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 122352, whether releasing the titles of all assessments undertaken by his Department's Market Access team on the UK leaving the EU would undermine the UK's negotiating position; and if he will make a statement.

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.