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 19 January 2018 to Question 122361, for what reasons he did not state what information his Department plans to publish on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on different sectors of the economy in addition to that information released by his Department on 27 November 2017 before any Parliamentary vote on (a) the UK's withdrawal agreement or (b) a UK-EU trade deal.

The Department for Exiting the European Union is undertaking a wide range of analysis looking at the implications of UK withdrawal from the EU. As part of this, we have looked at 58 sectors of the economy, as set out in our response to the Lords EU External Affairs Sub-committee report “Brexit: Trade in Goods” which can be found at: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201617/ldselect/ldeucom/129/129.pdf.

The Market Access and Budget Directorate works closely with partners across Whitehall to facilitate and coordinate policy development on the UK's future economic partnership after we leave the EU.

We have published 14 detailed papers on the negotiations to date and will continue to be as open as possible subject to the overwhelming national interest of preserving our negotiating position. It is not standard practice to provide a running commentary on ongoing analysis.