Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many officials employed in his Department in June 2016 had substantial experience of international trade negotiation.

The Department for Exiting the European Union has released information on the UK's negotiating team which is publicly available on gov.uk. The information requested is not held centrally and therefore, we are not in a position to provide this for particular groups of staff.

The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 500 staff and is drawing together expertise from a wide range of departments where there is specific and relevant knowledge. All departments are equipping themselves with the resources they need to get the best deal for the UK.