Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to his Department was of producing the July 2017 report entitled UK trade and investment highlights in the 435 US Congressional districts.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The “UK Trade and Investment Highlights in the 435 US Congressional districts” report was developed as a tool to build support for further strengthening the UK-US trading relationship.
There was no direct cost to the Department for International Trade for producing the report.
The report is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/631648/congressional_report_print.pdf
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many citizens of other EU countries work in his Department.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Following her appointment on 13 July 2016 the Prime Minister established the Department for International Trade (DIT). The DIT aggregates UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), UK Export and Finance (UKEF), Trade Policy Units from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), as well as some new hires.
Until such time as a transfer of functions order establishes the Secretary of State as a corporation sole, DIT remains a unified Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) department for accounting purposes.
As DIT is currently being formed, details of the staff that the Department employs is being finalised, whilst employee transfers and recruitment are taking place.