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1045693

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether an Aardvark JSFU is a controlled good.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	210725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Aardvark JSFU mine clearance vehicle is not a controlled item.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/01/2019 13:18:56 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1043713

registered interest
date	18/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many compliance audits have been undertaken in relation to the Open Individual Export Licences granted to BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd on (a) 5 December 2013 for Storm Shadow air-to-surfaces missiles, (b) 5 March 2014 for Paveway Guided Bombs and (c) 21 August 2018 for Brimstone air-to-surface missiles for which Saudi Arabia was the end user country; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	210049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>There have been 3 compliance audits in relation to Open Individual Export Licences granted to BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd, for which Saudi Arabia was the end user country, since the first licence referred to was granted on 5 December 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Our records show that the licence for export of Brimstone air-to-surface missiles was granted in 2014, not 2018 as referred to in the Parliamentary question.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/01/2019 17:34:04 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1037912

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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, if he will publish the visits undertaken by each Trade Envoy since October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	206422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>TRADE ENVOY- MARKETS COVERED</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>DATE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ANDREW PERCY MP - Canada</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>4-11 November 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ANDREW SELOUS MP - South Africa</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>29-31 October 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>BARONESS MORRIS - Jordan, Kuwait, Palestinian Territories </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>12-14 December 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>BARONESS NICHOLSON - Iraq, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>27-29 November 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>BARONESS NORTHOVER - Angola, Zambia</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p>6-10 November 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ED VAIZEY MP - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos</p></td><td><p>29 September-3 October 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SIR JEFFREY DONALDSON - Egypt</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>1-5 December 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>LORD ASTOR - Oman</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oman</p></td><td><p>30 October-4 November 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>LORD JANVRIN - Turkey</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>15-18 October 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>LORD POPAT - Uganda, Rwanda</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>25 October-2 November 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>LORD RISBY - Algeria</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>28-31 October 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MARK PRISK MP - Brazil, Nordics, Baltics</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>13 December 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PAUL SCULLY MP - Thailand, Burma, Brunei</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brunei</p></td><td><p>5-9 November 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PAULINE LATHAM MP - Kenya</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>22-23 November 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>14 Visits</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/01/2019 16:39:13 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1037952

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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 Trade: Asia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support UK companies to export to Asia.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	206359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Government, through our overseas network, HM Trade Commissioners, and through Ministerial and Trade Envoy visits, works actively to support trade and reduce barriers for UK companies looking to export to Asia by engaging with the region’s governments and business sectors. Recently we’ve secured market access for UK dairy products to China, worth £240m over five years, and beef and lamb to Japan, worth £127m over five years. We are also lobbying multilaterally, establishing a UK Mission to ASEAN in 2019, and are considering the possibility of the CPTPP as a priority FTA once we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/01/2019 17:19:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1037117

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans his Department has to support UK businesses to increase exports after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	205926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK produces billions of pounds worth of high-quality goods and services each year, and there is a clear demand from around the world for these products with UK exports rising 2.0% (12bn) to <strong>£626.4bn</strong>, in the 12 months ending October 2018. [<em>ONS UK Trade: October 2018</em>]. The Export Strategy, launched in August 2018, sets out how the Government will encourage, inform, connect and finance UK businesses to enable them to take advantage of this international demand.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade’s offer to UK businesses includes impartial export advice from International Trade Advisors and our overseas network in markets across the world. British businesses are also promoted via the government’s network of Trade Envoys and given assistance in the Midlands and Northern Powerhouse through our Export Champions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also runs a major UK facing marketing campaign called “Exporting is Great” which inspires and encourages business to start exporting and seek new markets. The campaign is UK wide and includes a mobile outreach export hub.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DIT is building on the Export Strategy with a whole of Government Approach and has recently enhanced digital service on great.gov.uk which allows business to connect to over 20,000 export opportunities and ensures finance is at the heart of its offer: in 2017/18 UKEF provided £2.5bn in support, helping 191 UK companies sell to 75 markets around the world. 77% of these companies were SMEs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The full Export Strategy can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/export-strategy-supporting-and-connecting-businesses-to-grow-on-the-world-stage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/export-strategy-supporting-and-connecting-businesses-to-grow-on-the-world-stage</a></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/01/2019 11:24:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1035358

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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 Fairs
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 21 December 2018 to Question 203424, how the Government represents each region of the UK on trade show stands.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	205267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade promotes the whole of the UK on its trade stands and does not, typically, seek to specifically represent each region on each stand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 09/01/2019 18:01:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1029163

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Aerospace Industry: Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to promote aerospace exports.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
uin	908328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s Aerospace businesses are among the most innovative in the world, they turned over more than £35 billion last year and exported 85% of everything produced.</p><p> </p><p>Our teams across the UK and in 108 countries around the world use every opportunity to take the industry to even greater heights.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/12/2018 13:37:10 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1027710

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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 Fairs
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 20 November 2018 to Question 191411, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that every region of the UK is represented in his Department’s trade show stands.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	203422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>All UK companies from any region can participate in the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) supported events at trade shows. We advertise events on Event Hub on GREAT.gov.uk and through our international trade advisers who are based across the country, including the North East.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the North East benefits from participation in the specific DIT Northern Powerhouse (NPH) trade missions programme. The DIT North East team work closely with northern organisations and the UK’s global HMG network to assist companies who are participating in any trade mission, either NPH or national.</p><p> </p><p>We do not intend to place a map of the UK on trade show stands.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 203424 question first answered 21/12/2018 15:34:29 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1027712

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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 Fairs
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 20 November 2018 to Question 19141, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which the North East is represented by his Department's trade show stands; and if he will make it his policy to include a map of the UK in those trade show stands.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	203424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>All UK companies from any region can participate in the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) supported events at trade shows. We advertise events on Event Hub on GREAT.gov.uk and through our international trade advisers who are based across the country, including the North East.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the North East benefits from participation in the specific DIT Northern Powerhouse (NPH) trade missions programme. The DIT North East team work closely with northern organisations and the UK’s global HMG network to assist companies who are participating in any trade mission, either NPH or national.</p><p> </p><p>We do not intend to place a map of the UK on trade show stands.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 203422 question first answered 21/12/2018 15:34:29 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1027713

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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 Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to encourage UK businesses to increase the transparency and visibility of their global supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	203425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK is party to a number of international agreements that support greater transparency and higher ethical standards in global supply chains. These include the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, UN Guiding Principles on Business and the UN Global Compact. The government also supports initiatives led by business or NGOs such as the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark and the Fairtrade movement. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 also requires that all large businesses produce an annual statement explaining what they have done to prevent modern slavery in their business and supply chains.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 21/12/2018 11:56:35 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah