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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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, if he will publish documentation for the computable general equilibrium model used by the Planning and Analysis Directorate.
Answered by Robin Walker
The Government is undertaking a wide range of ongoing analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations. This analysis 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.
The Government has confirmed that when we bring forward the vote on the final deal, we will ensure that Parliament is presented with the appropriate analysis to make an informed decision. This will be the right time for the Government to present its work.