Asked by: Susan Elan Jones (Labour - Clwyd South)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether he plans to meet registered charities ahead of negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by David Jones
We have pursued a wide-ranging programme of engagement since the Department was created and we are speaking to a wide range of organisations.
This includes charitable organisations, in order to build a national consensus around our negotiating position, establish their priorities and understand their concerns.
Details of Ministerial Meetings will be published in the Department's Quarterly Transparency Returns, which will be made publicly available on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Susan Elan Jones (Labour - Clwyd South)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with registered charities on the future of the charity sector in England and Wales after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by David Jones
We have pursued a wide-ranging programme of engagement since the Department was created and we are speaking to a wide range of organisations.
This includes charitable organisations, in order to build a national consensus around our negotiating position, establish their priorities and understand their concerns.
Details of Ministerial Meetings will be published in the Department's Quarterly Transparency Returns, which will be made publicly available on GOV.UK
Asked by: Susan Elan Jones (Labour - Clwyd South)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with (i) businesses and (ii) registered charities since his Department was established.
Answered by David Jones
We have pursued a wide-ranging programme of engagement since the Department was created and we are speaking to a wide range of organisations.
This includes charitable organisations, in order to build a national consensus around our negotiating position, establish their priorities and understand their concerns.
Details of Ministerial Meetings will be published in the Department's Quarterly Transparency Returns, which will be made publicly va.iable on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Susan Elan Jones (Labour - Clwyd South)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff in his Department have been seconded from (i) businesses and (ii) charities.
Answered by David Jones
The department has sourced a large proportion of experienced staff from across Whitehall and a number of secondees from the private sector and the wider public sector. We are not in a position to give a final total for particular groups of staff as recruitment is ongoing and numbers are regularly changing. The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 300 staff, and is growing fast.
Asked by: Susan Elan Jones (Labour - Clwyd South)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether tariff free trade between the UK and EU member states would be possible under World Trade Organisation rules.
Answered by Robin Walker
A World Trade Organisation member can enter into a preferential trade deal, such as a Free Trade Agreement, with another member.