Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she intends to answer Question UIN 13663, tabled on 7 June 2022.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
I refer the Right Honourable Member for Islington South and Finsbury to the answer I have given today, UIN 13663.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make an assessment of the applicability to decisions on tax treatment in the UK of the precedent established in the October 1958 GATT dispute initiated by Austria against Italy, case reference GD/54, and the resolution agreed between those countries in May 1961, publication reference SR 18/4.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
GATT dispute reports are often considered at the World Trade Organisation in dispute settlement proceedings. However, GATT dispute reports do not set precedents in the way that judgments do in the domestic legal system.
The particular case referred to (GD/54) was settled following consultations (SR.18/4) and never came before a GATT adjudicator. There was therefore no GATT dispute report for this case.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what total cost to the public purse, inclusive of VAT, was incurred by UK Export Finance between May 2018 and May 2022 for media buying services provided under the Crown Commercial Service's media buying framework agreement reference RM6003.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
UK Export Finance spent £7,915,609.69 (including VAT) over the four year period between May 2018 and May 2022 through framework agreement RM6003.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 6 April 2022 to Question 149191 and her Department’s declaration of ministerial travel published on 23 January 2020, whether the total cost to the public purse of her predecessor’s accommodation, meals and other expenses excluding travel when visiting New York in September 2019 was £3.00; and who paid for any costs incurred above that amount.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
There was a typo in my answer of 6 April. The correct cost of the flight was £5,575.72. The department’s transparency return published in January 2020 included flight costs only.
Transparency returns include the best information available to the department at the time of publication. On some visits, accommodation, transport and other services are provided by Embassies or host governments. Information on the costs of these services is not centrally held.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much departmental expenditure she has allocated over the next four years for the costs of implementing the UK's trade agreements with (a) Australia and (b) New Zealand.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The Department has begun preparing for implementation of the Australia and New Zealand Free Trade Agreements. This is a cross-government effort, with teams considering pre-entry into force legislative and domestic preparations, and implementation post entry into force.
DIT has allocated £46.3m in 2022-23, £48.3m in 2023-24 and £48.5m in 2024-25 for the negotiation and implementation of free trade agreements, however, it is not possible to identify funding solely for the implementation of the UKs trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand. The Department has no allocated funding for 2025-26.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, further to the Answer of 18 May 2021 to Question 147, whether she plans to correct her Department’s declaration of ministerial travel published on 7 May 2021 to reflect the cost to the public purse of her predecessor’s accommodation, subsistence and other expenses excluding travel when visiting Singapore and Vietnam in December 2020.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The declaration will be updated in the next 30 days.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2021 to Question 146, on Trade Agreements: Japan, whether she plans to correct her Department’s declaration of ministerial travel published on 7 May 2021 to reflect the accurate cost to the public purse of her predecessor’s subsistence and other expenses excluding travel when visiting Japan in October 2020.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The declaration will be updated in the next 30 days.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 6 April 2022 to Question 149195, on Department for International Trade: Aviation, and her Department’s declaration of ministerial travel published on 21 October 2021, whether the total cost to the public purse of her predecessor’s accommodation, meals and other expenses, excluding travel, when visiting Israel in June 2021 was £989.39; and who paid for any costs incurred above that amount.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
Transparency returns include the best information available to the department at the time of publication. On some visits, accommodation, transport and other services are provided by Embassies or host governments. Information on the costs of these services is not centrally held.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 6 April 2022 to Question 149194, on Department for International Trade: Aviation, and her Department’s declaration of ministerial travel published on 21 October 2021, whether the total cost to the public purse of her predecessor’s accommodation, meals and other expenses, excluding travel, when visiting the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in April 2021 was £259.87; and who paid for any costs incurred above that amount.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
Transparency returns include the best information available to the department at the time of publication. On some visits, accommodation, transport and other services are provided by Embassies or host governments. Information on the costs of these services is not centrally held.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the answer of 6 April 2022 to Question 149193, on Department for International Trade: Aviation, and her Department’s declaration of ministerial travel published on 15 July 2021, whether the total cost to the public purse of her predecessor’s accommodation, meals and other expenses, excluding travel, when visiting India in February 2021 was £509.65; and who paid for any costs incurred above that amount.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
Transparency returns include the best information available to the department at the time of publication. On some visits, accommodation, transport and other services are provided by Embassies or host governments. Information on the costs of these services is not centrally held.