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1543873

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	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the Government's policy is on where Prime Minister's Trade Envoys should stay when visiting their country of service.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	92336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The preferred option is for Trade Envoys is to stay at the Residence of the Ambassador or High Commissioner when visiting their respective markets although for a range of operational reasons this is not always possible.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 24/11/2022 16:59:47 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1542513

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many overseas visits the Prime Minister's Trade Envoys have made in an official capacity in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	87984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of international visits each year made by the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys over each the last 10 years and travel costs (including UK travel). Along with hotel costs each year over the last 5 years</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of visits </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Travel costs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hotel costs (from 2018-19 only) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>£55,741</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>£116,541</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>£68,717</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>£202,771</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>£154,067</p></td><td><p>£9816.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>£149,548</p></td><td><p>£5919.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>£104,848</p></td><td><p>£6820.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£739.00</p></td><td><p>£90.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>£59,422</p></td><td><p>£4144.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals: </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>332</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£912,394</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£26,789</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie grouped question UIN 87985 87986 question first answered 21/11/2022 15:31:06 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1542516

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much the Government has spent on travel by the Prime Minister's Trade Envoys in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	87985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of international visits each year made by the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys over each the last 10 years and travel costs (including UK travel). Along with hotel costs each year over the last 5 years</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of visits </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Travel costs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hotel costs (from 2018-19 only) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>£55,741</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>£116,541</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>£68,717</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>£202,771</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>£154,067</p></td><td><p>£9816.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>£149,548</p></td><td><p>£5919.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>£104,848</p></td><td><p>£6820.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£739.00</p></td><td><p>£90.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>£59,422</p></td><td><p>£4144.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals: </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>332</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£912,394</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£26,789</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie grouped question UIN 87984 87986 question first answered 21/11/2022 15:31:06 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1542522

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much from the public purse has been spent on hotel accommodation overseas for the Prime Minister's Trade Envoys in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	87986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of international visits each year made by the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys over each the last 10 years and travel costs (including UK travel). Along with hotel costs each year over the last 5 years</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of visits </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Travel costs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hotel costs (from 2018-19 only) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>£55,741</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>£116,541</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>£68,717</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>£202,771</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>£154,067</p></td><td><p>£9816.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>£149,548</p></td><td><p>£5919.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>£104,848</p></td><td><p>£6820.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£739.00</p></td><td><p>£90.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>£59,422</p></td><td><p>£4144.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals: </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>332</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£912,394</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£26,789</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie grouped question UIN 87984 87985 question first answered 21/11/2022 15:31:06 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1522502

registered interest
date	14/10/2022
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: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps she has taken to ensure all trade deals include the strongest animal welfare standards.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	63334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Decisions on animal welfare standards are a matter for the UK and are made separately from trade agreements. All food imports must comply with our high standards and the Government is working to secure world-class free trade agreements that uphold our manifesto commitment to not compromise on the UK’s animal welfare standards for which our country is rightly renowned.</p><p> </p><p>We have secured ground-breaking provisions on animal welfare with Australia and New Zealand. This includes a standalone animal welfare chapter, a non-regression clause and a comprehensive partnership to work with Australia and New Zealand, including internationally, to progress animal welfare.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/10/2022 09:03:13 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1519441

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of people employed by her Department are women.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	60072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2022, 48% of Civil Service employees who worked in the Department for International Trade (DIT) were women.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed Sir James Duddridge question first answered 20/10/2022 14:26:50 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1519442

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of staff employed by her Department are from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	60073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2022, 26% civil service employees in the Department for International Trade (DIT) self-reported their ethnicity as ethnic minority (this does not include White ethnic minorities).</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed Sir James Duddridge question first answered 20/10/2022 14:33:40 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1505841

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
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: Sub-Saharan Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many departmental ministerial visits have been made to sub-Saharan Southern Africa since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	49270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>Department for International Trade Ministers have visited sub–Saharan Africa once since the start of 2019. Former Minister for Exports, the Member for Finchley and Golders Green, visited Nigeria and South Africa in May 2022.</p><p> </p><p>As a former FCO, DFID and FCDO Africa Minister I will be visiting the continent more frequently and will lead on development issues in the department and will help grow Africa out of poverty.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 26/09/2022 16:59:14 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1504354

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent progress she has made in the negotiations for a free trade agreement with the Government of India; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	46116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK and India concluded the fifth round of negotiations on 29 July. The former Secretary of State wrote to chairs of the International Trade Committee and International Agreements Committee on the 10<sup>th</sup> August with an update and the correspondence have been placed in the House <a href="https://depositedpapers.parliament.uk/depositedpaper/2284580/files" target="_blank">libraries</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Government updated on progress in a statement, which can be found <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-09-06/hcws293" target="_blank">here</a>. Both sides have been in intensive negotiations over the summer with the aim of concluding the majority of talks later this year.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to make good progress delivering a comprehensive free trade agreement.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 27/09/2022 14:18:58 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1504368

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent on energy in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	46124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department has spent the following on energy in the last three financial years:-</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2019-2020 - £918,000</p><p>2020-2021 - £428,000</p><p>2021-2022 - £308,000</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 26/09/2022 13:40:48 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones