Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what his Department's main policy priority is for 2017; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Department for International Trade has overall responsibility for trade policy across government. Our priorities are to:
• Promote and support UK exports of goods and services, including through export finance and insurance, to support a growing economy that works for everyone;
• Maximise opportunities for wealth creation through Foreign Direct Investment and Outward Direct Investment;
• Deliver the best international trading framework to maximise global trade and investment opportunities; and
• Build the global appetite for British goods and services and encourage more people to visit, study, invest in and do business with the UK through the GREAT campaign.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the (a) mean and (b) median pay was for staff in his Department who were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) white, (iv) from an ethnic minority background, (v) disabled and (vi) non-disabled in the most recent year for which information is available, broken down by (A) full-time and (B) part-time workers.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes much of this information each year, broken down by Civil Service organization, as part of their annual release of Civil Service Statistics. The latest data set from 2016 can be found on the ONS website: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/civilservicestatistics/2016.
As the Department for International Trade (DIT) is newly formed, we have not had the opportunity to contribute to the most recent ONS publication. DIT’s statistics will be included in the next release, due for publication in March 2017.
DIT does not hold information on the breakdowns of ethnicity and disability pay gaps.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many former prisoners have been employed by his Department in each of the last five years.
Answered by Greg Hands
All offers of employment are subject to clearance through the appropriate vetting processes. Following successful clearance and the individual taking up their offer of employment with the department, any history of criminal convictions would not be held on a central personnel record.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
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.
Answered by Greg Hands
The value of the exports to non –EU destinations from the requested ports are provided in the table below [source: HMRC ports data].
Exports of goods to the non-EU by port | Value (£) |
Felixstowe | 10,291,216,996 |
Southampton | 23,740,381,743 |
London Gatwick | 307,063,268 |
London Heathrow | 67,303,983,493 |
[2015 calendar year] | |
To note, data collection will be affected by the definitions used at the time of data collection. Please see the attached annex for more detail.