Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many civil servants in his Department are currently working on planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how many have been moved from other projects to work on those plans.

The Government announced on Tuesday 18 December that no deal scenario planning was to ramp up, with departments setting contingency planning measures in motion. The Department for International Trade was created as a result of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. All the work carried out by the Department is affected by EU Exit but individual roles are not classified according to particular EU Exit scenarios including leaving the EU without a deal.