Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse was of government trade missions in each year sine 2009-10.
Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)
The cost of the Department for International Trade overseas trade missions for each year from 2009-10 to 2015-16 were published in UK Trade and Investment's Annual Report and Accounts. Copies of which can be found in the libraries of the House
The Department will publish the cost of 2016-17 trade events and missions in its yearly Annual Report and Accounts, a copy of which will be placed in the libraries of the House in summer 2017.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how (a) much funding was allocated to and (b) many full-time equivalent staff were employed by UK Export Finance in each year from 2009-10; and in which NUTS 1 regions such staff were located in each of those years.
Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)
UK Export Finance is the operating name of the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD). As a Ministerial department, details of the budget that is allocated to and spent by ECGD can be found in the published Central Government Supply estimates, available on https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-main-estimates
Numbers of full time equivalent staff employed by UK Export Finance in each year from 2009/10, and in which NUTS 1 regions such staff were located have been provided in the table below. Figures are as at 31 March each year except 2016/17 which is as at 30 November.
Full time equivalent staff by NUTS 1 region from 2009-10 to date
NUTS 1 | Region | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
UKC | North East England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 |
UKD | North West England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
UKE | Yorkshire and the Humber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
UKF | East Midlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UKG | West Midlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 |
UKH | East of England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
UKI | Greater London | 200.57 | 190.69 | 179.33 | 185.60 | 199.69 | 219.31 | 220.49 | 229.86 |
UKJ | South East England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
UKK | South West England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
UKL | Wales | 3.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
UKM | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
UKN | Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
GRAND TOTAL | 203.57 | 192.69 | 181.33 | 190.60 | 216.69 | 242.31 | 239.49 | 246.86 | |
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to page 9 of the Northern Powerhouse Strategy, published in November 2016, how the £15 million for Northern Powerhouse trade missions has been allocated.
Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)
The £15 million for Northern Powerhouse Trade Missions has been allocated across four years, 2016–2020. Ten trade missions are planned or have been conducted this year and we expect a similar number in the coming two years.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff are employed in the Northern Powerhouse Investment Taskforce; and how many meetings that Taskforce has held since it was established.
Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)
10 people are currently directly employed in the Northern Powerhouse Taskforce and have mobilised work across many areas of the Department for International Trade and other government departments. Members of the Taskforce have had many meetings with a wide range of partners including: Local Enterprise Partnerships; key businesses; and, institutions.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Answer of 10 October 2016 to Question 46333, how much has been spent on the functions of the Department for International Trade; and what estimate he has made of how much will be spent on those functions by the end of the current fiscal year.
Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)
Following her appointment on 13 July 2016 the Prime Minister established the Department for International Trade (DIT). Until such time as a transfer of functions order establishes my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade 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. The transfer of functions order (No 2016/ 992) laid on 19 October 2016 will come into effect on 9 November 2016.
DIT is a new Department and is in the process of establishing a separate and distinct budget for its operating costs. This will be shared with Parliament through the Autumn Statement and Supplementary Estimates.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Answer of 10 October 2016 to Question 46333, how much has been spent on the functions of the Department for International Trade; and what estimate he has made of how much will be spent on those functions by the end of the current fiscal year.
Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)
Following her appointment on 13 July 2016 the Prime Minister established the Department for International Trade (DIT). Until such time as a transfer of functions order establishes my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade 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. The transfer of functions order (No 2016/ 992) laid on 19 October 2016 will come into effect on 9 November 2016.
DIT is a new Department and is in the process of establishing a separate and distinct budget for its operating costs. This will be shared with Parliament through the Autumn Statement and Supplementary Estimates.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much funding his Department has been allocated for each fiscal year of the current Spending Review period.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Department for International Trade (DIT) has been formed after spending review 2015, out of the forerunner (non-ministerial) Departments UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and the Trade Policy Unit responsibilities previously held by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS). My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade also has responsibility for UK Export Finance (the Export Credits Guarantee Department), which has its own budget.
The estimated annual budgeted operating costs of the department for the next four years are currently being established and will be submitted to parliament later this financial year.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether it is the Government's policy to meet the requirements for automatically joining the World Trade Organisation on leaving the EU.
Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)
The UK is a founding member of the WTO and will continue to have membership in its own right upon leaving the EU.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether any civil servants that transferred to his Department from other Government departments or public bodies received severance pay or other similar payments.
Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)
There are no civil servants that will receive severance pay or any other payments as part of their transfer to the Department for International Trade.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government plans to re-apply for World Trade Organisation membership upon leaving the EU; and what assessment he has made of the length of time it would take for such an application to be successful.
Answered by Greg Hands
The UK is already a member of the WTO in its own right and will not need to re-apply upon leaving the EU.