179519

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Cuba
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what further steps she is planning to take to promote trade with Cuba.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	18499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department of International Trade (DIT) is committed to building our relationships across the world as part of our Global Britain agenda.</p><p> </p><p>We have appointed Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner to Latin America and the Caribbean (LatAC) to promote UK trade interests across the region including Cuba where we have a team based at the British Embassy. A LatAC Roadshow is planned in March for several UK regions to promote trade opportunities to UK companies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/02/2020 17:11:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1179520

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Business: Cuba
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) British and (b) European businesses who have not received payment (a) six, (b) 12 and (c) 24 months after the completion of their contracts in Cuba; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	18500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>DIT Havana are aware of 5 UK companies who have not been paid. The team is working with all parties to address payments issues. We do not hold information on European businesses.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/03/2020 17:59:30 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1180880

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what sector-specific steps she is taking to increase the export of UK goods and services to India; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	21132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>As outlined by the South Asia regional trade plan, the department connects UK businesses to buyers using sector-specific expertise both in the UK and our overseas network, including experts across our nine teams within our Deputy and High Commissions in India. The team covers all priority sectors, including healthcare and life sciences, digital technology, infrastructure, energy and financial and professional services. Through the UK-India Joint Working Group we are also addressing market access barriers to increase sectoral trade in food and drink, ICT, life sciences, chemicals and services.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/03/2020 17:34:21 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1180881

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Companies: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much funding she has allocated to supporting UK businesses in India; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	21133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The department’s budget for the South Asia Network, for the financial year 2019/20, is £4.4 m for staff and non-pay expenditure. There is no specific budget for India.</p><p>Wider DIT budgets, which are not set at a regional level, also support the delivery of trade.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/03/2020 17:43:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1184067

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	South Asian Network: Finance
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 2 March 2020 to Question 21133 on Overseas Companies: India, how much funding was allocated to the South Asia Network for staff and non-pay expenditure in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	27488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>The final budget delegated to the South Asia region for the financial year 2018-19 was £4.30m, comprising £3.25m for local staff and non-pay expenditure and £1.05m relating to salary costs for civil servants based in the region.</p><p> </p><p>The final budget delegated to the South Asia region for the financial year 2017-18 was £2.85m for local staff and non-pay expenditure. In 2017-18 budgets for salary costs relating to civil servants based in overseas regions were not delegated but held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>These figures do not include elements of wider Department for International Trade budgets, which are not set at an overseas regional level but do support the delivery of trade in overseas regions, including in South Asia.</p><p> </p><p>We regularly change departmental budgets to align with progress against delivery plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/03/2020 12:56:00 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1193608

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effect on the (a) manufacturer finances and (b) employment figures in the UK motor manufacturing industry of proposed post-transition customs arrangements with Turkey.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	43823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK’s manufacturing and motor manufacturing industry plays a vital role in the UK’s economy by driving exports, innovation, job creation and productivity. We want to ensure that it continues to succeed.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of the transition period, the UK will no longer be a member of the partial EU-Turkey customs union. We are preparing to negotiate a trade agreement with Turkey that would allow businesses in both the UK and Turkey to continue to trade with each other under preferential terms and deliver continuity of current arrangements as far as possible.</p><p> </p><p>This department continues to engage with businesses in the automotive industry to understand their priorities and inform the UK’s approach.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/05/2020 11:34:05 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas