Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many contractors have been employed by his Department for (a) up to one year, (b) between one and five years, (c) between five and 10 years and (d) over 10 years.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Department for International Trade was established in July 2016. As such, the Department has employed no contractors for a tenure of longer than 2 years.
The Department employs 213 contractors of which 96 have been employed for up to one year and 117 have been employed for more than one year.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the job titles are of civil servants in his Department who have been provided with (a) an official car and (b) a driver.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Department for International Trade contracts of employment do not include an official car and driver for UK posts.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which regulations his Department (a) has introduced as a result of EU legislation from 23 June 2016 to date and (b) expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
Answered by Greg Hands
As a result of EU obligations, the department has made nine statutory instruments since the referendum and currently anticipates that we will make another ten instruments, to implement EU obligations between now and the end of 2019.
These nineteen instruments fall into two groups: regulations to implement export controls and regulations to ratify trade agreements which the EU will conclude while the UK remains a member.
As yet, no estimate has been made of the cost of each regulation. This is either because i) the regulations are not due to come into force until 2019 or ii) the impact of the regulations is minimal and therefore, no assessment is required.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many of his Department's staff had a pay increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent since his Department's creation.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Department for International Trade (DIT) became a legal entity and an employer in its own right on 9th November 2016.
The first pay award by DIT is for the 2016/17 financial year and the award for grades below SCS (Senior Civil Servants) has not yet been finalised.
The overall pay increase for SCS staff for 2016/2017 was 1% in line with Cabinet Office and Treasury guidelines.