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 25 January 2018 to Question 124027, what the reasons are for his Department's policy that listing the titles of such assessments would undermine the UK’s negotiating position.

The Department for Exiting the European Union is undertaking a comprehensive programme of analytical work across a range of scenarios. Listing the titles of all market access assessments would likely impact the UK’s negotiating position by implying broader priorities of Government work. As we have stated, it is also not standard practice to provide a running commentary on ongoing analysis.