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Written Question
Department for International Trade: Brexit
Monday 30th October 2017

Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what funding his Department has set aside for contingencies relating to the UK leaving the EU in the (a) current and (b) 2018-19 financial year.

Answered by Greg Hands

Like all departments, the Department of International Trade (DIT) is planning for a number of scenarios to make sure we are ready on Day 1 of EU Exit.

Over £250m of additional funding has been approved across a number of departments in 2017/18 to prepare for Brexit.

DIT has received additional funding this year, and has reprioritised to meet new pressures arising from Brexit preparations.

Additional funding received from the reserve for 2017/8 will be set out at Supplementary Estimates.

The costs of EU Exit in 2018-19 will be affected by negotiations over the coming months.

Written Question
Campaign against Arms Trade
Thursday 13th July 2017

Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)

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 the Government's participation in the recent legal action brought by the Campaign Against Arms Trade.

Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)

The legal cost of defending this action to the end of June 2017 is £611,538, including VAT.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Jul 2017
Export Licensing: High Court Judgment

"The Secretary of State and the Government may have won this legal skirmish, but they certainly have not won the moral case and there are still many unanswered questions about the relationship and the terrible situation in Yemen. He said that he was confident, but the court judgment makes it …..."
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Written Question
Campaign against Arms Trade
Thursday 6th July 2017

Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will list the costs incurred by the Government in the legal case on arms sales to Saudi Arabia brought against it by the Campaign Against the Arms Trade.

Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)

The Department for International Trade does not comment on on-going legal matters.

Written Question
Arms Trade: Export Controls
Thursday 2nd February 2017

Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many arms export licences have been granted in the last six months; and what the destination country was of each of those applications.

Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)

The Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) on export licences granted and refused on Gov.uk.

They are available to view at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data

Currently this includes information up to 30 September 2016. Information covering 1 October to 31 December 2016 will be published on 19 April 2017 and information covering 1 January to 31 March 2017 will be published on 18 July 2017.