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registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Cameroon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department plans to review arms sales to the Government of Cameroon.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	193544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes its export control responsibilities extremely seriously.</p><p> </p><p>The UK operates one of the most<del class="ministerial"> thorough and</del> robust export control<ins class="ministerial"> regimes</ins> <del class="ministerial">systems</del> in the world. The Government will not grant export licences where to do so would be inconsistent with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Exports Licensing Criteria, which include<ins class="ministerial"> the respect for</ins> <del class="ministerial">an assessment of</del> human rights and fundamental freedoms in the country of final destination.<ins class="ministerial"> The Government will not grant a licence where there is a clear risk that the items to exported might be used for internal repression.</ins></p><p>Extant<del class="ministerial"> licenses</del> <ins class="ministerial">licences</ins> can be revoked at any time if the situation changes in Cameroon<ins class="ministerial"> and those licences are no longer assessed as being consistent with the licensing criteria</ins>.</p><p><br /> The policy remains as announced to parliament in a Written Ministerial Statement on 25 March 2014: <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140325/wmstext/140325m0001.htm#14032566000018" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140325/wmstext/140325m0001.htm#140325660000</a></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/11/2018 14:58:43 question first ministerially corrected 26/11/2018 11:00:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 86882 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

992659

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Defence: Export Credit Guarantees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the (a) premium income (b) claims paid and (c) monies at risk of UK Export Finance were relating to the defence sector for the financial years (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17 and (iii) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	182216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">UK Export Finance (UKEF) does not publish premium value by sector. Total premium income can be found in our Annual Report and Accounts.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The premium income for defence transactions is presented in the table below.</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Financial Year</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Gross Premium GBP</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Net Premium GBP</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015/16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">89,865.80</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">89,865.80</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016/17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">64,818,167.46</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">46,858,612.39</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2017/18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4,823,315.65</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4,823,315.65</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>No claims were paid relating to defence sector contracts during this period.</p><p> </p><p>The monies at risk for defence transactions are presented in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>Net Amount at Risk £m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,219.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2,749.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2,537.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Where such information is not commercially sensitive, UKEF publishes details of the companies it has supported on an annual basis in its Annual Report and Accounts which are presented to Parliament and can be found on UKEF’s website.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-export-finance-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-export-finance-annual-reports-and-accounts</a></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/10/2018 16:17:28 question first ministerially corrected 20/11/2018 10:16:22 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 80918 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

971301

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many applications for licences to export controlled goods were denied under article 2c of the consolidated criteria; and which countries were named as the countries to export in those denied applications in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	172500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Criterion 2c of the Government’s export licensing Criteria states that the Government will not grant a licence if there is a clear risk that the items might be used in the commission of a serious violation of international humanitarian law (IHL). Criterion 2c has been in force since the adoption by the EU of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP on 8 December 2008.</p><p>Since that time 295 Standard Individual Export Licence applications have been refused under Criterion 2 which covers human rights as well as international humanitarian law.</p><p>Our current database does not breakdown refusals by subsets of the Criteria so the specific information requested cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) of licences granted and refused for military exports on GOV.UK. Country breakdowns can be found on these pages. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Bespoke reports (e.g. by Criterion 2) may also be produced by registering on the Strategic Export Controls Reports and Statistics Website at: <a href="https://www.exportcontroldb.trade.gov.uk/sdb2/fox/sdb/SDBHOME" target="_blank">https://www.exportcontroldb.trade.gov.uk/sdb2/fox/sdb/SDBHOME</a></ins></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart previous answer version 75831 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart 76235 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart question first answered 17/09/2018 14:58:13 question first ministerially corrected 01/10/2018 09:02:55 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

850009

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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 Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for each trade envoy (a) what contracts they have helped deliver, (b) how many visits they have each made to their respective countries and (c) the number of times they have had meetings in the Department during the period they have been appointed to that role.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	129577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Trade Envoy Programme primarily focuses on helping to facilitate bilateral trade and investment through soft power and fostering relationships in markets to which Trade Envoys are assigned.. In 16/17 Trade Envoys contributed towards £15.5bn in export wins.</p><p><strong>Annex A</strong> provides a breakdown of the number of visits each current Trade Envoy has undertaken since the programme began in 2012.</p><p>DIT arranges a number of briefing roundtables throughout the year, to update Trade Envoys on departmental priorities. Trade Envoys are also able to use DIT's meeting rooms when receiving official visitors where appropriate. However DIT does not centrally hold information on the number of times they have had internal meetings and it could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 01/03/2018 17:58:03 question first ministerially corrected 12/03/2018 11:33:51 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart attachment 1 file name AnnexA.docx title List of Visits previous answer version 44327 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart attachment 1 file name Annex A.docx title Annex A - List of visits
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

794443

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to his Oral Answer on 23 November 2017, what criteria he used to locate staff from the Export Hub on Small Business Saturday.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	115416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Export Hub is invited to locations across the UK, and has so far visited 23<ins class="ministerial">1</ins><del class="ministerial">5</del> sites. Any Member of Parliament is able to request for the Export Hub to visit their constituency.</p><p>The logistics for managing the Export Hub is contracted through an external company.</p><p>Many cross-party MPs have spoken highly of the work of the Export Hub at the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) Monthly MPs Briefings which the DIT Ministerial team hosts.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 28/11/2017 17:55:44 question first ministerially corrected 30/11/2017 11:52:32 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier previous answer version 25634 answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

768192

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the (a) value and (b) proportion of manufactured (i) goods and (ii) services exported to other EU countries was by each nation and region of the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	107077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The information asked for is available from the sources listed below. Data is made available by value (£, current prices<ins class="ministerial">, not constant prices</ins>) of which proportions can be calculated.</p><p> </p><p>i) Data on the value of UK goods exports to EU countries are available from the ‘Build Your Own Tables’ tool in HMRC’s Overseas Trade Statistics database. Manufacturing goods are defined as Standard Industrial Trade Classification (SITC) codes 5-8. <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Table.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Table.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>ii) Data on the value of UK services exports to selected EU countries and the EU as a bloc, by type of service, are available from the ONS Pink Book 2014, 2015 and 2016 publications</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/adhocs/006656balanceofpaymentsannualgeographicaldatatables/2015updateddetailedgeographictradedata.xls" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/adhocs/006656balanceofpaymentsannualgeographicaldatatables/2015updateddetailedgeographictradedata.xls</a> (Table 9 - Data for 2015)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/datasets/9geographicalbreakdownofthecurrentaccountthepinkbook2016/thepinkbook/pinkbook2016chapter9.xls" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/datasets/9geographicalbreakdownofthecurrentaccountthepinkbook2016/thepinkbook/pinkbook2016chapter9.xls</a> (Table 9.10 - Data for 2014)</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160106022154/http:/www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/bop/united-kingdom-balance-of-payments/2015/rft-chapter-09.xls" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160106022154/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/bop/united-kingdom-balance-of-payments/2015/rft-chapter-09.xls</a> (Table 9.10 - Data for 2013)</p><p>iii) Data on the value of goods exports from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the English regions to EU countries are available from the ‘Build Your Own Tables’ tool in HMRC’s Regional Trade Statistics database. Manufacturing goods are defined as Standard Industrial Trade Classification (SITC) codes 5-8 <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Table.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Table.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>iv) Data on the value of services exports from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the English regions to EU countries, by type of service, are available from the ONS’s International Trade in Services (ITIS) experimental statistics release. This covers all services sectors, except banking, travel and transport: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2015" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2015</a> For previous years’ data please see the following: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2011to2015" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2011to2015</a></p><p> </p><p>Note: HMRC and ONS data are not directly comparable, as HMRC trade in goods data are calculated on the basis of goods crossing the customs border, whereas ONS trade in services data are based on a change in ownership.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 18/10/2017 17:01:00 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2017 18:58:21 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier previous answer version 16028 answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

638043

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
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: Swindon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the value of exports emanating from Swindon was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	53280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Data relating to the geographical area including Swindon are published as per below:</p><p> </p><p>a) <strong>Swindon Growth Hub</strong> - These figures cover trade in goods only for 2015. The Swindon Growth Hub is defined as an area that incorporates all of SN and BA postcodes – see attached spreadsheet, taken from the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/FreedomofInformation.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/FreedomofInformation.aspx</a></p><p>Source: HM Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p><p>b) <strong>HMRC Regional Trade Statistics database</strong> – These figures cover trade in goods only since 1996. Data are available for the Government Region South West and all other Government Regions:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx</a></p><p>Source: HM Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p><p>c) <strong>ONS Regionalised Estimates of UK Services Exports</strong> – These are experimental statistics covering trade in services during 2011-2014. These data are on a different basis than the HMRC data in (a) and (b) above. Data are available for the Government Region South West and all other Government Regions – see attached spreadsheet, taken from the link below:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2011to2014/relateddata" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2011to2014/relateddata</a></p><p>Source: Office for National Statistics</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier attachment 1 file name 31006 - Copy of HMRC Swindon Growth Hub.xlsx title Swindon Growth Hub 2 file name 31006 - Copy of ONS Regionalised Estimates of UK Services Exports.xls title ONS Regionalised Estimates of UK Services Exports question first answered 21/11/2016 17:53:24 question first ministerially corrected 22/11/2016 15:41:15 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier previous answer version 21671 answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

629007

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
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: South Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will pursue a free trade deal between the UK and South Africa after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	51885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is currently reviewing its trade policy as the UK prepares to leave the EU. This offers us an opportunity to forge a new role for ourselves in the world: to negotiate and design, in time, our own trade arrangements with <del class="ministerial">African</del> countries<ins class="ministerial"> like South Africa</ins>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/11/2016 17:54:40 question first ministerially corrected 15/11/2016 11:56:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 20424 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

578782

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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 the value was of exports to non-EU destinations from (a) the Port of Felixstowe, (b) the Port of Southampton, (c) Gatwick Airport and (d) Heathrow Airport in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	45721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The value of the exports to non –EU destinations from the requested ports are provided in the table below [source: HMRC ports data].</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Exports of goods to the non-EU by port</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value (£) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Felixstowe</p></td><td><p>10,291,216,996</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>23,740,381,743</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Gatwick</p></td><td><p>307,063,268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Heathrow</p></td><td><p>67,303,983,493</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>[2015 calendar year]</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>To note, data collection will be affected by the definitions used at the time of data collection. Please see the <ins class="ministerial">attached </ins>annex for more detail.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/09/2016 16:53:26 question first ministerially corrected 16/09/2016 11:41:45 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands attachment 1 file name Annex - 45721.docx title Data collection definitions previous answer version 11855 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies