Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many and what proportion of Union Jack flags purchased by her Department in each of the last two years were manufactured in the UK.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
There were 14 Union Jack flags purchased in the last two years for use by the Department, all of which were manufactured in the United Kingdom.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which companies have supplied Union Jack flags to her Department since 2019.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
Union Jack flags flown by the Department’s buildings were supplied by:
The Department’s ceremonial Union Jack flags were supplied by;
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the effect on Premier League income of piracy from overseas broadcast rights.
Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
We are aware of the impact of overseas broadcast piracy on major sports rights holders, including the Premier League, and other UK-owned intellectual property rights owners. This is a commercial matter and the direct impact of overseas broadcasting piracy can be found in their public statements. We will remain vigilant in respect of any instances of illegal broadcasting of Premier League football and other UK-owned intellectual property rights, at home and abroad.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many contractors working for her Department have had their employment status assessed in relation to the new IR35 rules on off-payroll working; and how many of those staff are subject to those rules.
Answered by Conor Burns
All off-payroll public sector staff are subject to being checked against IR35 legislation which came into effect in 2017. New legislative changes for off-payroll workers were confirmed with an implementation by 6thApril 2020 with implications for both public and private sector companies. The Government have since announced that this implementation will be delayed until 6th April 2021. The Department for International Trade (DIT) intend to be compliant with the new IR35 rules by the revised date of 6th April 2021. Currently, there are 182 workers in scope of IR35 and 141 outside the scope of IR35 within DIT. For UK Export Finance (UKEF), there are currently no contractors in scope of IR35. There are currently 14 contractors working for UKEF who fall outside the scope of IR35.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage.
Answered by George Hollingbery
Rates of pay for people working for third party contractors are determined by their respective employers and is not held centrally. All outsourced providers are required to pay as a minimum, either the National Minimum Wage or the National Living Wage.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much his Department has paid to hon. Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016.
Answered by George Hollingbery
Any such payments are published in the Department’s audited annual report and accounts, and these accounts can be found on gov.uk.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of days of sick leave taken by staff in his Department for mental health reasons in each year since his Department's inception.
Answered by George Hollingbery
The number of working days sick leave taken for mental health reasons by employees working for the Department for International Trade (DIT) and UK Export Finance (UKEF) in each year since its inception is shown in the table below. The data includes any absence recorded as either Depression or Anxiety/Stress and includes staff working in the UK and overseas.
| Total |
Core DIT |
|
July 2016 – June 2017 | 582 |
UKEF |
|
July 2016 – June 2017 | 136 |
The data above is taken from entries that are self-reported in the department’s HR systems by employees.
The data is restricted to June 2017 in order to permit comparison with wider civil service data which is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-sickness-absence.
The department recognises and takes seriously the wellbeing of its employees and has now put in place mental health first aiders who can provide a range of support to both employees and managers.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will publish a list of the mobile phone applications developed by his Department and its agencies in the last three years; and what the cost to the public purse was of developing of each of those applications.
Answered by George Hollingbery
The Department for International Trade (DIT) has not developed any mobile phone applications for the delivery of services since the department was founded in July 2016.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many members of the House of Lords hold (a) paid and (b) unpaid roles within (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies.
Answered by George Hollingbery
The Department for International Trade has one member of the Ministerial Team who is a member of the House of Lords who is unpaid.
There are also 10 PM Trade Envoys who are members of the House of Lords, this is an unpaid, voluntary role.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The number of male employees in the Department for International Trade (including those working overseas and UK Export Finance) who have taken Shared Parental Leave since the department was created in July 2016 was 4 people. The average length of the leave taken was 82 days.