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Written Question
Department for International Trade: Recruitment
Monday 13th February 2023

Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent on recruitment consultants in each of the last three years.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

The total cost of support from external recruitment consultants for 2020, 2021 and 2022 was £648,408.47. This covers support for recruiting substantive civil servants at delegated grades and Senior Civil Servants (SCS) grades and Non-Executive Directors (NEDs), at the Department for International Trade and UK Export Finance.

Recruitment consultant support is used when the department is looking to recruit for roles that require a specialised or senior skillset to ensure we maximise our reach, and to help attract external candidates.

Year

Total Spend

20/21

£183,480.00

21/22

£161,970.70

22/23 year to date 31/01/23

£302,957.77

Total

£648,408.47

Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill

"I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Bath for bringing forward this Bill, which is particularly important in stressing the employer’s liability. Most of us—most women, certainly—have faced some sort of sexual harassment in the workplace at some point in our careers, and one of the main issues was …..."
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Written Question
Department for International Trade: Redundancy Pay
Wednesday 16th November 2022

Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse has been of Ministerial severance pay in her Department in each year since 1 January 2016.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Under the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, eligible Ministers who leave office are entitled to a one off payment equivalent to one quarter of their annual salary at the point at which they leave Government. This applies only where a Minister is under 65 and is not appointed to a ministerial office within three weeks of leaving government. Individuals may waive the payment to which they are entitled. That is a matter for their personal discretion. Details of such payments are published in departmental annual reports and accounts, and ministerial salaries are published on GOV.UK at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1027301/Salaries_of_Members_of_Her_Majestys_Government_-_Financial_Year_2021-22_-_Publication.pdf.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 13 Jun 2022
Transgender Conversion Therapy

"Does the hon. Gentleman agree with me that there is ample evidence to show that transgender people submitted to any form of that conversion therapy potentially suffer greater psychological impacts, including harmful outcomes and lifetime suicide attempt risks?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Apr 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"T5. This morning, much has been made of our links with Ukraine, and that comes at a time when the Prime Minister is in India for trade talks. We also hear reports of a $2 billion increase in India’s trade with Russia. What implications does that have for our relationship …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Dec 2020
Trade (Disclosure of Information) Bill

"I echo much of what the Labour and SNP spokespeople have said. There is little that can be added, certainly with the Bill being brought forward in the manner that it is today and the time that we have. That is indicative of the shambles of the Government’s handling of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Dec 2020
Trade (Disclosure of Information) Bill

"I will not take the House’s attention for long. Again, I find myself in agreement. The Liberal Democrats have serious reservations about the original Trade Bill, but we recognise that, through no fault of this House, the Bill has to be expedited. We need some form of data protection and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Dec 2020
Trade (Disclosure of Information) Bill

"On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker, I thank you for your indulgence and your patience, and I ask your advice on a matter that has come to my attention today that is of great importance not only to my constituent, Murray Gray, but to a number of constituents, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What assessment she made of the potential effect of the free trade agreement with Japan on the UK’s progress on meeting its climate change commitments. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"Although I am disappointed with some aspects of the Japan trade agreement, such as the provisions on data, I am heartened that there is no investor-state dispute settlement clause in the new UK-Japan FTA, as ISDS has been used by large corporations to sue Governments over environmental regulations on issues …..."
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