Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what processes his Department has put in place to (a) monitor, (b) collate cost information on, (c) review and (d) respond to requests to amend or revoke regulations introduced by his Department.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Department for International Trade was created in July 2016.
For the 2015-17 Parliament, the Government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament.
For the current Parliament, the Government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections. This will be monitored through the target that the Government is required to set under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.
Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the title was of each set of regulations introduced by his Department in each month since May 2010; which of those regulations have been (a) subject to the (i) one in one out and (ii) one in two out procedure and (b) (i) revoked and (ii) amended; and what the net cost to (A) the public purse; and (B) business of those regulations is.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Department for International Trade was created in July 2016.
For the 2015-17 Parliament, the Government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament.
For the current Parliament, the Government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections. This will be monitored through the target that the Government is required to set under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.
Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses in Essex that export overseas, which countries those business export to and the value of those exports.
Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)
Trade statistics at the county level are not available.
Data on a) the number of goods exporters, b) the value of goods exports they generate and c) the destination of these goods exports by NUTS1 UK region, including the East of England (which Essex is part of), are available from HM Customs and Revenue (HMRC)’s website:
Data on the value of exports of services by GB NUTS1 region, including the East of England, (covering all services sectors) are available from the ONS at:
Data on the destination of exports of services by GB NUTS1 region, including the East of England, (covering all services except travel, transport and financial services) are available from the ONS at:
Data on the number of services exporters by GB NUTS1 regions, including the East of England (covering all services sectors) are available from the ONS at:
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