Department for International Trade: Staff

(asked on 24th November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2016 to Question 43019, how many civil servants in his Department primarily working on trade policy had prior experience of trade negotiations.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 2nd December 2016

The Department of International Trade already has a strong and capable trade policy team which has more than doubled in size since 23 June. Over the coming months we will be developing that team to build the world class negotiating strengths needed to deliver the best outcomes for the UK. We will continue to hire the the brightest and best talent from within the UK civil service and look to enhance our team by drawing on expertise from elsewhere.

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