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Written Question
Delegated Legislation
Tuesday 23rd October 2018

Asked by: Steve Baker (Conservative - Wycombe)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2018 to Question 178290 on Delegated Legislation, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the rate at which each Department is laying statutory instruments on EU exit domestic preparedness compared with the rate required to deliver a functioning statute book on the day that the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

As stated in my response to question 178290, the Government remains confident of having a functioning statute book in place by exit day whatever the outcome of negotiations. We expect a significant increase to the rate that these are laid over the coming months.


Written Question
Brexit: Statutory Instruments
Tuesday 23rd October 2018

Asked by: Steve Baker (Conservative - Wycombe)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2018 to Question 178290 on Delegated Legislation, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the rate at which each Department is laying statutory instruments on EU exit domestic preparedness compared with the rate required to deliver a functioning statute book on the day that the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

As stated in my response to question 178290, the Government remains confident of having a functioning statute book in place by exit day whatever the outcome of negotiations. We expect a significant increase to the rate that these are laid over the coming months.


Written Question
Delegated Legislation
Tuesday 16th October 2018

Asked by: Steve Baker (Conservative - Wycombe)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent assessment he has made of his Departments' progress on secondary legislation programmes related to EU exit domestic preparedness; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

The Government has started laying the necessary statutory instruments to prepare the statute book for our exit. We remain confident of having a functioning statute book in place by exit day whatever the outcome of negotiations.


Written Question
Brexit: Statutory Instruments
Tuesday 16th October 2018

Asked by: Steve Baker (Conservative - Wycombe)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent assessment he has made of his Departments' progress on secondary legislation programmes related to EU exit domestic preparedness; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

The Government has started laying the necessary statutory instruments to prepare the statute book for our exit. We remain confident of having a functioning statute book in place by exit day whatever the outcome of negotiations.


Written Question
Department for Exiting the European Union: Meetings
Friday 14th September 2018

Asked by: Steve Baker (Conservative - Wycombe)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what proportion of business meetings arranged by the Directorate of Communications and Stakeholders were with small or small and medium enterprises in each year since his Department was established.

Answered by Robin Walker

Ministers and officials continue to engage with companies of all sizes in all areas of the country and across a wide range of sectors. DExEU ministers have undertaken over 500 engagements since the Department was established.

Details of ministerial and senior official business engagements are set out in the quarterly transparency returns.

As many engagements take place at roundtable events where there is a cross-section of business present, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of category by size of businesses. Extensive engagement with small and small and medium enterprises is also undertaken through trade associations, representative organisations, and supply and logistics chains.

Ministers have had regular engagement with SMEs through over 80 visits to all parts of the UK, and attended the BEIS SME Advisory Board. This ensures that we hear the issues and priorities of business of all sizes as we leave the European Union.


Written Question
Department for Exiting the European Union: Economic Growth
Thursday 6th September 2018

Asked by: Steve Baker (Conservative - Wycombe)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, to list every external economic report that his Department's Planning and Analysis Directorate has analysed for Ministers since his Department was formed.

Answered by Robin Walker

The Government is undertaking a wide range of ongoing analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations, which includes keeping abreast of the external debate on these issues. The analysis programme supports our negotiation of our future partnership with the EU, and informs our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks.

Ministers have a specific responsibility, which Parliament has endorsed, not to release information that would reveal our negotiating position and so the Government will not provide an ongoing commentary on internal analytical work that is being carried out.


Written Question
Department for Exiting the European Union
Tuesday 4th September 2018

Asked by: Steve Baker (Conservative - Wycombe)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, to list meetings of his Department attended by (a) staff of Global Council and (b) the European Round Table of Industrialists.

Answered by Robin Walker

Ministers and officials continue to engage broadly with business across the economy, in the UK and across Europe. This ensures that we can draw on business insight to deliver a pragmatic and principled Brexit.

All ministerial and senior official engagements are listed in the quarterly transparency returns.

There has been no engagement between the Department and staff of Global Counsel.

The former Secretary of State, David Davis, met with a delegation from the European Roundtable of Industrialists on 22 January 2018 and again on the 30 May 2018, this time with the Prime Minister. Official-led engagement supplemented this engagement.


Written Question
Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff
Tuesday 4th September 2018

Asked by: Steve Baker (Conservative - Wycombe)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the (a) formal and (b) informal reporting lines are between staff of his Department and HM Treasury.

Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) staff do not report to HM Treasury, or any other department. Our staff work in close collaboration with departments across Whitehall to co-ordinate the Government’s preparations for leaving the EU.

DExEU works closely with HM Treasury as it fulfils its rule to coordinate Government preparations for EU exit, including domestic preparations in both a deal and a no deal scenario, all of the necessary legislation and preparations for the negotiations to implement the detail of the Future Framework.


Written Question
Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff
Tuesday 4th September 2018

Asked by: Steve Baker (Conservative - Wycombe)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the (a) formal and (b) informal reporting lines are between staff of his Department and the Cabinet Office Europe Unit.

Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) staff do not report to the Cabinet Office or any other department. Our staff work in close collaboration with departments across Whitehall to co-ordinate the Government’s preparations for leaving the EU.

DExEU works closely with the Cabinet Office Europe Unit (COEU) supporting the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU on the Government’s preparations for leaving the EU.


Written Question
Department for Exiting the European Union
Tuesday 4th September 2018

Asked by: Steve Baker (Conservative - Wycombe)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, to list each external economist who has met staff of his Department's Planning and Analysis Directorate.

Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Ministers and officials from across Government regularly engage with a range of external experts and other stakeholders to understand their concerns and priorities regarding our EU exit.

In line with Cabinet Office guidance, it is not standard practice to provide details of official level meetings. Details of Ministerial and senior officials’ meetings are published in the Department’s transparency returns on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-exiting-the-european-union&publication_type=transparency-data