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1693886

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Fraud and Maladministration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	17205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publish annual statistical estimates of the size of the tax gap and money lost to fraud and error.</p><p> </p><p>The latest estimates of the tax gap were published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">Measuring tax gaps 2023 edition: tax gap estimates for 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest error and fraud estimates for the Corporation Tax Research and Development relief schemes and for Child Benefit were published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">HMRC annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published Tax Credits Error and Fraud statistics were published in <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fchild-and-working-tax-credits-error-and-fraud-statistics-2021-to-2022&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csteve.robinson1%40hmrc.gov.uk%7Ca13ad89a775b488aab7a08dc3dd10a32%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638453215241472132%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=n%2BdbVuMfHd%2BC8n3CRw8tuUirqtqdS%2F2nG%2FmqHETOU%2Bs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Child and Working Tax Credits error and fraud statistics 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 12/03/2024 09:50:23 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568327

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	UK Tradeshow Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many applications have been made to the Exhibit element of the UK Tradeshow Programme; and how much has been spent on that element in 2022-2023.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	126730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>A total of 258 and 164 applications have been submitted to the UK Tradeshow Programme, seeking support to either exhibit at, or attend, overseas trade shows respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Forecasted spend for 2022-23 is £228k for exhibitor support and £53k for support to attendees. In addition, there is a further £16k of spend on Export Academy training across both elements of the programme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 126731 question first answered 09/02/2023 13:29:06 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 49855 answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie answering member 4601
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568328

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	UK Tradeshow Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many applications have been made to the Attendee element of the UK Tradeshow Programme; and how much has been spent on that element in 2022-2023.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	126731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>A total of 258 and 164 applications have been submitted to the UK Tradeshow Programme, seeking support to either exhibit at, or attend, overseas trade shows respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Forecasted spend for 2022-23 is £228k for exhibitor support and £53k for support to attendees. In addition, there is a further £16k of spend on Export Academy training across both elements of the programme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 126730 question first answered 09/02/2023 13:29:07 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 49854 answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie answering member 4601
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568331

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, to outline how many times the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy for Ukraine has visited that country since (a) being appointed and (b) February 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	126734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Due to travel restrictions arising from Covid 19 and FCDO’s strict advice not to travel due to the ongoing war, the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Ukraine has been unable to visit since being appointed.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department for International Trade, now known as the Department for Business and Trade, has delivered trade sanctions to help cripple Putin’s war machine, agreed a Digital Trade Agreement with Ukraine, removed all tariffs under the UK-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, and continues to play a big role in supporting Ukrainian reconstruction efforts.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 09/02/2023 11:43:13 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 49851 answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie answering member 4601
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568818

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	World Economic Forum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse was of her travel arrangements for the World Economic Forum in Davos.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	127827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial travel are routinely recorded on the Department’s transparency returns, published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>. Returns are published on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 27/01/2023 11:54:25 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 50249 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568819

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	World Economic Forum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will list the meetings she held whilst at the World Economic Forum in December 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	127828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>All meetings held by the Secretary of State in her Ministerial capacity are routinely released on quarterly Departmental transparency returns. These will be published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a> in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 27/01/2023 11:41:52 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 50248 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1568822

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Public Expenditure
	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 12 January 2023 to Question 114753 on Department for International Trade: Public Expenditure, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the reduction of the Total Departmental Expenditure Limit; and whether she expects her Department to reduce its headcount in financial years 2023-24 and 2024-25.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	127831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Spending Review 2021 provided a £67.6 million cash increase for the Department for International Trade (DIT) over the Spending Review period, enabling HMG to transform and digitise its services for exporters and investors, maintain increased capacity to secure world class free trade agreements and continue to support the rules-based international trading system. Sustainable DIT workforce plans for 2023-24 and 2024-25 will be finalised as part of the current annual business planning process.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 25/01/2023 15:05:20 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1563698

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2022
	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: Public Expenditure
	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 spending by her Department for the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	114753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>At the Spending Review 2021, the Department for International Trade (DIT) secured a Total Departmental Expenditure Limit (TDEL) settlement of £562.2m and £552.8m in financial years 2023/24 and 2024/25 respectively to deliver DIT’s priority outcomes. Funding requirements for the Department, beyond this point, will be confirmed at the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 12/01/2023 11:02:43 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1563699

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she expects the UK to meet the Government's target for 80 per cent of UK Trade to be carried out under Free Trade Agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	114754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government has secured trade agreements with 71 countries plus the EU. These partners accounted for 63% (£814bn) of UK bilateral trade in 2021. It is important to remember that when the Government adopted this target the United States was in ongoing talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the UK but has since taken a different approach to FTA talks under the Biden administration. The US is 16.6% of our total global trade. We continue to make progress, signing three Memoranda of Understanding at state-level to facilitate trade and investment opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Our Free Trade Agreement programme continues at unprecedented pace and scale. We are negotiating with seven partners concurrently – India, the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Canada, Mexico, Israel and Greenland. We are also in preparations to begin negotiations on new trade deals with Switzerland and South Korea.</p><p> </p><p>We have an ambitious programme, but it is the substance of trade deals that is important, not the timing.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 12/01/2023 14:58:46 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1628121

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Environment Protection: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the announcement on 11 November 2021 by her Department of the Clean Growth programme, how many businesses in England received support from that programme in each month in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023 broken down by English region.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	185374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to his previous question on 17 January 2023 to PQ UIN 119996.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/05/2023 14:45:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds