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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	Service Industries: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Prime Minister’s statement of 10 July 2017, Official Report, column 26, on the G20 summit, what rule changes he has requested from the WTO relating to the (a) services and (b) digital sector.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	4232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister and Department for International Trade ministers have set out, the UK is a founding member and active participant in the ongoing work of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This includes an active involvement in services and the digital sector, where we continue to advocate for services trade liberalisation and are encouraging members to restart negotiations on the ambitious Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA).</p><p>On the digital economy, we are working with other WTO Member States to achieve a positive outcome at the Ministerial Conference in December 2017. This includes working with developing and least developed countries as a core supporter of UNCTAD’s ‘eTrade for All’ initiative which seeks to improve the ability of developing countries to benefit from e-commerce.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 19/07/2017 16:34:42 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

750770

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	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many new international trade agreements the Government has concluded since 1 January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	4270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government cannot negotiate and conclude trade agreements whilst we are still members of the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 19/07/2017 16:28:08 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

748821

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many staff were employed by, or seconded to, the Department for International Trade on 1 July.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>On 1 July 2017 the Department for International Trade, including UK Export Finance, employed and paid via payroll a total of 2,624 people. That total includes 1,268 people who are based overseas.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 19/07/2017 13:43:28 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

748822

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what are the budgeted running costs of the Department for International Trade for 2017–18.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade running costs budget for 2017–18 is £379.3m.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 19/07/2017 13:41:40 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

748823

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what were the running costs for the Department for International Trade in 2016–17.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade running costs for 2016-17 is £351m.</p><p>This figure will be included in the Department's Annual Report &amp; Accounts which will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 19/07/2017 13:41:51 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

748854

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of elite trade negotiators needed to broker trade deals following Brexit; and how many have been recruited to date.
tabling member printed	Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer my Rt Hon. and learned Friend the Marquess of Lothian QC to the answer I gave to the noble Member Lord Adonis on 17/07/2017 (HL312).</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 19/07/2017 15:30:01 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian