Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with (i) businesses and (ii) registered charities since his Department was established.

We have pursued a wide-ranging programme of engagement since the Department was created and we are speaking to a wide range of organisations.

This includes charitable organisations, in order to build a national consensus around our negotiating position, establish their priorities and understand their concerns.

Details of Ministerial Meetings will be published in the Department's Quarterly Transparency Returns, which will be made publicly va.iable on GOV.UK.