Chevening House is not funded by the Government and is the responsibility of its trustees. The Prime Minister decides who occupies the building. It is currently shared by the Foreign Secretary, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and the Secretary of State for International Trade.<\/p>
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Since his appointment in July 2016, the Secretary of State for International Trade has used Chevening House on three occasions for Departmental use, as outlined below:<\/p>
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19th October 2017 (one day)<\/p>
7th June 2018 (one day)<\/p>
11th October 2018 (one day)<\/p>
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The Secretary of State for International Trade has not used Chevening House for personal purposes since taking office.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4016", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Meon Valley"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Hollingbery"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-03-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-03-25T10:50:20.117Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "202"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-03-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Chevening"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many times he has used Chevening House for (a) departmental and (b) personal purposes since taking office; and if he will outline the duration of each such use.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4518", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tulip Siddiq"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hampstead and Kilburn"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Tulip Siddiq"} ], "uin" : "234261"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1087580", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1087580/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
UK exports are growing, rising 2.7% (£17.0bn) to £636.6bn in the 12 months ending January 2019. In August 2018 we published the government\u2019s Export Strategy, setting out how we will encourage, inform, connect and finance UK businesses of all sizes to enable them to succeed internationally in an increasing competitive environment.<\/p>
The UK\u2019s official government forecasts are published in the latest OBR projections. These show UK total export market growth of 3.3% and 3.5% in 2019 and 2020 respectively. Real export growth (excluding the effects of price inflation) is forecast at 1.4% and 1.7% in 2019 and 2020 respectively, and lower in the longer term.<\/p>
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The Government published details of tariffs the UK intends to apply to food imports in the event of a \u2018no-deal\u2019 EU Exit on Wednesday 13 March. These details can be found at www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-rates-of-customs-duty-on-imports-after-eu-exit.<\/p>
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If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the UK will implement this temporary tariff regime for up to 12 months whilst a full consultation and review on a permanent approach is undertaken. This regime will apply a tariff rate of zero to most imports into the UK whilst retaining the UK\u2019s ability to raise these rates to a higher \u2018bound\u2019 rate if necessary.<\/p>
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If the UK had chosen to apply its current external tariff regime to the EU this would impose new tariffs on EU imports, driving up prices for consumers and disrupting business supply chains.<\/p>
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If the UK chose to apply zero tariffs on all<\/strong> goods traded with the EU, then the UK would have to extend this to the rest of the world due to WTO rules. This would minimise disruption to EU trade but would open the UK to competition from other countries outside of the EU, including those with unfair trading practices.<\/p> <\/p> The temporary tariff regime adopts a balanced position between these two options. It will minimise costs to UK businesses whilst mitigating the impact of price increases on UK consumers.<\/p> <\/p> This temporary tariff regime will come into effect at the timethe UK leaves the EU without a deal.<\/p> <\/p> In the event of a deal being secured the UK will continue to apply the EU\u2019s Common External Tariff during any implementation period. No decision on post-implementation period tariff rates has been made at this time.<\/p>"}
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