Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2020 to Question 87521, whether she (a) used staff of her Ministerial office to arrange the meeting at the Worzals Farm Shop and Café on 13 March 2020, (b) was accompanied at that meeting by (i) a Private Secretary and (ii) other officials of her Department and (c) subsequently held meetings with officials of her Department on the content of that meeting.

The Secretary of State’s attendance at the Worzals Farm Shop and Café on 13 March 2020 was declared in line with the Government’s transparency requirements. The engagement was conducted in line with the guidance to Ministers on meetings with external organisations. The Government does not routinely release detailed information about ministerial engagements and the operation of the ministerial private office